https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr

Auto-detect the connect display hardware and load the appropiate X11 setup using xrandr or disper
https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr

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Auto-detect the connect display hardware and load the appropiate X11 setup using xrandr or disper

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr
• Owner: wertarbyte
• Created: 2010-10-26T16:20:06.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-02-17T18:33:13.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-06T23:56:30.064Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 301 KB
• Stars: 645
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 63
• Open Issues: 22
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  • Readme: README

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• awesome-awesome-wm - autorandr - Automatically select xrandr display configuration based on connected devices (Multi-Monitor and Docking Stations)
• my-awesome-stars - wertarbyte/autorandr - Auto-detect the connect display hardware and load the appropiate X11 setup using xrandr or disper (Shell)

README

        
Tool: "autorandr"

Automatically select a display configuration based on connected devices

Stefan Tomanek 

How to use:

Save your current display configuration and setup with:

 $ autorandr --save mobile

Connect an additional display, configure your setup and save it:

 $ autorandr --save docked

Now autorandr can detect which hardware setup is active:

 $ autorandr

   mobile

   docked (detected)

To automatically reload your setup, just append --change to the command line

To manually load a profile, you can use the --load  option.

autorandr tries to avoid reloading an identical configuration. To force the

(re)configuration, apply --force.

To prevent a profile from being loaded, place a script call "block" in its

directory. The script is evaluated before the screen setup is inspected, and

in case of it returning a value of 0 the profile is skipped. This can be used

to query the status of a docking station you are about to leave.

If no suitable profile can be identified, the current configuration is kept.

To change this behaviour and switch to a fallback configuration, specify

--default 

Another script called "postswitch "can be placed in the directory

~/.autorandr as well as in all profile directories: The scripts are executed

after a mode switch has taken place and can notify window managers or other

applications about it.

While the script uses xrandr by default, calling it by the name "autodisper"

or "auto-disper" forces it to use the "disper" utility, which is useful for

controlling nvidia chipsets. The formats for fingerprinting the current setup

and saving/loading the current configuration are adjusted accordingly.