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authoraszlig <aszlig@redmoonstudios.org>2017-04-24 11:54:38 +0200
committeraszlig <aszlig@redmoonstudios.org>2017-04-24 11:54:38 +0200
commitd7a8876c13f75e7a55e2f3cbc16346406e9abdf8 (patch)
tree818def17c47cb80666aaba553ebc7194b3b6915c /nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml
parent8266c89b55e3ae97ff635a0f9f8aee556ae7b384 (diff)
nixos/doc: Improve release notes for xrandrHeads
The xrandrHeads option has been there since a long time, so there is no need to advertise it as a new feature. Instead, let's focus on just what has changed, which is that we now assign one head to be primary. Signed-off-by: aszlig <aszlig@redmoonstudios.org>
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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml
index 46469a4da782..988562366471 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,25 @@ has the following highlights: </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Xserver services module now allows one to specify configuration for each monitor.
- This is done via the xrandrHeads property. It is backwards compatible, so your
- existing configuration still works. You can replace each monitor designation with
- an attribute set containing the monitor designation, whether the monitor is the
- primary monitor, and extra configuration for that specific monitor. Only one
- monitor can be the primary monitor.
+ The module option <option>services.xserver.xrandrHeads</option> now
+ causes the first head specified in this list to be set as the primary
+ head. Apart from that, it's now possible to also set additional options
+ by using an attribute set, for example:
+<programlisting>
+{ services.xserver.xrandrHeads = [
+ "HDMI-0"
+ {
+ output = &quot;DVI-0&quot;;
+ primary = true;
+ monitorConfig = ''
+ Option &quot;Rotate&quot; &quot;right&quot;
+ '';
+ }
+ ];
+}
+</programlisting>
+ This will set the <literal>DVI-0</literal> output to be the primary head,
+ even though <literal>HDMI-0</literal> is the first head in the list.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>