I am using screen with several tabs open to separate my projects between them. However, when I open too many tabs they just appear off screen and I can no longer see them in my "screen status bar". I can still switch to them, but not see them in my list of windows. How can I make it so that my "screen status bar" will expand to two lines when necessary? I've gotten a .screenrc
from a friend to start with which put me where I'm at, but I'd like to customize it to afford me this option.
Screen status bar multiple lines
gnu-screen
Best Answer
I turn off the status bar, myself, because that's not a pratical way to manage screen with 40+ windows. Using Ctrl-A + " will open a list of all screens. You can name individual windows with Ctrl-A + A. I also use a customized .screenrc that, among other things, shows the Shell Title message in the Window listing.