#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell #!nix-shell -i bash -p jq -p sway -p util-linux help() { echo "queries the focused window and apply an appropriate display-wide scale." echo "this should be considered a temporary workaround until more apps support small displays." echo "" echo "args:" echo " -v | --verbose" echo " --loop-sec N: re-compute the scale every N seconds. else, run once and exit." echo "" echo "environment variables:" echo " SWAY_DEFAULT_SCALE=N: scale to apply when no known window is selected." # TODO: could use map-style environment variables to allow external per-app config # - SWAY_SCALE_org.gnome.Maps=1 ; ... } options=$(getopt -l h,loop-sec:,verbose -o h,v -- "" "${@}") eval "set -- ${options}" verbose=false loop=false loop_sec= while true; do case "$1" in (-h|--help) shift help exit ;; (--loop-sec) shift loop=true loop_sec="$1" shift ;; (-v|--verbose) shift verbose=true ;; (--) shift if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then break fi ;; (*) echo "invalid arguments: '$1'" echo "" help exit 1 ;; esac done autoscale() { focused=$(swaymsg -t get_tree | jq --raw-output '.. | select(.type?) | select(.focused==true) | .app_id') $verbose && echo "focused: '$focused'" scale=${SWAY_DEFAULT_SCALE:-1} case "$focused" in (org.gnome.Maps) # scale=1.6: 3 turns visible at once in landscape # scale=1.25: max scale at which no text/menuitems are cutoff in vertical mode # 5 turns visible at once in landscape # scale=1.2: max of 6 turns visible at once in landscape # scale=1.1: max of 7 turns visible at once in landscape # scale=1: max of 8 turns visible at once in landscape # # as scale is increased past 1.1, vertical mode becomes substantially less usable # as scale is decreased past 1.3, the whole desktop UI becomes less usable (keyboard, workspaces) scale=1.2 ;; esac $verbose && echo "scaling to $scale" swaymsg -q -- output '*' scale "$scale" } if $loop; then while true; do autoscale sleep "$loop_sec" done else autoscale fi