================================== Ratpoison 1.4.9 keyboard shortcuts ================================== First published at 8/8/2022 on https://defkey.com/ratpoison-1-4-9-shortcuts Ratpoison is a tiling window manager for the X Window System. Unlike other tiling window managers, Ratpoison completely ignores the mouse (or "rat"). It also avoids window decorations as much as possible. Ratpoison 1.4.9 has 57 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. General ------- Ctrl + T then . Application menu Ctrl + T then Ctrl + T Switch to last window Ctrl + T then T Send Ctrl + T to the current window Ctrl + T then [0 - 9] Switch to the numbered window Ctrl + T then - Select no window (hides all windows in the current frame) Ctrl + T then Shift + A Rename the current window Ctrl + T then Ctrl + A Rename the current window Ctrl + T then Shift + K Send a DestroyClient event to the current window. This will terminate the application without question Ctrl + T then Ctrl + K Send a DestroyClient event to the current window. This will terminate the application without question Ctrl + T then N Go to next window Ctrl + then Ctrl + N Go to next window Ctrl + T then Enter Go to next window Ctrl + T then Ctrl + Enter Go to next window Ctrl + T then Space Go to next window Ctrl + T then Ctrl + Space Go to next window Ctrl + T then P Go to previous window Ctrl + T then Ctrl + P Go to previous window Ctrl + T then ' Go to a window by name Ctrl + T then Ctrl + ' Go to a window by name You will usually only need to type the first few characters of the window name. Ctrl + T then A Display the current time of day Ctrl + T then Ctrl + A Display the current time of day Ctrl + T then C Open a new X terminal Ctrl + T then Ctrl + C Open a new X terminal Ctrl + T then L Redisplay the current window Ctrl + T then Ctrl + L Redisplay the current window Sometimes windows don't respond correctly to the initial maximize event and need some coaxing. This is a fancy way of saying there are still bugs in ratpoison. Above shortcut will force the current window to maximize. Ctrl + T then M Display the last message Ctrl + T then Ctrl + M Display the last message Ctrl + T then V Display the version of ratposion Ctrl + T then Ctrl + V Display the version of ratposion Ctrl + T then V Display ratpoison's license Ctrl + T then Ctrl + V Display ratpoison's license Ctrl + T then W Display the list of managed windows. The current window is highlighted Ctrl + T then Ctrl + W Display the list of managed windows. The current window is highlighted Ctrl + T then S Split the current window horizontally in two. The last accessed window not occupying a frame will be the second window Ctrl + T then Ctrl + S Split the current window horizontally in two. The last accessed window not occupying a frame will be the second window Ctrl + T then S Split the current window vertically in two. The last accessed window not occupying a frame will be the second window Ctrl + T then Ctrl + S Split the current window vertically in two. The last accessed window not occupying a frame will be the second window Ctrl + T then Tab Cycle through ratpoison's frames Ctrl + T then Meta + Tab Switch to the last focused frame Ctrl + T then Shift + Q Kill all frames but the current one Ctrl + T then Shift + R Kill the current frame. This is a no-op if there is only one frame Ctrl + T then R Banish the mouse to the lower right corner of the screen Ctrl + T then Ctrl + B Banish the mouse to the lower right corner of the screen Ctrl + T then ? Display a help screen Ctrl + T then F Select a frame by number Ctrl + T then Ctrl + F Select a frame by number Ctrl + T then Shift + F Indicate which frame is the current frame Ctrl + T then Down arrow Move to the frame below the current frame Ctrl + T then Left arrow Move to the frame left of the current frame Ctrl + T then Right arrow Move to the frame right of the current frame Ctrl + T then Up arrow Move to the frame above the current frame Ctrl + T then Ctrl + Down arrow Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame below it Ctrl + T then Ctrl + Left arrow Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame to the left of it Ctrl + T then Ctrl + Right arrow Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame to the rigth of it Ctrl + T then Ctrl + Up arrow Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame above it Ctrl + T then X Choose a frame and exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the chosen frame Ctrl + T then Ctrl + X Choose a frame and exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the chosen frame Source: Ratpoison documentation Last modified on (UTC): Monday, August 8, 2022 Defkey © All rights reserved.