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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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  • lynx@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The --rotate normal,inverted,left,right does not work, but you can use the transform option to achieve the same effect. To create the transformation matrix you can use something like: https://angrytools.com/css-generator/transform/

    • for translateXY enter half the screen resolution
    • don’t copy the generated code, it has the numbers in the wrong order just type out the matrix row wise.

    The final command looks like this:

    xrandr --output screen-1 --transform 0.87,-0.50,960,0.50,0.87,540,0,0,1

    To restore the original use (type this in first, because if you screw up you might not be able to see anything anymore):

    xrandr --output screen-1 --transform 1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1

    I tested it on x11.