Consider replacing C-a in screen with C-z by putting this in your .screenrc: escape ^Zz C-a interferes with command line editing and Emacs. C-z makes it a pai

Consider replacing C-a in screen with C-z by putting this in your .screenrc: escape ^Zz C-a interferes with command line editing and Emacs. C-z makes it a pain to background a process in screen, but if you're like me, you probably never do that, anyway.