patch-aa is no longer necessary: rpws is now a perl script
* Changes since 1.4.0-beta4
- new parameters in frame dumps
:screenh and :screenw specify the size of the screen the frame was on.
- New window format characters
- info takes optional argument and new infofmt setting
- aspect ratio hint honoured
- new hook deletewindow
- _net_wm_pid property supported
- set warp change: the mouse position relative to the window is now used
- new command redo
- new editor bindings C-m and C-h
Take maintainership
* Changes since 1.4.0-beta2
** meta takes a key argument
This can be used to stuff keys.
* Changes since 1.4.0-beta1
** RATPOISON environment variable
RATPOISON is set to the location of the ratpoison binary. This is
useful for scripts.
* Changes since 1.3.0
** command arguments can be wrapped in double quotes.
To include a space in a command argument, wrap the argument with ".
** New command undefinekey
not passing a 3rd argument to definekey and bind no longer unbind the
key. You must use undefinekey and unbind now.
** ratpoison -c prints errors to stderr
You can now capture errors and output seperately depending on whether
its printed to stderr or stdout.
** the mouse warp feature is now turned off by default
to turn it back on, run 'warp on'.
** version now displays the date and time
** new command, sselect
sselect lets you jump to an X11 screen by number.
** configure script warns about missing history lib
Rather than error out, now, ratpoison will just be built without history.
** new commands ratwarp, ratrelwarp, and ratclick
** more new commands
inext, iprev, iother, cnext, cprev, cother, prompt, dedicate,
describekey, focusprev, sdump, sfdump.
** yet two more new commands: putsel, getsel
putsel puts the specified text into the X11 selection so other clients
can yank it. getsel returns the current selection.
* Changes since 1.3.0-rc2-beta2
** new format option %f
This options displays the frame number the window is in or a space if
it is not in a window.
** Super modifier changed from S to s. S is now the shift modifier
* Changes since 1.3.0-rc2-beta1
** New command 'set'
set replaces the def* commands. For example 'defwinliststyle column'
is now 'set winliststyle column'.
The old def* commands now alias to their 'set' version.
* Changes since 1.3.0-rc1
** Top level keymap
The keymap named 'top' is now a top level keymap. No prefix key need
be pressed to access its bindings. In fact, the prefix key is now a
binding in the 'top' keymap.
** hsplit and vsplit switched
To be compatible with emacs these command names have been
switched. The bindings are the same but custom scripts and aliases
will have to make the switch.
** new command defframesels
Allow you to customize the keys used to select frames with fselect.
** Xinerama support
Each xinerama screen is handled as X11 screens normally are. The only
different is that each xinerama screen can select from all the
managed windows.
** focuslast finds the last focused frame among all screens
** fselect selects from frames in all screens
** new command-line option --file
Used to specify an alternate configuration file.
* Changes since 1.3.0-beta3
** new configure option --disable-history
** new commands readkey, newkmap, delkmap, definekey
These commands operate on the new feature: keymaps. They allow you to
have nested keymaps.
* Changes since 1.3.0-beta2
** new command gdelete
Delete a group.
** contrib/allwindows.sh script
A script that lists all groups and the windows in each group.
* Changes since 1.2.2
** Workspace script
rpws is an installed script that adds workspaces to ratpoison. Look at
contrib/rpws for instructions on how to use it.
** new commands addhook and remhook
There are now hooks for various operations.
** Completions
You can now type Tab and get completions on window names, group names,
and colon commands.
** Line editing capabilities
You can now go forward a word, backward a char, delete a word, etc.
** New commands gnewbg, gselect, groups, gmove, and gmerge
These commands allow further manipulation of window groups.
** shell commands return status
If a command the user executed (with the exec command) returns with a
non-zero exit status, the command and exit status are reported in a
message.
** new commands gnew, gnext, gprev
Window are now part of groups. There can be more than one group.
* Changes since 1.2.0-beta5
** command return status
If a command the user executed (with the exec command) returns with a
non-zero exit status, the command and exit status are reported in a
message.
* Changes since 1.2.0-beta4
** new commands unmanage and clrunmanaged
Instead of editing conf.h you can use these commands to dynamically
add (and clear) the unmanaged window list.
* Changes since 1.2.0-beta3
** new command line argument --screen
Now you can specify the screen you want to manage. By default
ratpoison manages all screens on the display.
** new command line argument --display
Now you can specify the display to connect to.
Changes since version 1.0.0
Many bug fixes
Some portability fixes
New functionality:
(user_commands): new command "license"
Add ruby bindings. From Doug Kearns <djkea2@mugc.its.monash.edu.au>.
(user_command): new command 'link'
(find_command_by_keydesc): new function
(resolve_command_from_keydesc): likewise
(cmd_link): likewise
(update_last_access): new function
(find_last_frame): likewise
(x11_mask_to_rp_mask): new function
(rp_mask_to_x11_mask): likewise
(user_command): new command "focuslast"
(find_frame_up): new function
(find_frame_down): likewise
(find_frame_left): likewise
(find_frame_right): likewise
(user_commands): new commands "focusup" "focusdown" "focusright"
"focusleft" "startup_message" "restart".
(show_last_message): new function
(user_commands): new "unsetenv" command
(user_commands): new commands deffgcolor, defbgcolor.
(update_gc): new function
(init_defaults): new function
(init_screen): initialize the screen's fg_color to black and
bg_color to white.
(user_commands): New commands defbarloc, defbartimeout, defborder,
deffont, defintputwidth, defmaxsizepos, defpadding, deftranspos,
defwaitcursor, defwinfmt, defwinname, defwinpos.
