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+### ratpoison-jcs
+
+*(Note: this was migrated from commits on upstream's `master` branch to a new
+`jcs` branch on 2016-12-19, then rebased on 2017-09-27)*
+
+This is mostly just a tree for me to throw stuff into and some of these may
+not be suitable for pushing upstream.
+
+- Native workspaces using `vinit`, `vselect`, `vmove`, and `vdump` commands.
+  Configured with `set virtuals #`.  No more shelling out to `rpws` which is
+  horribly slow under heavy system load.
+
+- A `barsticky` toggle to keep the current window title visible all the time.
+
+- Add a `gap` setting which puts space inside of frames, outside of the window
+  border, similar to i3-gaps.
+
+- Add an `ignorehints` toggle which will ignore PResizeInc hints.  This is
+  useful for making terminal windows use the full frame size instead of
+  constraining to a per-character-cell multiplier for the width and height.
+
+- Add a `resizefmt` format setting, to control the label shown when
+  interactively resizing a frame, and change the default to show the frame
+  width and height.
+
+- Support the `_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW` atom.
+
+- Support the `_NET_WORKAREA` atom to communicate our `padding` values with apps
+  like notification-daemon, so they don't appear on top of whatever is in that
+  padding area.