Re: hardstatus question

[todd freed]

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Jostein Berntsen <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 13.10.11,10:25, todd freed wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> In your .screenrc you can use "hardstatus" to set your hardstatus
>> line, using the STRING ESCAPES as documented in man screen.
>>
>> My question is about the %w option, which is supposed to be the number
>> and name of each window.
>>
>> It appears that the text generated by %w for each window is truncated
>> at 20 characters. Is it possible to change this? I think 30-35 would
>> be more useful in my case.
>>
>
> My hardstatus line is
>
> hardstatus string "%{.kc}%-w%{.kw}%n*%t%{-}%+w %c %Y%m%d
>
> Would that work better for you?
>
>
> Jostein
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Joe,

could you explain how, if at all, it addresses the problem I brought
up? I see a -w and a +w. Should still expand to 20 characters per
window, right?

-Todd