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		Liskni_si on Oct 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: X11 tool to share a screen area in any vi... To make the selection interactive, the command becomes: geo=$(slop -f '%w/1x%h/1+%x+%y') && xrandr --setmonitor screenshare "$geo" none

Liskni_si on Oct 16, 2024 [–]

Also looks like one can just do

xrandr --delmonitor screenshare

before this to seamlessly update the shared region — Chrome will immediately pick up the change and continue sharing the updated virtual monitor.

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