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regarding screen fights with mutt over term title?
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Package: screen
Version: 4.1.0~20120320gitdb59704-2
Severity: minor
Hello,
I'm using mutt withing screen within rxvt-unicode (but I also tried
lxterminal). When pushing/holding buttons in mutt the terminal title is
changing from screen's hardstatus to the string "Mail" or sometimes
"MAIL".
It doesn't seem to be related to specific keys, but rather mutt actions,
like scrolling more than a screenfull or opening messages.
My hardstatus is:
hardstatus lastline "${USER}@%H: %-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%< %c:%s
%D,%d.%M.%Y %l %1`"
Kind regards,
Andrei
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ro_RO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages screen depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.43
ii dpkg 1.16.4.2
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libncurses5 5.9-8
ii libpam0g 1.1.3-7.1
ii libtinfo5 5.9-8
screen recommends no packages.
Versions of packages screen suggests:
pn iselect | screenie | byobu <none>
-- debconf information:
* screen/410-upgrade:
screen/403-copy-failed:
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--- Begin Message ---
tags 677203 + wontfix
thanks
Hi,
This is expected screen behaviour.
Your hardstatus contains "%h".
"%h" is the window title, and applications (including mutt) can update
it via title/status escape sequences.
So if "%h" is shown in hardstatus, that application-provided value is
what gets displayed; and on terminals that support title updates, the
terminal title is updated accordingly.
Closing as not a bug.
Cheers,
Peter Dey
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