@Ubernoob85 that system's long gone, so unfortunately I can't give you my exact config at the time.. but if all you care about is transparency, here's my urxvt settings from my current .Xdefaults: dpaste.com/559975/
Hi, do you still use ratpoison at all? I just wanted to say that seeing this video made me try ratpoison (and the uzbl browser which I had never heard of before until seeing this vid) on one of my older boxes and I love it :)
I couldn't believe how simple and easy it was to use right after installation, I'd used Awesome before so tiling wasn't anything new to me, but this is even simpler for me without all the Lua stuff etc.
That's the reason I use ratpoison. I don't really care how my desktop looks (though that's not to say you can't have a nice looking setup with rp), I just want it to function. Should I decide to extend it, I don't want to spend 3 hours screwing with rc/conf files and learning a huge API.. ratpoison has just enough functionality to get everything that I want done. It's amazing how much you can do with something so simple.
@igneousphantom cheers, yeah, well I have a nice background and transparent terminals, so I'm happy ;) I don't need much anyway, having all those themes and widgets can just make me tempted to keep looking for new and different ones, which I'm sure is the same for a lot of people.
I'm confused, though, because it does seem like the speaker *is* using his "rodent" for various things in the video. What operations do you still perform with the mouse?
@j7gy8b in the video I'm mainly using it for pointing.. similar to a laser pointer at a conference/presentation. Obviously though, if you use applications that are designed to be used with a mouse (e.g. gimp, firefox), then you would still be using your mouse with them, but all of the window management functions would be done with the keyboard (i.e. resizing the window, closing it, switching to another window, splitting the screen, etc).
@Anonymouz1337 not long at all. in arch, all I had to do was pacman -S ratpoison, and then change my xinitrc so it loads up.. after that you can stick with the default ratpoison configs or write your own. either way it's super easy.
I am looking into switching to ratpoison. I checked the website and all, but is this a windows manager for people who smoke weed while hacking their box?? That is an interesting concept. Weird, but interesting. I´ll give it a roll. ;)
Great WM indeed. Used it for years, had a few test periods with other wm's, and back to it for about year now. You should have covered the tmpwm command btw. Ratpoison has no float layer, so tmpwm + evilwm is a great combination :)
yeah, I really wanted too, but for some reason recordmydesktop would freak out when I switched wms on the fly... I've been wanting to take another shot at recording a ratpoison video.. so I'll try to sort that problem out before take two :P
Hey, I know it's been a while, but would you consider posting your config? That transparency is raw.
Ubernoob85 8 months ago
@Ubernoob85 that system's long gone, so unfortunately I can't give you my exact config at the time.. but if all you care about is transparency, here's my urxvt settings from my current .Xdefaults: dpaste.com/559975/
igneousphantom 8 months ago
@igneousphantom Thanks a ton! :)
Ubernoob85 8 months ago
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EmanresuDesrever 8 months ago
you gotta cool voice dude, baritone
no0b3424 10 months ago
yay ratpoison!!
assemblyassembly 1 year ago
Hi, do you still use ratpoison at all? I just wanted to say that seeing this video made me try ratpoison (and the uzbl browser which I had never heard of before until seeing this vid) on one of my older boxes and I love it :)
I couldn't believe how simple and easy it was to use right after installation, I'd used Awesome before so tiling wasn't anything new to me, but this is even simpler for me without all the Lua stuff etc.
Thanks!
ElderSnake90 1 year ago
@ElderSnake90
That's the reason I use ratpoison. I don't really care how my desktop looks (though that's not to say you can't have a nice looking setup with rp), I just want it to function. Should I decide to extend it, I don't want to spend 3 hours screwing with rc/conf files and learning a huge API.. ratpoison has just enough functionality to get everything that I want done. It's amazing how much you can do with something so simple.
igneousphantom 1 year ago
@igneousphantom cheers, yeah, well I have a nice background and transparent terminals, so I'm happy ;) I don't need much anyway, having all those themes and widgets can just make me tempted to keep looking for new and different ones, which I'm sure is the same for a lot of people.
ElderSnake90 1 year ago
I'm confused, though, because it does seem like the speaker *is* using his "rodent" for various things in the video. What operations do you still perform with the mouse?
j7gy8b 1 year ago
@j7gy8b in the video I'm mainly using it for pointing.. similar to a laser pointer at a conference/presentation. Obviously though, if you use applications that are designed to be used with a mouse (e.g. gimp, firefox), then you would still be using your mouse with them, but all of the window management functions would be done with the keyboard (i.e. resizing the window, closing it, switching to another window, splitting the screen, etc).
igneousphantom 1 year ago
Where did you get your wallpaper? And PS I love your voice dude!
WeedingWaimbow 1 year ago
It makes me think of Plan9 OS...
maw88ify 1 year ago
@Anonymouz1337 not long at all. in arch, all I had to do was pacman -S ratpoison, and then change my xinitrc so it loads up.. after that you can stick with the default ratpoison configs or write your own. either way it's super easy.
igneousphantom 1 year ago
I am looking into switching to ratpoison. I checked the website and all, but is this a windows manager for people who smoke weed while hacking their box?? That is an interesting concept. Weird, but interesting. I´ll give it a roll. ;)
BowDownToShingo 1 year ago
Nice video! :D You should do a review of Ion3.
LoliComplicated 2 years ago
Great WM indeed. Used it for years, had a few test periods with other wm's, and back to it for about year now. You should have covered the tmpwm command btw. Ratpoison has no float layer, so tmpwm + evilwm is a great combination :)
lich0x2b 2 years ago
yeah, I really wanted too, but for some reason recordmydesktop would freak out when I switched wms on the fly... I've been wanting to take another shot at recording a ratpoison video.. so I'll try to sort that problem out before take two :P
igneousphantom 2 years ago
yeah... ;-D
sierinjsh 2 years ago
nice overview, thanks.
aeon20013000 2 years ago