Sdorfehs

Jul 20, 2023

Tiling window manager descended from ratpoison

sdorfehs pronounced “starfish” is a tiling window manager descended from ratpoison which itself is modelled after GNU Screen.

sdorfehs divides the screen into one or more frames, each only displaying one window at a time but can cycle through all available windows those which are not being shown in another frame.

Like Screen, sdorfehs primarily uses prefixed/modal key bindings for most actions. sdorfehs’s command mode is entered with a configurable keystroke Control+a by default which then allows a number of bindings accessible with just a single keystroke or any other combination. For example, to cycle through available windows in a frame, press Control+a then n.



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