RPWS

NAME

rpws - Implements multiple workspaces in ratpoison

SYNOPSIS

rpws init n [-k] [-a] - setup rpws with n workspaces.
-a sets up command aliases;
-k sets up key bindings and aliases.
rpws dump <fname> - dumps the current layout to <fname>
rpws restore <fname> - restores rpws workspaces from <fname>
rpws current - print the current workspace
rpws help - this documentation
rpws n - switch to this workspace

DESCRIPTION

B<rpws> implements multiple workspaces in ratpoison by making calls
to fdump, freestore. It was adapted from rpws which comes with
ratpoison in the contrib directory.

USAGE

Add the following line in ˜/.ratpoisonrc

exec /path/to/rpws init 6 -k

This creates 6 aliases rpws1, rpws2, etc. It also binds the keys M-F1, M-F2, etc to each rpwsN alias. Moreover, rpwsn (Next) and rpwsp (Prev) are created, and C-M-{Right,Left} are bound to rpws{n,p}. Aliases rpwsm1, rpwsm2, etc. and rpwsm{n,p} are used to move the focused window to another workspace.

Full list of keybindings created are:

M-F$i Goto workspace $i
C-M-Right Goto Next workspace
C-M-Left Goto Prev workspace
C-M-S-F$i Move window to workspace $i
C-M-greater Move current window to next workspace
C-M-less Move current window to prev workspace

FILES

rpws requires use of a lockfile. It defaults to using
/tmp/rpws.<UID>.lock but this can be changed by setting the
environment variable RPWS_LOCKFILE to your desired lockfile.

AUTHOR

Mike O'Connor <stew@vireo.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005 Mike O'Connor
All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.