Ratpoison - Say good-bye to the rodent
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Shawn Betts
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About
ratpoison 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 GNU Screen 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.
Building
ratpoison uses autoconf. To build it:
$ ./configure && make
if you want to install it, simply type 'make install' as a privileged user:
# make install
Customization
Use the configure option '--enable-debug' to enable debugging symbols.
Use the configure option '--disable-history' to disable the filesystem rat.
Use the configure option '--with-xterm=PROG' to set the x terminal emulator to use. The default is `xterm'.
Consult the INSTALL file for more information about the configure script.
Using
See the info manual for more information.