help with .ratpoisonrc

hatten · 2009-12-04 18:27:12

I have two questions regarding ratpoison and ratpoisonrc:
1. How do i delete all default binds? They clutter up my help and it's not nice to have 100 lines of unbind =p
2. How do i pass several arguments through one bind? I cannot understand that google didn't yield one interesting result!
example,

bind a delete banish

or any syntax i can think of works

Last edited by hatten (2009-12-04 18:28:02)

rson451 · 2009-12-04 21:45:33

try this:

bind a exec ratpoison -c "delete" -c "banish"

milomouse · 2009-12-04 22:16:31

rson's should work for the multiple bindings but as for the unbinding everything, I'm not sure. I think I had a long config file with "unbind". Maybe you can do it on the keymap level. http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/doc/Key-Maps.html

hatten · 2009-12-05 00:49:14

Would it be possible to go and delete/edit a ratpoison file somewhere in /usr and remove the binds?
rson, thanks, I'll try that tomorrow

milomouse · 2009-12-05 01:46:46

Ratpoison doesn't seem to install much at all. I think the bindings are in the program itself. I've attempted to do an "unbind all" type script but haven't figured it out. The only way I know for sure is to edit the source before compiling. I believe it's in the "actions.c" file. So, if you're really adamant about not having any default bindings you may want to install ratpoison without ANY defaults at all, or edit your own in there. I would prefer with none at all, although I don't know the affects it would have on the rest of the program as it may try to find them and err' if it can't. I haven't tried this method but am looking at the file right now.

It comments about this being the "top-level map" so I'm still wondering about the keymaps. Anyway, it looks pretty straight forward as far as simply editing them out, as they all start with "add_keybinding". Starts at line 718 for version 1.4.5 .

 718   /* Add the prefix key to the top-level map. */
 719   add_keybinding (prefix_key.sym, prefix_key.state, "readkey " ROOT_KEYMAP, top);
 720 
 721   add_keybinding (prefix_key.sym, prefix_key.state, "other", map);
 722   add_keybinding (prefix_key.sym, 0, "meta", map);
 723   add_keybinding (XK_g, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "abort", map);
 724   add_keybinding (XK_0, 0, "select 0", map);
 725   add_keybinding (XK_1, 0, "select 1", map);
 726   add_keybinding (XK_2, 0, "select 2", map);
 727   add_keybinding (XK_3, 0, "select 3", map);
 728   add_keybinding (XK_4, 0, "select 4", map);
 729   add_keybinding (XK_5, 0, "select 5", map);
 730   add_keybinding (XK_6, 0, "select 6", map);
 731   add_keybinding (XK_7, 0, "select 7", map);
 732   add_keybinding (XK_8, 0, "select 8", map);
 733   add_keybinding (XK_9, 0, "select 9", map);
 734   add_keybinding (XK_minus, 0, "select -", map);
 735   add_keybinding (XK_A, 0, "title", map);
 736   add_keybinding (XK_A, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "title", map);
 737   add_keybinding (XK_K, 0, "kill", map);
 738   add_keybinding (XK_K, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "kill", map);
 739   add_keybinding (XK_Return, 0, "next", map);
 740   add_keybinding (XK_Return, RP_CONTROL_MASK,   "next", map);
 741   add_keybinding (XK_a, 0, "time", map);
 742   add_keybinding (XK_a, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "time", map);
 743   add_keybinding (XK_b, 0, "banish", map);
 744   add_keybinding (XK_b, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "banish", map);
 745   add_keybinding (XK_c, 0, "exec " TERM_PROG, map);
 746   add_keybinding (XK_c, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "exec " TERM_PROG, map);
 747   add_keybinding (XK_colon, 0, "colon", map);
 748   add_keybinding (XK_exclam, 0, "exec", map);
 749   add_keybinding (XK_exclam, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "colon exec " TERM_PROG " -e ", map);
 750   add_keybinding (XK_i, 0, "info", map);
 751   add_keybinding (XK_i, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "info", map);
 752   add_keybinding (XK_k, 0, "delete", map);
 753   add_keybinding (XK_k, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "delete", map);
 754   add_keybinding (XK_l, 0, "redisplay", map);
 755   add_keybinding (XK_l, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "redisplay", map);
 756   add_keybinding (XK_m, 0, "lastmsg", map);
 757   add_keybinding (XK_m, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "lastmsg", map);
 758   add_keybinding (XK_n, 0, "next", map);
 759   add_keybinding (XK_n, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "next", map);
 760   add_keybinding (XK_p, 0, "prev", map);
 761   add_keybinding (XK_p, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "prev", map);
 762   add_keybinding (XK_quoteright, 0, "select", map);
 763   add_keybinding (XK_quoteright, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "select", map);
 764   add_keybinding (XK_space, 0, "next", map);
 765   add_keybinding (XK_space, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "next", map);
 766   add_keybinding (XK_v, 0, "version", map);
 767   add_keybinding (XK_v, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "version", map);
 768   add_keybinding (XK_V, 0, "license", map);
 769   add_keybinding (XK_V, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "license", map);
 770   add_keybinding (XK_w, 0, "windows", map);
 771   add_keybinding (XK_w, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "windows", map);
 772   add_keybinding (XK_s, 0, "split", map);
 773   add_keybinding (XK_s, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "split", map);
 774   add_keybinding (XK_S, 0, "hsplit", map);
 775   add_keybinding (XK_S, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "hsplit", map);
 776   add_keybinding (XK_Tab, 0, "focus", map);
 777   add_keybinding (XK_Tab, RP_META_MASK, "focuslast", map);
 778   add_keybinding (XK_Left, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "exchangeleft", map);
 779   add_keybinding (XK_Right, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "exchangeright", map);
 780   add_keybinding (XK_Up, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "exchangeup", map);
 781   add_keybinding (XK_Down, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "exchangedown", map);
 782   add_keybinding (XK_Left, 0, "focusleft", map);
 783   add_keybinding (XK_Right, 0, "focusright", map);
 784   add_keybinding (XK_Up, 0, "focusup", map);
 785   add_keybinding (XK_Down, 0, "focusdown", map);
 786   add_keybinding (XK_Q, 0, "only", map);
 787   add_keybinding (XK_R, 0, "remove", map);
 788   add_keybinding (XK_f, 0, "fselect", map);
 789   add_keybinding (XK_f, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "fselect", map);
 790   add_keybinding (XK_F, 0, "curframe", map);
 791   add_keybinding (XK_r, 0, "resize", map);
 792   add_keybinding (XK_r, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "resize", map);
 793   add_keybinding (XK_question, 0, "help " ROOT_KEYMAP, map);
 794   add_keybinding (XK_underscore, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "undo", map);
 795   add_keybinding (XK_u, 0, "undo", map);
 796   add_keybinding (XK_u, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "undo", map);
 797   add_keybinding (XK_U, 0, "redo", map);
 798   add_keybinding (XK_x, 0, "swap", map);
 799   add_keybinding (XK_x, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "swap", map);
 800   add_keybinding (XK_N, 0, "nextscreen", map);
 801   add_keybinding (XK_P, 0, "prevscreen", map);
 802 
 803   add_alias ("unbind", "undefinekey " ROOT_KEYMAP);
 804   add_alias ("bind", "definekey " ROOT_KEYMAP);
 805   add_alias ("split", "vsplit");
 806   }

This may be overkill. Could be worth experimenting with though.

hatten · 2009-12-05 05:52:57

Ouch. For the moment i have a huge list of unbind, and it's really ugly. Is it possible to unbind more than one character per row maybe? Or can you have an external file with the unbinds that you import in the beginning of .ratpoisonrc?

milomouse · 2009-12-17 02:25:41

Hey, hatten, I figured it out! It seems rather simple actually, I can't believe I didn't figure it out before. To unclutter your ~/.ratpoisonrc file with all those "unbinds" you can have a seperate file somewhere out of the way, like ~/.config/.rat/unbindings, and then have your ~/.ratpoisonrc source the file automatically or by command. Example:

#~/.config/.rat/unbindings
#source file for your unbindings and/or bindings

unbind a
unbind A
unbind C-a
unbind C-A
unbind b
...etc... 

#this is the ugly file, unseen and out of the way.

And now you just have your regular bindings in the .ratpoisonrc file:

#~/.ratpoisonrc

#unbind all specified in your unbindings file automatically
exec ratpoison -c "source ~/.config/.rat/unbindings"

#now add your regular bindings
bind a exec ratpoison -c "only" -c "select -" (abort/panic/hide!, lol)
bind A abort
...etc...

And/or for a command-only option for unbinding:

#~/.ratpoisonrc
...
bind M-F1 exec ratpoison -c "source ~/.config/.rat/unbindings"
bind M-F2 exec ratpoison -c "source ~/.config/.rat/unbindings" -c "source ~/.config/.rat/alternative-bindings"
...etc...

Last edited by milomouse (2009-12-17 02:44:14)

hatten · 2009-12-17 18:46:36

Yay, thanks a lot. Here i come .ratpoisonrc!!

rson451 · 2009-12-17 20:33:16

milomouse wrote:

To unclutter your ~/.ratpoisonrc file with all those "unbinds" you can have a seperate file somewhere out of the way, like ~/.config/.rat/unbindings, and then have your ~/.ratpoisonrc source the file automatically or by command.

Ha! I actually did this a few weeks ago, but I had forgotten about this thread. I'm glad you remembered and posted that

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help with .ratpoisonrc

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