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ratpoison

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ratpoison

Summary

ratpoison is a window manager[1]. ratpoison draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (window_manager category, ranking #7 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • ratpoison's image is recorded as Ratpoison-screenshot.png[3].
  • ratpoison's instance of is recorded as window manager[4].
  • ratpoison's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • ratpoison's instance of is recorded as tiling window manager[6].
  • ratpoison's movement is recorded as free software movement[7].
  • ratpoison's logo image is recorded as Ratpoison new.png[8].
  • ratpoison's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[9].
  • ratpoison's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[10].
  • ratpoison's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[11].
  • ratpoison's operating system is recorded as BSD[12].
  • ratpoison's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4.9[13].
  • ratpoison's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4.8[14].
  • ratpoison's has use is recorded as tiling window manager[15].
  • ratpoison's Commons category is recorded as Ratpoison[16].
  • ratpoison's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02bnk8[17].
  • ratpoison's official website is recorded as https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/[18].
  • ratpoison's official website is recorded as https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/ratpoison/[19].
  • GNU Screen inspired ratpoison[20].
  • ratpoison's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/ratpoison.git[21].
  • ratpoison's source code repository URL is recorded as git://git.savannah.gnu.org/ratpoison.git[22].
  • ratpoison's source code repository URL is recorded as ssh://git.savannah.gnu.org/srv/git/ratpoison.git[23].
  • ratpoison's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/ratpoison.git[24].
  • ratpoison's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ratpoison.git/[25].
  • ratpoison's issue tracker URL is recorded as https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=ratpoison[26].
  • ratpoison's IRC channel URL is recorded as irc://irc.freenode.net/#/ratpoison[27].

Body

Subject and Themes

ratpoison's movement is recorded as free software movement[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

GNU Screen inspired ratpoison[20].

Why It Matters

ratpoison draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (window_manager category, ranking #7 of 10).[2] ratpoison has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

BSD free software

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . lists.nongnu.org. Retrieved . lists.nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . nongnu.org. Retrieved . nongnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Free Software Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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