Re: Is there any way I can split long lines in .screenrc?

[Chris Jones]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 11:44:51AM EST, Micah Cowan wrote:
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> Chris Jones wrote:
> > Couldn't find anything in the usual repositories.
> > 
> > Here's my current hardstatus line (length=190):
> > 
> > hardstatus alwayslastline "%{+r wk}%H %{+b yk}%0` %{+b wk} %1` | %2` %3` 
> > |%4` %{+b wk}| %{+b wk}%l%{+b wk} |%{+b gk} %n %t %{+b wk}| %{+b wk}%W %=  
> > %{+b wk} %D %m/%d/%y %c:%s | %{+b yk} %5`"
> > 
> > I tried using a '\' backslash escape as in:
> > 
> > hardstatus alwayslastline "%{+r wk}%H %{+b yk}%0` %{+b wk} %1` \
> >     | %2` %3` |%4` %{+b wk}| %{+b wk}%l%{+b wk} \
> >     |%{+b gk} %n %t %{+b wk}| %{+b wk}%W %= %{+b wk} \
> >     %D %m/%d/%y %c:%s | %{+b yk} %5`"

> Yeah, screen doesn't allow split lines (or lines whose lengths are greater
> than 2048 bytes). Nor does it allow combining lines (say, with a semicolon)

Thanks!

Maybe we need an enhancement request here.

:-)

> > If .screenrc's syntax does not allow splitting lines .. is there a
> > workaround?
> 
> I dunno... you could set it in an environment variable (careful with the
> quoting) and use screen's env var replacement. 

I'll try that. At least I'll learn something that might come in handy in the
future.

> Or you could write a preprocesor that recombines split lines (and re-splits
> them for editing, I guess).

Definitely overkill, I think. All the same, would this preprocessor invoked by
the editor or by screen? 

I'll take a look at vim and see if it provides such a feature in a way that's
comptatible with .screenrc parsing.

Thanks!

CJ