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#1 2008-04-01 19:20:30
- niller
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Can I prevent apps from closing in screen ??
Hi all
Is it possible to prevent mutt, emacs etc from being closed by a mistype ??
Sometimes in mutt I hit q by a mistake and it's irritating to start everything up again, because I like mutt to be on screen #2.
I wonder if it's possible to extend .screenrc with this feature (if it exist?)
My .screenrc looks like this:
screen -t Shell0 0
screen -t Shell1 1
screen -t Mutt 2 mutt
screen -t Emacs 3 emacs -nw
screen -t MC 4 mc
screen -t Cmus 5 cmus
screen -t ROOT 6 su -
vbell off
startup_message off
#change the hardstatus settings to give an window list at the bottom of the \
#screen, with the time and date and with the current window highlighted \
hardstatus alwayslastline \
hardstatus string '%{= kG}[%= %{= kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B} %D\
%d %M %Y %{W}%c:%s %{g}]'
#'%{= mK}%-Lw%{= KW}%50>%n%f* %t%{= mK}%+Lw%< %{= kG}%-=%D %d %M %Y %c:%s%{-}'
# bind F10 to Screen's quit command
bindkey -k F2 quitAny hints is highly appreciated.
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#2 2008-04-04 00:22:24
- escondida
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Re: Can I prevent apps from closing in screen ??
Well, you could always add...
quit=ask-yes...to your .muttrc to have it prompt you if you hit "q." You can also configure emacs to prompt you before quitting.
it's irritating to start everything up again, because I like mutt to be on screen #2.
I hope you don't mean closing your whole screen session!
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#3 2008-04-04 00:44:02
- bender02
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Re: Can I prevent apps from closing in screen ??
If it's just a matter of laziness, then I'd say just create a shortcut that opens a mutt for you... so that when you close it it's two keystrokes away:
bind 'm' screen -t Mutt 2 mutt
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#4 2008-04-04 07:12:28
- dolby
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Re: Can I prevent apps from closing in screen ??
ctrl+a+c creates a new screen window. fire up mutt again. no need to close the screen session or (alternatively) start all those apps when screen starts. you can create new windows and start anything you want in them
There shouldn't be any reason to learn more editor types than emacs or vi -- mg (1)
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#5 2008-04-04 07:19:32
- niller
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Re: Can I prevent apps from closing in screen ??
Well what I had in mind was a feature in .screenrc that prevented apps from being closed by a accident.
F.ex if I was mistyping something and screen says "Are you sure y/n ?" similar to when shutting down screen or something like that.
If it's just a matter of laziness, then I'd say just create a shortcut that opens a mutt for you... so that when you close it it's two keystrokes away:
bind 'm' screen -t Mutt 2 muttI guess this means CTRL+a+m ?? Hmm.. that might be the answer 
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