byobu

Auto-naming prompt on new windows

Asked by Steve Garton

When using screen-profiles on Jaunty, pressing F2 would create a new window and prompt for the name of the new window, but byobu in Karmic doesn't give this prompt for a name. Is there a way I can make it do so?

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Best Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) said : 		#1

F8 is the quick way to rename a window in Karmic.

Many, many people complained about F2's forced naming prompt. Hence
the new design.

You should be able to override this behavior by putting:

register n "^a^c^aA" # | Goes
with the F2 definition
bindkey -k k2 process n # F2 | Create
new window (and name it)

in your ~/.screenrc.

:-Dustin

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Steve Garton (sheepeatingtaz) said : 		#2

Thanks Dustin Kirkland, that solved my question.