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--- commands:windowlist [2010-01-25 13:39]
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+++ commands:windowlist [2013-11-13 09:13]
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 ===== Description =====
-Display all windows in a table for visual window selection.  The desired
+Choose from a tabular list of windows.  Select a desired window via
-window can be selected via the standard movement keys (see the
+the standard movement keys (see the ''[[commands:copy]]'' command).
-''[[commands:copy]]'' command) and activated via the return key.  If the
+Activate it with the return key.  Give the ''-b'' option to switch
-''-b'' option is given, ''screen'' will switch to the blank window before
+''screen'' to include the current window in the displayed list.
-presenting the list, so that the current window is also selectable.  The
+Option ''-m'' orders the list to be by most-recently-used window
-''-m'' option changes the order of the windows; instead of sorting by
+rather than window number.
-window numbers, ''screen'' will use its internal most-recently-used list.
-The table format can be changed with the ''string'' and ''title'' option.
+Change the table format with the ''string'' and ''title'' options.
-The //title// is displayed as table heading, while the lines are made by
+The //title// displays as table heading and the lines use the
-using the //string// setting.  The default setting is "''Num
+//string// setting.  The default setting is "''Num Name%=Flags''"
-Name%=Flags''" for the title and "''%3n %t%=%f''" for the lines.  See the
+for the title and "''%3n %t%=%f''" for the lines.  See the
 [[Man:String Escapes]] chapter for more codes (e.g. color settings).
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 ===== See Also =====
+  * ''[[windows]]''
   * [[:Window Management]]

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