Configuring ratpoison

Tue Jan 25 21:14:45 UTC 2022

This is a good application: though  I could not have my ALT-F1 nor
Alt-F3 to work. I got around that limitation by just binding my
frequently used applications with bind key exec path and I was 
done.

Thanks Storm for this adjustment. I am on Arch.  I think this is 
now my
primary window manager for this year.

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 07:28  Linux for blind general discussion 
<blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> Curiously Strychnine for me, doesn't seem to like Mint however, 
> at
> least in my test setup. Arch works perfectly well after going 
> through
> my setting things up routine however
>
> Alt F1 works fine here even if I comment out the other menus
>
> Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> I got alt-f1 working with strychnine and ratpoison on slint and 
>> didn't
>> install qemu.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 25 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I installed Ratpoison along with the Strychnine and tried to 
>>> follow the
>>> guidelines. While this seems to be a great offering, I seem to 
>>> have
>>> issues with the ALT+F1 menu: it does not start the main menu. 
>>> I removed
>>> the qemu.desktop from the /usr/share/applications, but still 
>>> Orca does
>>> not announce the menu.
>>>
>>> Any hints on how else to proceed?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 08:22  Linux for blind general 
>>> discussion
>>> <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> Thanks, I almost got that correct.  I'll remove the 
>>>> .ratpoisonrc file and
>>>> run the setup.sh script again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 24 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Right. It should go like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> Select your Ratpoison key. It comes up with a bunch of 
>>>>> options. C- is
>>>>> control,
>>>>> M is either alt or shift
>>>>>
>>>>> Super_L is what I go for, left Super key
>>>>> Then if you got multiple browsers, text editors and so on 
>>>>> it'll ask you
>>>>> which
>>>>> one, then it'll ask if you want Ratpoison to make sounds, 
>>>>> how many
>>>>> workspaces,
>>>>> and if you want braille, then after that you'll have a 
>>>>> .ratpoisonrc file
>>>>>
>>>>> Next, either back up your existing xinitrc somewhere safe, 
>>>>> or do ./setup.sh
>>>>> -x
>>>>> to make a new .xinitrc with Ratpoison settings then do 
>>>>> startx
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>>> I got ratpoison and strychnine installed and ran the 
>>>>>> setup.sh script in
>>>>>> strychnine.  The first screen of options I didn't 
>>>>>> understand so hit enter
>>>>>> on that screen without selecting anything.  If I had to 
>>>>>> guess, I'd guess
>>>>>> that was a language selection screen but english so far as 
>>>>>> I could tell
>>>>>> wasn't on that screen.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Jan 2022, Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Brandt,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I forwarded your question to my friend Storm Dragon on IRC 
>>>>>>> and here his
>>>>>>> his
>>>>>>> answer:
>>>>>>> (16:24:20) storm: DidierSpaier:
>>>>>>> https://git.2mb.codes/~stormdragon2976/strychnine
>>>>>>> (16:25:09) storm: That's my script that creates a 
>>>>>>> .ratpoisonrc. It's
>>>>>>> what I
>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>> every day for my X session.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Didier
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Didier Spaier
>>>>>>> Slint maintainer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Le 23/01/2022 ? 14:40, Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>>> a ?crit :
>>>>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I installed ratpoison on my Slint system, and don't have 
>>>>>>>> either
>>>>>>>> ~/.ratpoisonrc
>>>>>>>> or /etc/ratpoison.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Where can I get a good ratpoison config file? Does one of 
>>>>>>>> the Orca
>>>>>>>> users,
>>>>>>>> I'd
>>>>>>>> assume that would be most of us, have one on github or 
>>>>>>>> someware?
>>>>>>>>
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