Reloading screen-profiles reopens all configured windows

Rocco-

Thanks for the bug report.

You can add to the list of windows using the screen-profiles helper (if that's available to you), by hitting F9 and launching the configuration menu. If it's not available to you, then, yes, you edit your ~/.screen-profiles/windows file like any other screenrc file. It accepts the same syntax defined by screen's manpage:
 * http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/en/man1/screen.1.html

However, the issue you bring up about F5 is a real one ... F5 re-sources your configuration file, which re-sources the windows file, so all of your windows will get re-opened. I have experienced this, so I am marking your report confirmed (though I'll probably change the title to this effect). I'm not sure how to solve this just yet ...

:-Dustin

Possibly F5 could re-source all but the windows file? Anyway I know there's a menu for managing windows, but if there's a way to add one from there, there's no indication how to do it. As far as I can tell it's a missing feature, but if the feature exists (to add windows from the menu) it lacks documentation.

F9 -> Create new window(s)

:-Dustin

See this attachment.

:-Dustin

And this one.

:-Dustin

I'm not sure we can make the window creation more clear ...

Otherwise, please refer to the screen(1) manpage.

:-Dustin

Fix committed, r384, will be in the 1.52 release.

:-Dustin

This bug was fixed in the package screen-profiles - 1.52-0ubuntu1

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screen-profiles (1.52-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * bin/updates-available: drop leading "Inst" in detailed report
  * bin/logo: add logo for altlinux
  * screen: drop the -t title, causes hangs if user defines shelltitle,
    LP: #368925
  * profiles/profile.skel: swap the position of ip-address and menu
  * screen-profiles.1: document all notifications, LP: #369040
  * profiles/common, screen: create a temp file to use on screen launch,
    consisting of the profile plus the windows, but don't source default
    windows otherwise as this breaks F5-refresh, LP: #368786
  * screen-profiles: ensure that all registered keybindings get updated
    if the user changes their escape sequence, LP: #368937
  * screen-launcher-install, screen-launcher-uninstall: support
    screen-by-default installation for zsh users, LP: #368960

 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:28:48 -0500