diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e9eeb0db..4589c91a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ byobu (2.20) unreleased; urgency=low
     and exit non-zero if not; handles odd situation where user launches
     byobu from a sudo/root shell, and root owns their ~/.byobu dir, but then
     they launch as non-root sometime later, LP: #394147
+  * profiles/common: add a backtick helper hack to print %-1
+  * profiles_generator/profile.skel: improve handline of window overflow
+    on the caption line; use a ... elipsis at the beginning or end of line
+    to show that there are more windows or information available than
+    immediately shown, LP: #369828
   * debian/source_byobu.py: add apport hooks for byobu
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:36:38 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:29:15 -0500
 
 byobu (2.19-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/profiles/common b/profiles/common
index 02022e6b..6929b022 100644
--- a/profiles/common
+++ b/profiles/common
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ defutf8 on
 #   ~600   ~10 minutes
 #   ~180   ~3 minutes
 #   ~60    ~1 minute
-backtick 10 	86399	86399		byobu-janitor
+backtick 10 	86389	86389		byobu-janitor
+backtick 11	86399	86399		printf "\005-1="
 backtick 99  	86011	86011		byobu-status logo
 backtick 100	599	599		byobu-status release
 backtick 101 	181	181		byobu-status updates_available
diff --git a/profiles_generator/profile.skel b/profiles_generator/profile.skel
index 68c5d965..5dd8b146 100644
--- a/profiles_generator/profile.skel
+++ b/profiles_generator/profile.skel
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 source /usr/share/byobu/profiles/common
 
 # Window tabs, second to last line
-caption always "%{kW}%?%-Lw%?%{bw}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{kW}%?%+Lw%? %= %{= Wk}%110`%109`%122`%111`%10`"
+caption always "%{kW}%?%-Lw%50L>%?%{bw}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{kW}%?%+Lw%?%11` %=%{= Wk}%110`%109`%122`%111`%10`%<"
 
 # Status string, last line
 hardstatus string '%99`%{= Wk} %100`%112`%= %102`%101`%127`%114`%115`%108`%128`%125`%126`%113`%119`%117`%116`%106`%104`%103`%105`%107`%123`%120`%121`'