9.2 Default Key Bindings

The default keystrokes are listed in this chapter. Not all commands are accessible by default by keys.

C-t C-t

Switch to the last window.

C-t t

Sometimes you need to send a C-t to the current window. This keystroke does just that.

C-t 0-9

Switch to the numbered window.

C-t -

Select no window, essentially hiding all windows in the current frame.

C-t A

C-t C-A

Rename the current window. The window's new name will prevail for the rest of its lifetime.

C-t K

C-t C-K

Send a DestroyClient event to the current window. This will terminate the application without question.

C-t n

C-t C-n

C-t Return

C-t C-Return

C-t Space

C-t C-Space

Go to next window.

C-t p

C-t C-p

Go to previous window.

C-t '

C-t C-'

Go to a window by name. You will usually only need to type the first few characters of the window name.

C-t a

C-t C-a

Display the current time of day.

C-t c

C-t C-c

Open a new X terminal.

C-t :

This allows you to execute a single ratpoison command.

C-t !

Run a shell command.

C-t C-!

Run a shell command through an X terminal.

C-t i

C-t C-i

Display information about the current window.

C-t k

C-t C-k

Close the current window.

C-t l

C-t C-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. C-t l will force the current window to maximize.

C-t m

C-t C-m

Display the last message.

C-t v

C-t C-v

Display the version of ratpoison.

C-t V

C-t C-V

Display ratpoison's license.

C-t w

C-t C-w

Display the list of managed windows. The current window is highlighted.

C-t s

C-t C-s

Split the current window horizontally in two. The last accessed window not occupying a frame will be the second window.

C-t S

C-t C-S

Split the current window vertically in two. The last accessed window not occupying a frame will be the second window.

C-t tab

Cycle through ratpoison's frames.

C-t M-tab

Switch to the last focused frame.

C-t Q

Kill all frames but the current one.

C-t R

Kill the current frame. This is a no-op if there is only one frame.

C-t r

C-t C-r

Resize the current frame.

C-t b

C-t C-b

Banish the mouse to the lower right corner of the screen.

C-t ?

Display a help screen.

C-t f

C-t C-f

select a frame by number.

C-t F

Indicate which frame is the current frame.

C-t Down

Move to the frame below the current frame.

C-t Left

Move to the frame left of the current frame.

C-t Right

Move to the frame right of the current frame.

C-t Up

Move to the frame above the current frame.

C-t C-Down

Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame below it.

C-t C-Left

Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame to the left of it.

C-t C-Right

Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame to the rigth of it.

C-t C-Up

Exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the frame above it.

C-t x

C-t C-x

Choose a frame and exchange the window in the current frame with the window in the chosen frame.