1.1 KiB
1.1 KiB
rot8
automatic display rotation using built-in accelerometer
Automatic rotate modern Linux desktop screen and input devices. Handy for convertible touchscreen notebooks like the Dell Inspiron 7506 2n1.
Rust language and the cargo package manager are required to build the binary.
$ git clone https://github.com/efernau/rot8
$ cd rot8 && cargo build --release
$ cp target/release/rot8 /usr/bin/rot8
or
$ cargo install rot8
For Sway map your input to the output device:
$ swaymsg input <INPUTDEVICE> map_to_output <OUTPUTDEVICE>
Call rot8 from sway configuration file ~/.config/sway/config:
exec rot8
For X11 set Touchscreen Device
rot8 --touchscreen <TOUCHSCREEN>
there are the following args.
--sleep // Set sleep millis (500)
--display // Set Display Device (eDP-1)
--touchscreen // Set Touchscreen Device X11 (ELAN0732:00 04F3:22E1)
--keyboard // Set keyboard to deactivate upon rotation
--threshold // Set a rotation threshold between 0 and 1 (0.5)