notpip /.screenrc

this mainly gives you the most attractive and functional caption and hardstatus lines i've ever seen, and it should since it took me nearly 2 weeks of tinkering before i had it JUST RIGHT.
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# .screenrc created by duncan brown (http://duncanbrown.org)
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autodetach		on		# Standard: on
crlf			off		# Standard: off
deflogin		off		# Standard: on
hardcopy_append		on		# Standard: off
startup_message		off		# Standard: on
vbell			on
defscrollback		5000		# Standard: 100
silencewait		15		# Standard: 30
nethack			on		# add some humor to our messages
activity		"activity in %n (%t) [%w:%s]~"
bell			"%C -> %n%f %t popped!"
vbell_msg		" *BOING! BOING! BOING!* "

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# now we set the last two lines in our terminal to something useful & pretty
#    (everything here can be found in the screen manpage under STRING ESCAPES)
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caption always "%{rk}%?%-Lw%?%{-b}(%{+b}%n %t%{-b})%{-b}%?(%u)%?%{rk}%?%+Lw%?%="
hardstatus alwayslastline "%{kb}[%{+b}%h%{-b}]%= %{kg}[%{+b}%Y%m%d %c%{-b}]"
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