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# rot8
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## automatic display rotation using built-in accelerometer
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Automatic rotate modern Linux desktop screen and input devices. Handy for
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convertible touchscreen notebooks like the Kaby Lake model of the HP Spectre x360.
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Compatible with [sway](http://swaywm.org/) and [X11](https://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.7/).
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Available in the Arch User Repository: [rot8-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rot8-git/).
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Rust language and the cargo package manager are required to build the binary.
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```
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$ git clone https://github.com/efernau/rot8
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$ cd rot8 && cargo build --release
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$ cp target/release/rot8 /usr/bin/rot8
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```
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or
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```
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$ cargo install rot8
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```
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For Sway map your input to the output device:
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```
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$ swaymsg <INPUTDEVICE> map_to_output <OUTPUTDEVICE>
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```
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Call rot8 from sway configuration file ~/.config/sway/config:
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```
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exec rot8
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```
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For X11 set Touchscreen Device
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```
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rot8 --touchscreen <TOUCHSCREEN>
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```
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there are the following args.
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```
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--sleep // Set sleep millis (500)
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--display // Set Display Device (eDP-1)
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--touchscreen // Set Touchscreen Device X11 (ELAN0732:00 04F3:22E1)
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--keyboard // Set keyboard to deactivate upon rotation
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```
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