Automatic rotate modern Linux desktop screen and input devices. Handy for convertible touchscreen notebooks like the Kaby Lake model of the HP Spectre x360.
Available in the Arch User Repository: rot8-git.
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 <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)