ratpoison configure options let user set x terminal to use. if --with-xterm configure option is not set, configure script will use "xterm" as default x terminal. ratpoison ebuild ignores --with-xterm configure option, hence gentoo users are constrained to use "xterm". I don't like xterm and I don't want to use it. I like rxvt-unicode and I want to keep using it. I think gentoo users want this kind of freedom.
Created attachment 233111 [details, diff] ratpoison-1.4.5.ebuild patch that uses value of RATPOISON_TERM eviroment variable I coded a patch for ratpoison ebuild script. if RATPOISON_TERM enviroment variable is set, ratpoin ebuild will add --with-xterm=$RATPOISON_TERM to configure option.
I use ratpoison with urxvt with no problems whatsoever. ratpoison uses TERM_PROG to set default key bindings (in src/actions.c) and nowhere else[1] - you can change default key bindings through ratpoisonrc. I'm inclined to close as WORKSFORME. [1] It's used in a #define in src/messages.h but never actually used.
(In reply to comment #2) > I use ratpoison with urxvt with no problems whatsoever. ratpoison uses > TERM_PROG to set default key bindings (in src/actions.c) and nowhere else[1] - > you can change default key bindings through ratpoisonrc. I'm inclined to close > as WORKSFORME. > > > [1] It's used in a #define in src/messages.h but never actually used. > I don't care keybindings. I didn't talk about keybindings. I want use rxvt-unicode because I like it and I know how to configure it. URxvt configure X resouces are almost equal to XTerm configure X resources. $ grep -i term_prog src/* /tmp/ratpoison-1.4.5/src/actions.c: add_keybinding (XK_c, 0, "exec " TERM_PROG, map); /tmp/ratpoison-1.4.5/src/actions.c: add_keybinding (XK_c, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "exec " TERM_PROG, map); /tmp/ratpoison-1.4.5/src/actions.c: add_keybinding (XK_exclam, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "colon exec " TERM_PROG " -e ", map); /tmp/ratpoison-1.4.5/src/config.h.in:#undef TERM_PROG /tmp/ratpoison-1.4.5/src/messages.h:#define MESSAGE_PROMPT_XTERM_COMMAND MESSAGE_PROMPT_SHELL_COMMAND TERM_PROG " -e " I want to be free to choose X terminal I want not for its keybindings features but for its features
I don't use URxvt because its keybinding features. I use Urxvt for its features. (transparent background for example). Patch is 3 lines of code and give gentoo users freedom to choose which X terminal to use.
(In reply to comment #0) > ratpoison configure options let user set x terminal to use. if --with-xterm > configure option is not set, configure script will use "xterm" as default x > terminal. ratpoison ebuild ignores --with-xterm configure option, hence gentoo > users are constrained to use "xterm". I don't like xterm and I don't want to > use it. I like rxvt-unicode and I want to keep using it. I think gentoo users > want this kind of freedom. Nobody forces you to use xterm, you can use urxvt if you want. Please read How to change default terminal[1] in ratpoison. Jer meant ratpoison keybindigs not terminal keybindings. Best regards, Kacper Kowalik [1] http://ratpoison.antidesktop.net/wiki/ChangeDefaultTerminal
