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always
]lastline
|message
|ignore
[string]string
[string](none)
This command configures the use and emulation of the terminal's hardstatus line. The first form toggles whetherscreen
will use the hardware status line to display messages. If the flag is set to ‘off’, these messages are overlaid in reverse video mode at the display line. The default setting is ‘on’.The second form tells screen what to do if the terminal doesn't have a hardstatus line (i.e. the termcap/terminfo capabilities "hs", "ts", "fs" and "ds" are not set). If the type
lastline
is used, screen will reserve the last line of the display for the hardstatus.message
usesscreen
's message mechanism andignore
tellsscreen
never to display the hardstatus. If you prepend the wordalways
to the type (e.g.,alwayslastline
),screen
will use the type even if the terminal supports a hardstatus line.The third form specifies the contents of the hardstatus line.
%h
is used as default string, i.e., the stored hardstatus of the current window (settable via ‘ESC]0;^G’ or ‘ESC_\\’) is displayed. You can customize this to any string you like including string escapes (see String Escapes). If you leave out the argument string, the current string is displayed.You can mix the second and third form by providing the string as additional argument.