Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of Using Finch

Timestamp:

Apr 13, 2007, 9:48:07 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

wabz

Comment:

add some tips regarding running in screen

Using Finch

@@ -46 +46 @@
 == Conversations ==
 === In chats, can I see the list of users in the chatroom? ===
-Yes. Use the {{{/users}}} command. (after 2.0.0)
+Yes. Use the {{{/users}}} command. (after 2.0.0. Until then, press tab and all the users will be presented in the tab-completion dropdown)
 
 === In a conversation with a contact, can I select which buddy the message is sent to? ===
@@ -54 +54 @@
 === Is there a pounce/debug/file-transfer/preference/plugins/status window? ===
 Yes! Press {{{alt-a}}} to bring out the actions menu. Select the window you want to see.
+
+=== How do I get the mouse working in screen? ===
+You can do a bunch of things with the mouse in finch (after putting "mouse = 1" in ~/.gntrc), including selecting text over multiple lines in conversation windows, which is hard to do with the mouse selection in your terminal - so having the mouse enabled in finch can be advantageous. For at least a few people, screen is missing the kmous capability entry in its terminfo. Here's how to add it:
+
+From the terminal in which you run screen, and while not in screen:
+{{{
+#!sh
+infocmp | sed -n 's/.*\(kmous=[^,]\+\).*/\1/p'
+}}}
+(from what I've read, for this to work in ncurses, the value "must" be "\E[M"?)
+Within screen:
+{{{
+#!sh
+infocmp > tmp
+}}}
+Open tmp and add the kmous entry from above, save and close and do:
+{{{
+#!sh
+tic tmp
+}}}
+When the mouse is enabled, hold shift to use your terminal's mouse selecting.
+
+=== In screen, when I press esc, there is a huge delay, how can this be reduced? ===
+Finch adds its own small delay after pressing esc, to allow pressing esc then <whatever> in quick succession for alt-X shortcuts where your alt key may be missing. Screen also does this, so to avoid having both applications add the delay:
+maptimeout 0
+into ~/.screenrc
+Alternatively, type C-a :maptimeout 0 while in screen.