On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 05:15:54PM +0000, Dave Ball wrote: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:08:06PM +0000, Dave Ball wrote: > >> However, what's the use-case for an application requesting either of the > >> inverted states? I can't see when those would be useful - in terms of > >> hints the app would supply. > >> > >> Obviously, if the WM was deciding orientation based on the device > >> position, you would correctly rotate to the inverted states, but if an > >> application is built for portrait or landscape is there any reason a > >> developer would not want the "normal" portrait/landscape orientation for > >> the device? > >> > > > > Yes, certain devices may be better prepared (in terms of connectivity for > > power, usb, etc...) for one kind of landscape rather than the other. > > > > Yup - although that would be at the device level rather than the > application level. If the WM knows what the device's policy is, I can't > see a situation where one app wants to be in "landscape", and a > different app wants to be in "landscape inverted" on the same device?
If you want to "standardize" something, better be prepared for uses such as a device. For some reason xrandr allows different options rathen than just 3. 0 == normal 1 == turned left 2 == normal inverted 3 == turned right Now... on my laptop, landscape == 0 or 2, but on the Free Runner landscape = 1 or 3 Rui _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community