cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10071203

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Twitter post by Daniel Feldman (@d_feldman): Linux is the only major operating system to support diagonal mode (credit [Twitter] @xssfox). Image shows an untrawide monitor rotated about 45 degrees, with a horizontal IDE window taking up a bottom triangle. A web browser and settings menu above it are organized creating a window shape almost like a stepped pyramid.

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  • Cosmoooooooo
    30•6 months ago

    I’ve never seen something so wonderful and horrible at the same time. Let’s hope it’s used for commercial displays more and desktops less.

    • @[email protected]
      21•6 months ago

      If I recall from the original thread, it came from someone doing it because they realized they could, because it was implemented with flexibility, and not because anyone ever specifically thought it would be a good idea.

      https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2021/12/02/xrandr/

      Basically mapping what the OS thinks of as the screen, where the display renders that virtual screen, how a touchpad maps to it, how a touchscreen on the display maps to them both can be complicated.
      Everything basically figures itself out now, but they still use the tools that happily accept a transformation matrix to changes things around.

      My hope is to see a rotating monitor setup with a display that holds still.

      • Sloan the Serval
        1•6 months ago

        Maybe for some very stylistic installations that are more for looks than practicality?

  • HubertManne
    10•6 months ago

    this makes me wonder if you could have a sensor for monitor orientation and have a dynamic ui that would adjust to keep the windows parallel to the ground no matter how it was spun.

  • Sloan the Serval
    8•6 months ago

    This comes off as one of those “we asked if we could, but never asked if we should” kinds of things…