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Screen Configuration
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Configuration Locations
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Screen knows the following configurations locations:

* **System:** ``/etc/screenrc``
* **Local:** ``~/.screen``

Setting startup_message to off
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.. code-block:: bash

   startup_message off

Setting vbell to off
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: bash

   vbell off

Setting defscrollback to 10000
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: bash

   defscrollback 10000

Setting defutf8 to on
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Set UTF-8 as the default encoding used, the strings sent to a window will be UTF-8 encoded and vice versa:

.. code-block:: bash

   defutf8 on

Setting altscreen to on
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: bash

   altscreen on

Setting compacthist to on
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Enable to suppress trailing blank lines when scrolling up text into the history buffer:

.. code-block:: bash

   compacthist on

Setting hardstatus to on
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.. code-block:: bash

   hardstatus on

Updating hardstatus string
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: bash

   hardstatus string "%{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y}%Y-%m-%d %c:%s"

Using hardstatus alwayslastline
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: bash

   hardstatus alwayslastline

Starting shells as login-shells
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. code-block:: bash

   shell -$SHELL

Setting default shelltitle to shell
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.. code-block:: bash

   shelltitle shell