Re: [RP] Startup and groups problems

[Kevin Geiss]

check out http://www.desertsol.com/~kevin/ratpoison those setups are a bit old 
now (uses the old rpws, and probably the old frame format, for example). but 
it should give you an idea of how to set up some complex frames automatically 
when you log in

On Fri June 9 2006 7:59 pm, Daniel Webb wrote:
> I'm having a lot of problems getting ratpoison to do what I want.  I just
> started using ratpoison today, but I read everything I could find and
> didn't see answers.  What I want is:
>
> Have a specified set of named groups and windows created at startup with
> all my stuff, sort of like KDE remembers any KDE-aware windows that were
> open when you shut down and then starts them up again.  This doesn't have
> to be automatic, it's ok if that just means setting up my .ratpoisonrc with
> what I want.  I can't get that to work though.
>
> Here's what I currently try (.ratpoisonrc):
> ---------------------------------------------------
> exec /home/webb/scripts/ratpoison/rpws init 6 -k
>
> # Use the name of the program rather than the title in the window list
> defwinname name
>
> # bind M-! to store the current frame layout in slot #1
> bind M-exclam exec ratpoison -c "setenv fs1 `ratpoison -c 'fdump'`"
>
> ##aliasing keys within ratpoison
> ###make semicolon invoke ratpoison command, and colon shell command.
> bind semicolon colon
> bind colon exec
>
> ###Getting a root terminal. There is no binding for "c", since that
> ###is a default binding, to a terminal.
> bind C exec ssh -X address@hidden xterm
>
> ###Runs a shell script which creates an alt-tab menu analog
> ###http://reactor-core.org/ratpoison-config.html
> bind w exec ~/scripts/ratpoison/windows
>
> #-------------------------
> # Ratpoison windows:
> #
> # Group 1 : Firefox
> #     1+ Firefox
> # Group 2 : Email
> #     1 mutt
> # Group 3 : Admin
> #     1 root screen
> #     2 webb screen
> #     3 drivebymail screen (root)
> #     4 drivebymail pgadmin3
> # Group 4 : Projects
> # Group 5 : School
> #     1 gvim monstrosity
> #     2 mycode shell
> #     3 park shell
> #     4 studies shell
> #     5 temp shell
>
> # --------------
> # I don't like screens with number 0, so I start an xterm in the 0
> # slot then kill it when everything is loaded.
> # --------------
> #exec xterm
> #exec firefox &
> #gnext
> exec /home/webb/scripts/ratpoison/rpws 2
> exec xterm
> exec /home/webb/scripts/mail/mutt_start
> echo test1
> title Mail
> select 0
> delete
> exec /home/webb/scripts/ratpoison/rpws 3
> exec xterm
> exec screen
> title root admin screen
> exec screen
> title webb admin screen
> select 0
> delete
> --------------------------------------
>
> In my VNC logs I get:
>
> Must be connected to a terminal.
> Must be connected to a terminal.
> unknown group 'wspl2'
> unknown group 'wspl3'
>
> I also changed the rpws script to map C-1 through C-9 to the change group
> alias, but that doesn't seem to have worked, since I get "readkey: unbound
> key 'C-1'" etc.  It worked fine when I was trying with the beta4 release in
> debian unstable, but that was using a different method apparently.
>
>
>
>
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