docs/hosts/console.md

@@ -124,6 +124,25 @@ The greeter is **Dvorak**, like every other host here (`modules/sway.nix` forces
 `XKB_DEFAULT_VARIANT=dvorak` on cage). Only relevant if someone else has to type
 a password.
 
+### The Sway session behind it
+
+Two fleet-wide rules in `home/sway.nix` matter more on a television than
+anywhere else:
+
+- Any output running at 4K is forced to **scale 2** (1920x1080 logical). Sway's
+  config cannot key an output rule on resolution, so a small user service
+  applies it at session start and again on every output event — which is what
+  makes it survive the TV being switched off and on.
+- The emulators inhibit idle **while focused**, not only while fullscreen.
+  PCSX2 and Dolphin default to borderless-windowed rather than compositor
+  fullscreen, so the generic `inhibit_idle fullscreen` rules never fired and
+  swaylock cut in mid-game.
+
+Neither applies in the Steam session: `swayidle` is a home-manager user service
+wanted by `graphical-session.target` and conditional on `WAYLAND_DISPLAY`, and
+the gamescope session starts neither, so nothing locks the screen in Big
+Picture.
+
 ### Adding non-Steam titles to Big Picture
 
 RetroArch, PCSX2, Dolphin and Clone Hero are installed system-wide but are not

docs/keybindings.md

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ rebuild, never the generated dotfiles.
 - Letter keys are **keysyms** (the character produced), not physical positions.
   The keyboard is **Dvorak** (`us`/`dvorak`), so e.g. "Super+s" is whatever key
   types `s` in Dvorak.
-- Shortcuts apply to every Sway host (MBP, T400, Mac Pro); brightness keys are
-  laptop-only, as noted.
+- Shortcuts apply to every Sway host (MBP, T400, Mac Pro, Console); brightness
+  keys are laptop-only, as noted.
 
 ---
 

home/sway.nix

@@ -30,6 +30,28 @@ let
       - | ${pkgs.swappy}/bin/swappy -f -
   '';
 
+  # Sway's config cannot express an output rule keyed on resolution, so scale is
+  # applied from outside it: once at session start, then on every output event,
+  # which is what makes it survive a display being unplugged or power-cycled.
+  # The `.scale != 2` guard stops the subscription feeding itself, since setting
+  # a scale is itself an output event.
+  scaleHidpi = pkgs.writeShellScript "sway-scale-hidpi" ''
+    apply() {
+      ${pkgs.sway}/bin/swaymsg -r -t get_outputs \
+        | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq -r '.[]
+            | select(.active and .current_mode.width >= 3840 and .scale != 2)
+            | .name' \
+        | while read -r name; do
+            ${pkgs.sway}/bin/swaymsg output "$name" scale 2
+          done
+    }
+
+    apply
+    ${pkgs.sway}/bin/swaymsg -t subscribe -m '["output"]' | while read -r _; do
+      apply
+    done
+  '';
+
   # Binding-mode names. The string is both the `modes` attr key and what the
   # bar's mode indicator shows, so the keys are spelled out in the label.
   layoutMode = "layout:  [s]tacking  [w]tabbed  [e]split";
@@ -60,6 +82,8 @@ in
         tap = "enabled";
         natural_scroll = "enabled";
       };
+      # Mice (the MX Master 3 among them) scroll the same way as the touchpads.
+      input."type:pointer".natural_scroll = "enabled";
 
       # Solid Catppuccin Mocha base as the wallpaper (no image dependency).
       output."*".bg = "#${ctp.base} solid_color";
@@ -111,6 +135,18 @@ in
           criteria.class = ".*";
           command = "inhibit_idle fullscreen";
         }
+        # Emulators default to borderless-windowed rather than compositor
+        # fullscreen, so the rules above never fire and swaylock cuts in
+        # mid-game. Inhibit on focus instead, which does not depend on how the
+        # application asked to fill the screen.
+        {
+          criteria.app_id = "(?i)^(pcsx2|dolphin-emu|retroarch|clone.?hero)";
+          command = "inhibit_idle focus";
+        }
+        {
+          criteria.class = "(?i)^(pcsx2|dolphin-emu|retroarch|clone.?hero)";
+          command = "inhibit_idle focus";
+        }
       ];
 
       # Binding modes (submenus). Entered from keybindings below; each action
@@ -307,6 +343,24 @@ in
     Install.WantedBy = [ "sway-session.target" ];
   };
 
+  # Every 4K output runs at scale 2 (1920x1080 logical), on every host and
+  # whatever the display is called. kanshi below owns mode and position; this
+  # owns scale for the one case that is a fleet-wide rule rather than a
+  # per-display fact, and the two do not fight because no kanshi profile here
+  # sets a scale.
+  systemd.user.services.sway-scale-hidpi = {
+    Unit = {
+      Description = "Force scale 2 on 4K Sway outputs";
+      PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+      After = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
+    };
+    Service = {
+      ExecStart = "${scaleHidpi}";
+      Restart = "on-failure";
+    };
+    Install.WantedBy = [ "sway-session.target" ];
+  };
+
   # Output/display management. Reacts to hotplug and applies per-display
   # mode/scale/position. Profiles are hardware-specific: the safe default below
   # just enables the internal laptop panel; add docked/desktop profiles with the