Ratpoison

ratpoison is Article description::a tiling [[window manager modeled after screen.]] The main philosophy behind ratpoison is to manage window without using a mouse (what its name reflects). Written in C, it is extremely lightweight and fast.

Emerge
Install :

Starting
Edit in the user's home directory by adding the following line:

Startup file
Being a simple window manager, ratpoison does not need much out-of-the-box configuration. Customizable settings can be adjusted to each user's needs by editing ratpoison's start up file.

On start up ratpoison runs commands found in the file. This file contains key bindings and programs that need to be run with ratpoison. Here is an example of a file:

Usage
Since ratpoison is modeled after screen, users accustomed to screen will easily manage to use it. Each command begins with a - (abbreviated C-t from now on), and is followed by one other keystroke. The simplest way to get to know the commands is to press C-t ? This will open a help window containing the most common key bindings.

Most commonly used keys:

Tips
By default, ratpoison only has one workspace. Add the following line to the file in order to create six workspaces:

Switch between workspaces with +, +, etc.