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GNU Screen: Indicate if C-a (escape) is pressed in hardstatus
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Mar 15, 2026373 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Been searching around for this one without much luck. What I want is something that tells me if I've pressed C-a in Screen. Vim displays "-- INSERT --" when insert mode is selected. Something like that would be handy to have in Screen's hardstatus. Anybody got some suggestions on how to do this (if…
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Fix for: GNU Screen: Indicate if C-a (escape) is pressed in hardstatus
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source For a long time I got often baffled in Screen just because I didn't know if escape key was pressed. It was so until Ben Love came up with a patch which adds a new hardstatus escape for escape key ( bug #27713 ). Download this patch and apply …
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