[screen-devel] [bug #34075] Too easy to miss output notifications--keep status display

[anonymous]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34075>

                 Summary: Too easy to miss output notifications--keep status
display
                 Project: GNU Screen
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 19 Aug 2011 04:20:50 PM UTC
                Category: Feature Request
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
           Work Required: None

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Details:

With output monitoring, I can leave "finch" running in a window and get
notification when messages arrive.  But if I'm hacking at full speed, flipping
screens, it's easy to miss the message (it comes in *just* as I flip screens).
 I've added %E to the hardstatus string, which expands to a string 0-9+ of
window numbers ("+" if any window > 9 is included) which have had output
notifications, but the window has not been the current window yet.

So I can now add "%?Msgs<%E>%?" to my hardstatus string, and now my status bar
shows there's output to see.  And keeps showing it until I flip over to that
window.

Attached is my initial patch.  I'm living with this proposed feature and
patch, and will update if/when I come across any further issues.




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File Attachments:


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Date: Fri 19 Aug 2011 04:20:50 PM UTC  Name: pat.1  Size: 2kB   By: None
Implementation of suggested feature
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=23838>

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