wl-present - Man Page

wl-present [Options] <COMMAND> [args...]

wl-present is an wrapper around wl-mirror(1) that uses its streaming mode together with pipectl(1) to interactively control what is being captured.

The subcommands of wl-present are intended to be mapped to keyboard shortcuts in your wayland compositor for easy access.

help

Show help message and exit.

mirror [OUTPUT] [OPTIONS]

Start wl-mirror(1) capturing OUTPUT. If no output is given, slurp(1) is used to select the output or region to capture. If any additional Options are specified, they are passed on to wl-mirror.

set-output [OUTPUT]

Set the captured output of a running wl-present session. If no output is given, slurp(1) is used to select the output to capture.

set-region [REGION] unset-region

Set the captured region of a running wl-present session. If no region is given, slurp(1) us used to select a region to capture.

set-scaling [SCALING]

Set the scaling mode of a running wl-present session. If no region is given, dmenu(1) (or a compatible replacement) is used to select a scaling mode.

freeze,  unfreeze,  toggle-freeze

Set the freeze state of a running wl-present session.

fullscreen unfullscreen

Set the fullscreen state of a running wl-present session.

fullscreen-output [OUTPUT] no-fullscreen-output

Set the fullscreen target output of a running wl-present session.

custom [OPTIONS]

Send custom options to a running wl-present session. If no options are given, dmenu(1) (or a compatible replacement) are used to select an option.

-n,  --name

Use an alternative pipe name (default is wl-present). This allows multiple instances of wl-present to run at the same time.

WL_PRESENT_DMENU

Overrides the used dmenu implementation. When set, this command is used to select options instead of the default. When unset, wl-present attempts to use wofi(1), wmenu(1), fuzzel(1), rofi(1), and dmenu(1), in this order.

Example: WL_PRESENT_DMENU="rofi -dmenu -p present"

WL_PRESENT_PIPECTL

Overrides the used pipectl implementation. When set, this command is used to pipe options to wl-mirror(1) instead of the default. When unset, wl-present attempts to use pipectl(1) or an included pipectl shim written in bash if pipectl is not available.

WL_PRESENT_SLURP

Overrides the used slurp implementation and options. When set, this command is used to select regions and outputs instead of the default. When unset, wl-present attempts to use slurp(1) without any additional options.

Example: WL_PRESENT_SLURP="slurp -c #859900 -w 2"

WL_PRESENT_PIPE_NAME

Overrides the default pipe name (default is wl-present). This is equivalent to the --name option above.

Example: WL_PRESENT_PIPE_NAME=monitor2 wl-present mirror HDMI-A-1

Maintained by Ferdinand Bachmann <ferdinand.bachmann@yrlf.at>. More information on wl-mirror can be found at <https://github.com/Ferdi265/wl-mirror>.

wl-mirror(1) pipectl(1) slurp(1) wofi(1) wmenu(1) fuzzel(1) rofi(1) dmenu(1)

wl-mirror(1).