From c591e4edcfe81d6be880456f62ee39d8c32d34f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: algernon Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 19:42:53 +0000 Subject: manpage moved here & updated a lot --- man/ratpoison.1 | 136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 136 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/ratpoison.1 diff --git a/man/ratpoison.1 b/man/ratpoison.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..adaae45 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/ratpoison.1 @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +.TH RATPOISON 1 "15 February, 2001" "ratpoison 0.0.6" RATPOISON +.SH NAME +ratpoison \- fatless X window manager +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B ratpoison +.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 +The default keystrokes are listed in the next section. However, there +are some which are bound to complex commands, and those are listed +here. +.TP +.B C\-t c +This opens a new XTerm. +.TP +.B C\-t e +This opens a new EMACS session. You will probably only need to do this +once. +.TP +.B C\-t t +Sometimes you need to send a C\-t to the current window. This command +does just that. +.TP +.B C\-t : +Enter a command line. +.SH COMMANDS +Ratpoison can be controlled with commands (so called colon-commands). +The summary of available commands is listed below: +.\" FIXME: Complete this! +.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 center +If you want to center a window, this is the command to use. This +is not bound to any key by default. +.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 delete +This deletes the current window. You can access it with the \fIC\-t k\fP +keystroke. +.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 \fBdelete\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 rotten! Yuck! Avoid! +.TP +.B number \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\-\fP too. +.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 resize \fIhorizontal\fP x \fIvertical\fP +Resizes the current window to the given size. +.TP +.B select \fIwindow\-name\fP +Go to a window by name. A shourcut is \fIC\-t '\fP. +.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. \fIC\-t v\fP! \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 \fBC\-t C\-\fP where \fI\fP is the +number of the window. Note that only windows with numbers from 0 to 9 +can be referenced. + +After 5 seconds the Program Bar disappears. + +This command is bound to \fIC\-t w\fP. +.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 . + +This manual page was written by Gergely Nagy <8@free.bsd.hu>. -- cgit v1.2.3