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+.TH RATPOISON 1 "17 February, 2001" "ratpoison 0.0.6" RATPOISON
+.SH NAME
+ratpoison \- fatless X window manager
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B ratpoison [ \fIoptions\fP ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B ratpoison
+window manager.
+
+This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
+because the original program does not have a manual page.
+Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
+.PP
+\fBratpoison\fP is a simple Window Manager with no fat library
+dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no
+flashy wank. It is largely modelled after \fIGNU Screen\fP which
+has done wonders in virtual terminal market.
+
+All interaction with the window manager is done through
+keystrokes. ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize the key
+clobbering that cripples EMACS and other quality pieces of
+software.
+.SH KEYSTROKES
+ratpoison is controlled entirely through the keyboard. The default
+keystrokes are listed in this section.
+.TP
+.B C-t C-t
+Switch to the last window.
+.TP
+.B C-t t
+Sometimes you need to send a C-t to the current window. This keystroke
+does just that.
+.TP
+.B C\-t 0-9
+Switch to the numbered window.
+.TP
+.B C\-t A,
+.B C\-t C\-A
+Rename the current window. The window's new name will prevail for the
+rest of its lifetime.
+.TP
+.B C\-t K,
+.B C\-t C\-K
+Send a DestroyClient event to the current window. This will terminate
+the application without question.
+.TP
+.B C\-t n,
+.B C\-t C\-n,
+.B C\-t Return,
+.B C\-t C\-Return,
+.B C\-t Space,
+.B C\-t C\-Space,
+Go to next window.
+.TP
+.B C\-t p,
+.B C\-t C\-p
+Go to previous window.
+.TP
+.B C\-t ',
+.B C\-t C\-'
+Go to a window by name. You will usually only need to type the first
+few characters of the window name.
+.TP
+.B C\-t a,
+.B C\-t C\-a
+Display the current time of day.
+.TP
+.B C\-t c,
+.B C\-t C\-c
+Open a new X terminal.
+.TP
+.B C\-t :,
+.B C\-t C\-:
+This allows you to execute a single ratpoison command.
+.TP
+.B C\-t e,
+.B C\-t C\-e
+Run Emacs (you know you want to).
+.TP
+.B C\-t !,
+Run a shell command.
+.TP
+.B C\-t C\-!
+Run a shell command through an X terminal.
+.TP
+.B C\-t k,
+.B C\-t C\-k
+Close the current window.
+.TP
+.B C\-t m,
+.B C\-t C\-m
+Maximize the current window. Sometimes windows don't respond correctly
+to the initial maximize event and need some coaxing. This is a fancy way
+of saying there are still bugs in ratpoison. \fIC\-t m\fP will force the
+current window to maximize.
+.TP
+.B C\-t v,
+.B C\-t C\-v
+Display the version of ratpoison.
+.TP
+.B C\-t w,
+.B C\-t C\-w
+Display the list of managed windows. The current window is highlighted.
+.SH COMMANDS
+Ratpoison can be controlled with commands (so called colon-commands).
+The summary of available commands is listed below:
+.TP
+.B abort
+This is a pretty useless command. By default, it is bound to
+\fIC\-t g\fP, and its purpose is to abort other commands.
+.TP
+.B bind \fIkey\fP \fIcommand\fP
+Bind a key to a ratpoison command. This command takes two arguments: the
+key to bind and the command to run. For example, to bind \fIC\-t R\fP to
+restart ratpoison:
+.IP
+: bind R exec ratpoison --restart
+.PP
+.TP
+.B clock
+Show current time. Disappears after 5 seconds, like all other info bars.
+In the default setup, the \fIC\-t a\fP keystroke is bound to this command.
+.TP
+.B colon \fIcommand\fP
+Run a ratpoison command.
+.TP
+.B delete
+This deletes the current window. You can access it with the \fIC\-t k\fP
+keystroke.
+.TP
+.B escape \fIkey\fP
+Set the prefix to \fIkey\fP. For example
+.IP
+: escape ^b
+.PP
+sets the prefix key to \fIC\-b\fP.
+.TP
+.B generate
+Send a \fIC\-t\fP to the current window.
+.TP
+.B exec \fIcommand\fP
+Execute a shell command. By default, \fIC\-t !\fP does this.
+.TP
+.B kill
+This destroys the current window. Normally you should only need to
+use \fIdelete\fP, but just incase you need to rip the heart out of a
+misbehaving window this command should do the trick. Also available as
+\fIC\-t K\fP.
+.TP
+.B maximize
+Maximize the current window, just like \fIC\-t m\fP would do.
+.TP
+.B next
+This jumps you to the next window in the window list. This one is
+bound to three keystrokes, namely \fIC\-t n\fP, \fIC\-t space\fP,
+and \fIC\-t enter\fP.
+.TP
+.B newwm \fIwindow-manager\fP
+This is a bad-bad command. It kills ratpoison and revives that
+ugly rodent! Yuck! Avoid!
+.TP
+.B other
+This toggles between the current window and the last window. By
+default, this is bound to \fIC\-t C\-t\fP.
+.TP
+.B prev
+This jumps you to the previous window in the window list. By default,
+this is bound to \fIC\-t p\fP.
+.TP
+.B select \fIn\fP
+This jumps you to window \fIn\fP where \fIn\fP is the window number as
+shown in the Program Bar. You can do the same trick with
+\fIC\-n\fP too.
+.TP
+.B select \fIwindow-name\fP
+Go to a window by name. A shortcut is \fIC\-t '\fP.
+.TP
+.B source \fIfile\fP
+Read a text file containing ratpoison commands.
+.TP
+.B title \fItitle\fP
+Rename the currently active window. This name will remain for the
+duration of the window's life, unless you change it again. By default,
+the \fIC\-t A\fP keystroke is bound to this command.
+.TP
+.B version
+Print ratpoison version. By default, this is bound to \fIC\-t v\fP.
+.TP
+.B windows
+This displays the Program Bar which displays the windows you currently
+have running. The number before each window name is used to jump to
+that window. You can do this by typing \fIC\-t n\fP where \fIn\fP
+is the number of the window. Note that only windows with numbers from
+0 to 9 can be referenced using this keystoke. To reach windows with
+numbers greater than 9, use \fIC\-t '\fP and type the number at the
+prompt.
+
+After 5 seconds the Program Bar disappears.
+
+This command is bound to \fIC\-t w\fP by default.
+.SH OPTIONS
+These are the command line options that are recognized by ratpoison:
+.TP
+\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-restart\fR
+restart ratpoison
+.TP
+\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kill\fR
+kill ratpoison
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <ratpoison-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2000, 2001 Shawn Betts
+.br
+This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
+warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+The full documentation for
+.B ratpoison
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B ratpoison
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info ratpoison
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Ratpoison was written by Shawn Betts <sabetts@users.sourceforge.net>.
+
+This manual page was written by Gergely Nagy <8@free.bsd.hu> and
+updated by Shawn Betts <sabetts@users.sourceforge.net>.