Mark Mazumder mmaz

Machine Learning PhD candidate at Harvard

mmaz / RotateButton.desktop

Created June 21, 2011 21:58

Ubuntu Unity 11.04 .desktop file for adding a shell script button (screen rotation in this case) to the Launcher

	#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

	[Desktop Entry]
	Version=1.0
	Type=Application
	Terminal=false
	Icon[en_US]=/usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/devices/video-display.png
	Exec=/path/to/script/TabletRotation.sh
	Name[en_US]=Rotate Tablet PC Screen
	Comment[en_US]=Toggles Tablet PC rotation

mmaz / TabletRotation.sh

Created June 21, 2011 21:37

Rotate screen in Ubuntu for a Lenovo X60

	#!/bin/bash

	rotation=`xrandr --query --verbose \| grep "LVDS1" \| awk '{print $5}'`
	if [ $rotation = "normal" ]
	then
	xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet stylus" Rotate half
	xrandr -o inverted
	else
	xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet stylus" Rotate none
	xrandr -o normal