Immediately an X terminal opens up and takes over the screen (assuming xterm is installed as it usually is) in other words, the command c creates a console window. This means that ratpoison has taken over the keyboard and is ready to interpret any letter typed as a command (as opposed to normal operation where anything typed is sent to an application to deal with).Īfter typing Ctrl+ t, try hit the c key (note that this is a lowercase key capital C does not currently do anything). Try typing Ctrl+ t, and you'll see that the mouse changes into a white square. No matter what you click with your mouse on the root window, nothing will happen.Īll ratpoison commands are initiated by typing the escape key sequence.īy default, this is Ctrl+ t (in Emacs notation, which is preferentially used by ratpoison documentation and users: C‑t). Ratpoison is only controlled by the keyboard

Now is where the fun starts, but first some background on how to interact with and control ratpoison.

This welcome message instructs you to type in C-t ? if you have any questions. Within a second or two, you'll see a cursor in the middle of the screen superimposed on a dappled grey background, and a small welcome text in the upper right corner that welcomes you to ratpoison.

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