.screenrc

startup_message off
caption always 
caption string " %` %{Rk} %c %{+b Bk}%-w%{+b r.}%n* %t%{-b B.}%+w%<"
#substitute the backtick above
backtick 0 0 0 sh -c  'screen -ls | grep -oP "(?<=$PPID\.)[^\s]*"'
# backtick 0 30 30 sh -c 'screen -ls | grep --color=no -o "$PPID[^[:space:]]*"'

#treat the shell as a login shell
shell -$SHELL
deflogin off

#screen title
#termcapinfo * ti@:te@

# vbell settings
vbell on
vbell_msg "Vbell on %n" 
bell_msg "Bell on %n"

# activity monitor settings
defmonitor on
activity "Activity on %n" 

# detach session on disconnect
autodetach on

# clearing the screen after vi, man etc
altscreen on

term "screen-256color"

#attrcolor b ".I"    # allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
#termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'   # tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
#defbce on    # use current bg color for erased chars

defscrollback 5000