wmressel(1)

📦 version 0.10, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 wmressel — the Dockable X11 Resolution Selector of your DREAMS 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because wmressel(1) is one of those lil General Commands Manual girlies and she is iconic. Let's get into it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

wmressel — Dockable X11 Resolution Selector 🖥️💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

wmressel [-h] [-v] [---display display] [-r] [-d] [-s <screen number>
[-o]]

no cap, that's the whole vibe check right there. (and yes, ---display really has three dashes in the synopsis, i don't make the rules, i just respect them ✨)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so wmressel is a simple dockable X11 Resolution Selector made for Window Maker, and honestly? she ate. 🫶

here's the tea: she shows you your current X11 resolution, and then — main character energy — she lets you change it through a popup menu. that's it. that's the whole flex. 💅

👑 OPTIONS 👑

one bullet per flag, bestie, i don't skip a single one:

  • -h — displays the list of command-line options. she's helpful like that 💖
  • -v — displays the version. show some love, check the version 🎀
  • --display <display> — use the designated X display. you pick it, she uses it ✨
  • -r — show refresh rates in the menu 👀 (yes, in the menu)
  • -d — show in the menu if a mode is a Doublescan mode, marked as (D) 💀 doublescan reveal
  • -s <screen number> — show information about this screen 🖥️
  • -o — only show the menu for the selected screen. tunnel vision, but make it intentional 🧚

😭 BUGS 😭

okay so there IS one lil situation, and we're being honest about it:

The displayed resolution isn't refreshed if it is changed by another application or through the use of Crtl-Alt-(+|-) shortcuts.

so basically she's not gonna notice if somebody else changes the resolution behind her back, or if you use the Crtl-Alt-(+|-) shortcuts. the display just... doesn't refresh. it's giving oblivious, and not in a cute way 😭

🍓 TODO 🍓

the dream list:

  • Add realtime update of displayed resolution ⭐

manifesting it fr fr 🙈

💜 AUTHOR 💜

wmressel was written by Sébastien Liénard <slix@gcu-squad.org> 🫶

it is based on gvidm by Matthew Mueller and wmtimer by Josh King <jking@dwave.net> 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie. this one's dated March 2002, and it's from the wmressel(1) manual herself — so go forth, change those resolutions, and remember: she's dockable, she's simple, she's everything. periodt. 💅✨🦋

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