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Re: [RP] Changing window numbers
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Shawn Betts |
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Re: [RP] Changing window numbers |
Date: |
Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:49:53 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) |
Daniel Webb <address@hidden> writes:
> I haven't quite figured out the :number command. I was able to change a
> window's number once (from 1 to 4), but now I can't change it to anything.
> I'm using the same command I used the first time (C-t :number <new number>).
from the manual:
@deffn Command number @var{n} @var{target}
Set a window's number to @var{n}. If another window occupies the
requested number already, then the windows' numbers are swapped.
The second argument, @var{target}, is optional. It should be the
number of the window whose number will be changed. If @var{target} is
omitted ratpoison defaults to the current window.
Does this shed light on the command?
> How do people use ratpoison? I was thinking I want the same program to always
> be the same number so I can just C-t <number> without all this window menu
> nonsense. If I wanted window menus I'd just keep using KDE!
That's a good point. I find myself doing this as well. emacs is window
0, conkeror window 1 and then everything else after that. Luckily
those windows never leave so i dont mind setting the windows when i
start up. Something that perhaps maps a window to a number would be
quite useful.
I can imagine a script that you run on the newwindow hook doing such a
thing. Uh..that script is left as an exercise for the reader :).
You may also be interested in the C-t ' binding (bound to select)
which matches the beginning of the window name. I use it to quickly
switch to emacs mostly:
C-t ' em RET
I also have this in my .ratpoisonrc:
set winname class
it sometimes helps to sane-ify window names.
-Shawn