From ea097631af79d49ec7c4f63e9167a52a82444643 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Dwyer Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:08:29 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Document how to identify outputs by make, model and serial --- sway/sway-output.5.scd | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/sway/sway-output.5.scd b/sway/sway-output.5.scd index fe5b33bc..1b456008 100644 --- a/sway/sway-output.5.scd +++ b/sway/sway-output.5.scd @@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ You may combine output commands into one, like so: You can get a list of output names with *swaymsg -t get\_outputs*. You may also match any output by using the output name "\*". +Some outputs may have different names when disconnecting and reconnecting. To +identify these, the name can be substituted for a string consisting of the make, +model and serial which you can get from *swaymsg -t get\_outputs*. Each value +must be separated by one space. For example: + + output "Some Company ABC123 0x00000000" pos 1920,0 + # COMMANDS *output* mode|resolution|res [@[Hz]]