It seems the most feasible solution is to ask the developer of the application for a self-rotating mode.
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:12 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:53:01 +0000 Al Johnson < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > babbled: > > > On Thursday 27 November 2008, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:04:03 +0300 "Alexander Chemeris" > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:39 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:43:49 +0300 "Alexander Chemeris" > > > > > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Bernd Prünster > > > > >> > > > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > Alexander Chemeris schrieb: > > > > >> >> Is there any possibility to rotate screen for a selected > > > > >> >> application? Now I use "xrandr -o 1 && app && xrandr -o 0" to > run > > > > >> >> application in landscape mode, but this rotates screen for the > > > > >> >> whole system. I rather want to rotate single application > window. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > sure it is, just make shellscript which does the rotation, then > > > > >> > launches the application an then rotates tzhe screen back. you > can > > > > >> > also change the keycode for the aux button just for one > application > > > > >> > in the same way! (just look at the scummvm wiki page if you want > to > > > > >> > have a good example!) > > > > >> > > > > >> That's exactly what I'm doing - "xrandr -o 1 && app && xrandr -o > 0" > > > > >> But this change screen orientation for the whole X. If you tap on > the > > > > >> top, choose "Home", you'll see it also rotated. What I'm asking > for > > > > >> is an ability to rotate a single aplpication, leaving illume and > other > > > > >> apps in portrait orientation. > > > > >> > > > > >> Btw, thanks for pointing to ScummVM, I should try this. :) > > > > > > > > > > you will need to make the app itself handle its own rotated > drawing. > > > > > it's up to the app. > > > > > > > > That's what I expected. > > > > I wonder why there are still no such feature in illume. A handful of > > > > applications > > > > want this. > > > > > > nothing to do with illume. this is x. apps draw their own window > contents > > > and handle their own window even inputs. the app would need to rotate > its > > > own draws and translate all input even co-ordinates. > > > > I was thinking of a window manager plugin that applies rotation when the > > window is activated. Compiz can apply many of its effects selectively > > according to application (window name?) so I'm guessing wildly that > calling > > an xrandr setting by name on change of active window should be possible. > Then > > again I know nothing abut the internals of window managers... > > that would require xevie (so every mouse event go through the compositor > and > it can try translate (rotate them), so you will add more latency to mouse > events), and compositing (which will slow down rendering as all rendering > now > has to happen to a backing pixmap) AND you will not have accelerated > rotates/transforms as xrender is unaccelerated on glamo - so your output > will > become nice and slow... really slow. > > as such you could selectively rotate thew WHOLE screen if a particular > window > is focused, but e has no such code - a module could be written that does > just > that. but then the keyboard, top-bar etc. will also rotate. > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- --------------------------------------------------------- Atilla Filiz Eindhoven University of Technology Embedded Systems, Master's Programme --------------------------------------------------------
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