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Default Key Bindings
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   As mentioned previously, each keyboard command consists of a `C-a'
followed by one other character.  For your convenience, all commands
that are bound to lower-case letters are also bound to their control
character counterparts (with the exception of `C-a a'; see below).
Thus, both `C-a c' and `C-a C-c' can be used to create a window.

   The following table shows the default key bindings:

`C-a ''
     (select)
     Prompt for a window identifier and switch.  Note: Selecting.

`C-a "'
     (windowlist -b)
     Present a list of all windows for selection.  Note: Selecting.

`C-a 0...9, -'
     (select 0...select 9, select -)
     Switch to window number 0...9, or the blank window.  Note:
     Selecting.

`C-a <Tab>'
     (focus)
     Switch the input focus to the next region.  Note: Regions.

`C-a C-a'
     (other)
     Toggle to the window displayed previously.  If this window does no
     longer exist, `other' has the same effect as `next'.  Note:
     Selecting.

`C-a a'
     (meta)
     Send the command character (C-a) to window. See `escape' command.
     Note: Command Character.

`C-a A'
     (title)
     Allow the user to enter a title for the current window.  Note:
     Naming Windows.

`C-a b'
`C-a C-b'
     (break)
     Send a break to the tty.  Note: Break.

`C-a B'
     (pow_break)
     Close and reopen the tty-line.  Note: Break.

`C-a c'
`C-a C-c'
     (screen)
     Create a new window with a shell and switch to that window.  Note:
     Screen Command.

`C-a C'
     (clear)
     Clear the screen.  Note: Clear.

`C-a d'
`C-a C-d'
     (detach)
     Detach `screen' from this terminal.  Note: Detach.

`C-a D D'
     (pow_detach)
     Detach and logout.  Note: Power Detach.

`C-a f'
`C-a C-f'
     (flow)
     Cycle flow among `on', `off' or `auto'.  Note: Flow.

`C-a F'
     (fit)
     Resize the window to the current region size.  Note: Window Size.

`C-a C-g'
     (vbell)
     Toggle visual bell mode.  Note: Bell.

`C-a h'
     (hardcopy)
     Write a hardcopy of the current window to the file "hardcopy.N".
     Note: Hardcopy.

`C-a H'
     (log)
     Toggle logging of the current window to the file "screenlog.N".
     Note: Log.

`C-a i'
`C-a C-i'
     (info)
     Show info about the current window.  Note: Info.

`C-a k'
`C-a C-k'
     (kill)
     Destroy the current window.  Note: Kill.

`C-a l'
`C-a C-l'
     (redisplay)
     Fully refresh the current window.  Note: Redisplay.

`C-a L'
     (login)
     Toggle the current window's login state.  Note: Login.

`C-a m'
`C-a C-m'
     (lastmsg)
     Repeat the last message displayed in the message line.  Note: Last
     Message.

`C-a M'
     (monitor) Toggle monitoring of the current window.  Note:
     Monitor.

`C-a <SPC>'
`C-a n'
`C-a C-n'
     (next)
     Switch to the next window.  Note: Selecting.

`C-a N'
     (number)
     Show the number (and title) of the current window.  Note: Number.

`C-a p'
`C-a C-p'
`C-a C-h'
`C-a <BackSpace>'
     (prev)
     Switch to the previous window (opposite of `C-a n').  Note:
     Selecting.

`C-a q'
`C-a C-q'
     (xon)
     Send a ^Q (ASCII XON) to the current window.  Note: XON/XOFF.

`C-a Q'
     (only)
     Delete all regions but the current one.  Note: Regions.

`C-a r'
`C-a C-r'
     (wrap)
     Toggle the current window's line-wrap setting (turn the current
     window's automatic margins on or off).  Note: Wrap.

`C-a s'
`C-a C-s'
     (xoff)
     Send a ^S (ASCII XOFF) to the current window.  Note: XON/XOFF.

`C-a S'
     (split)
     Split the current region into two new ones.  Note: Regions.

`C-a t'
`C-a C-t'
     (time)
     Show the load average and xref.  Note: Time.

`C-a v'
     (version)
     Display the version and compilation date.  Note: Version.

`C-a C-v'
     (digraph)
     Enter digraph.  Note: Digraph.

`C-a w'
`C-a C-w'
     (windows)
     Show a list of active windows.  Note: Windows.

`C-a W'
     (width)
     Toggle between 80 and 132 columns.  Note: Window Size.

`C-a x'
`C-a C-x'
     (lockscreen)
     Lock your terminal.  Note: Lock.

`C-a X'
     (remove)
     Kill the current region.  Note: Regions.

`C-a z'
`C-a C-z'
     (suspend)
     Suspend `screen'.  Note: Suspend.

`C-a Z'
     (reset)
     Reset the virtual terminal to its "power-on" values.  Note:
     Reset.

`C-a .'
     (dumptermcap)
     Write out a `.termcap' file.  Note: Dump Termcap.

`C-a ?'
     (help)
     Show key bindings.  Note: Help.

`C-a C-\'
     (quit)
     Kill all windows and terminate `screen'.  Note: Quit.

`C-a :'
     (colon)
     Enter a command line.  Note: Colon.

`C-a ['
`C-a C-['
`C-a <ESC>'
     (copy)
     Enter copy/scrollback mode.  Note: Copy.

`C-a ]'
`C-a C-]'
     (paste .)
     Write the contents of the paste buffer to the stdin queue of the
     current window.  Note: Paste.

`C-a {'
`C-a }'
     (history)
     Copy and paste a previous (command) line.  Note: History.

`C-a >'
     (writebuf)
     Write the paste buffer out to the screen-exchange file.  Note:
     Screen Exchange.

`C-a <'
     (readbuf)
     Read the screen-exchange file into the paste buffer.  Note: Screen
     Exchange.

`C-a ='
     (removebuf)
     Delete the screen-exchange file.  Note: Screen Exchange.

`C-a _'
     (silence)
     Start/stop monitoring the current window for inactivity. Note:
     Silence,

`C-a ,'
     (license)
     Show the copyright page.

`C-a *'
     (displays)
     Show the listing of attached displays.