Re: [RP] trying to use THE RATPOISON better

[Martin Samuelsson]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:00:19AM -0500, Robert Lorentz wrote:
> Hello list and thank you all for ratpoison!  Finally a wm I can feel 
> like I am using, instead of vice versa.

Welcome!

> First of all, is there a way to have these load up by default when I 
> start ratpoison?  I could exec the 3, but they have significantly 
> differently load times so they don't end up in that order... I'm looking 
> for something like 'exec xmms and make it reside in frame 2'.  Does this 
> exist?

Short answer: (which is all I have time for now)

There is no easy way (as far as I know), but I guess I can be done with
some tricks.

Has anyone tried and succeeded?

> Secondly, sometimes I screw things up and I end up with frame 0 having a 
> term in it or whatever, so firefox will load up on a frame 'later down 
> the line' like frame 5 or something.  Since I always have a lot of tabs 
> open, its a hassle to close firefox just to reopen it in another frame.  
> Is there a way to force moving an app from one frame to another?

That's a lot simpler. Simply type "number 0" (or where you wanted it) at
your favorite colon prompt.
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/Martin