Re: [RP] A simple bar for Ratpoison

[Daniel Maturana]

Hi again!


2010/10/28 Axel Beckert <address@hidden>:
> Hi again,
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:21:02PM -0300, Daniel Maturana wrote:
>> I'm a long-time user of ratpoison but I've always missed some sort of panel
>> or bar to see the open windows. So I scratched my itch and wrote one. It's
>> pretty simple and somewhat crude, but I've been using it for some months now
>> and I find it useful. The code is hosted at
>>
>> http://github.com/dimatura/rpbar
>
> On that page, you write:
>
>> The 'default' way to switch windows in Ratpoison is to press C-t-w
>> to get the window list, find the number of the window you want to
>> switch to (let's say it's 2), and press C-t-2 to switch. rpbar is a
>> simple taskbar that gives a permanent display of the windows in the
>> current group in order to make the first C-t-w unnecesary.
>
> I wrote a dynamic window list based on ratmenu as solution/workaround
> for that issue:
>
> http://github.com/xtaran/ratpoison-desktop/blob/master/bin/ratpoison-interactive-window-list.pl
>

I actually use a similar list, though an older shell version I grabbed
from somewhere. This one may be nicer, I'll look into it. I do find
they don't have the exact same purpose - for some reason, it feels
somewhat more comfortable to have the window list 'at a glance', even
if you're not looking at them. Of course, for some this may be wasted
screen real estate and I respect that :). One thing that I've grown
used to is clicking on the bar to change window when I find myself
doing stuff one-handed.

> Nevertheless, I think rpbar is a neat add-on for ratpoison. I'll
> probably send in some patches soon for minor issues I found. :-)

Nice! There's a lot of things that can be improved.

best,
Daniel

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