fixed UTF-8 support in screen

dotfiles/system/etc/screenrc

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+defutf8 on
+autodetach on
+startup_message off
+defscrollback 10240
+
+# scroll through scrollback
+termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@
+
+# use current bg color for erased chars
+defbce on
+
+# remapping dangerous keybindings
+bind k
+bind ^k
+bind .
+bind ^\
+bind \\
+bind ^h
+bind h
+bind 'K' kill
+bind 'I' login on
+bind 'O' login off
+bind '}' history
+
+# drop scrollback command
+bind '/' eval "scrollback 0" "scrollback 15000"

dotfiles/system/etc/screenrc.over

@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ defscrollback 10240
 # scroll through scrollback
 termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@
 
-# let's get high-tech with 256 colors over here
-#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
+# use current bg color for erased chars
+defbce on
 
 # remapping dangerous keybindings
 bind k
@@ -24,20 +22,10 @@ bind 'I' login on
 bind 'O' login off
 bind '}' history
 
-# custom keybindings
+# drop scrollback command
 bind '/' eval "scrollback 0" "scrollback 15000"
 
-# status line
-#backtick 1 5 5 true
-#termcapinfo rxvt* 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;\007'
-#hardstatus string "screen (%n: %t)"
-#caption string "%{= kw}%Y-%m-%d;%c %{= kw}%-Lw%{= kG}%{+b}[%n %t]%{-b}%{= kw}%+Lw%1`"
-#caption always
-
-# environment
-setenv DISPLAY ":0"
-
-# start with a bunch of windows
+# my preferred default windows
 screen  0 sudo su -
 screen  1 sudo ionice -c 3 nice su -
 screen  2 sudo ionice -c 3 nice su -

dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ alias Yall="noglob youtube-dl -o \"%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s\""
 alias units="units -v"
 alias usystemctl="systemctl --user"
 
+# apparently this is the only way of setting GNU Screen to UTF-8
+alias screen="screen -U"
+
 # Edit the current command line in $EDITOR
 export VISUAL="nano -m" # enable mouse cursor
 autoload -U edit-command-line