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1Ratpoison - Say good-bye to the rodent
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4Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Shawn Betts
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6Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
7are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
8notice and this notice are preserved.
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10About
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13ratpoison is a simple Window Manager with no fat library dependencies,
14no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no flashy wank. It is
15largely modelled after GNU Screen which has done wonders in virtual
16terminal market.
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18All interaction with the window manager is done through
19keystrokes. ratpoison has a prefix map to minimize the key clobbering
20that cripples Emacs and other quality pieces of software.
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22Building
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25ratpoison uses autoconf and automake. To build it:
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27$ ./configure && make
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29if you want to install it system-wide, simply type 'make install' as
30a privileged user:
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32# make install
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34If you retrieved ratpoison from the source repository, you will have to
35install somewhat recent versions of autoconf and automake before
36running:
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38$ ./autogen.sh
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40Customization
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43Use the configure option '--enable-debug' to enable debugging symbols
44and verbose logging.
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46Use the configure option '--with-xterm=PROG' to set the x terminal
47emulator to use. The default is `xterm'.
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49Consult the INSTALL file for more information about the configure script.
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51Using
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54See the info manual for more information.