.TH RATPOISON 1 "January 29, 2001" "ratpoison 0.0.5" 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
.TP
.B C\-t C\-c
This opens a new XTerm.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-e
This opens a new EMACS session. You will probably only need to do this
once.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-w
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 to this by typing \fBC\-t C\-<n>\fP where \fI<n>\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.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-p
This jumps you to the previous window in the window list.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-n
This jumps you to the next window in the window list.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-<n>
This jumps you to window <n> where <n> is the window number as shown in
the Program Bar.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-t
This toggles between the current window and 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 C\-k
This deletes the current window.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-K
This destroys the current window. Normally you should only need to
use `C-t k', but just incase you need to rip the heart out of a
misbehaving window this command should do the trick.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-a
Show current time. Disappears after 5 seconds, like all other info bars.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-A
Rename the currently active window. This name will remain for the
duration of the window's life.
.TP
.B C\-t C\-'
Go to a window by name.
.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
This manual page was written by Gergely Nagy <8@free.bsd.hu>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).