Re: No Menu in Slackware / SLINT

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Hi David,

you most probably don't have ratmenu installed in Slint. At least if you
installed ratpoison using the SlackBuild at SBo, it doesn't come with
ratmenu.

Regards,

George

On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 5:05 PM David J. Ring, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am trying to get ratpoison working the same way as ratpoison in Debian
> in SLINT which is slackware Internetional and for the visually impaired.
>
> My darned memory isn't very good and Debian has key bindings so if I use
> C-t then : I get a window and I can enter "menu" and get a menu. For me,
> a menu is a needed crutch for my poor short term memory, Debian does
> this, but Slackware doesn't do this, and I'm trying to figure out "WHY?"
>
> So I thought it was the ratpoisonrc file.    Debian doesn't have a
> ratpoisonrc file either under /etc/ratpoisonrc or in ~/.ratpoisonrc
>
> Debian ratpoison is version 1.4.9
> Slint ratpoison is version 1.4.9 also.
>
> I attach my ~/.ratpoisonrc file from Debian.
>
> With great hopes that I can have a menu in Slackware / SLINT.
>
> Regards,
> David Ring
>
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi David,</div><div><br></div><div>you most probably =
don&#39;t have ratmenu installed in Slint. At least if you installed ratpoi=
son using the SlackBuild at SBo, it doesn&#39;t come with ratmenu.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>George<br></div></div><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, =
Apr 6, 2021 at 5:05 PM David J. Ring, Jr. &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
et">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p=
adding-left:1ex">I am trying to get ratpoison working the same way as ratpo=
ison in Debian<br>
in SLINT which is slackware Internetional and for the visually impaired.<br=
>
<br>
My darned memory isn&#39;t very good and Debian has key bindings so if I us=
e<br>
C-t then : I get a window and I can enter &quot;menu&quot; and get a menu. =
For me,<br>
a menu is a needed crutch for my poor short term memory, Debian does<br>
this, but Slackware doesn&#39;t do this, and I&#39;m trying to figure out &=
quot;WHY?&quot;<br>
<br>
So I thought it was the ratpoisonrc file.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Debian doesn&#39;t h=
ave a<br>
ratpoisonrc file either under /etc/ratpoisonrc or in ~/.ratpoisonrc<br>
<br>
Debian ratpoison is version 1.4.9<br>
Slint ratpoison is version 1.4.9 also.<br>
<br>
I attach my ~/.ratpoisonrc file from Debian.<br>
<br>
With great hopes that I can have a menu in Slackware / SLINT.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
David Ring<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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