2 Automatically select a display configuration based on connected devices
6 This is a compatible Python rewrite of
7 [wertarbyte/autorandr](https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr).
9 The original [wertarbyte/autorandr](https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr)
10 tree is unmaintained, with lots of open pull requests and issues. I forked it
11 and merged what I thought were the most important changes. If you are searching
12 for that version, see the [`legacy` branch](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/tree/legacy).
13 Note that the Python version is better suited for non-standard configurations,
14 like if you use `--transform` or `--reflect`. If you use `auto-disper`, you
15 have to use the bash version, as there is no disper support in the Python
16 version (yet). Both versions use a compatible configuration file format, so
17 you can, to some extent, switch between them. I will maintain the `legacy`
18 branch until @wertarbyte finds the time to maintain his branch again.
20 If you are interested in why there are two versions around, see
21 [#7](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues/7),
22 [#8](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues/8) and
24 [#12](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues/12)
25 if you are unhappy with this version and would like to contibute to the bash
28 ## License information and authors
30 autorandr is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License
33 Contributors to this version of autorandr are:
41 * Rasmus Wriedt Larsen
52 Save your current display configuration and setup with:
54 autorandr --save mobile
57 Connect an additional display, configure your setup and save it:
59 autorandr --save docked
62 Now autorandr can detect which hardware setup is active:
69 To automatically reload your setup, just append `--change` to the command line
71 To manually load a profile, you can use the `--load <profile>` option.
73 autorandr tries to avoid reloading an identical configuration. To force the
74 (re)configuration, apply `--force`.
76 To prevent a profile from being loaded, place a script call _block_ in its
77 directory. The script is evaluated before the screen setup is inspected, and
78 in case of it returning a value of 0 the profile is skipped. This can be used
79 to query the status of a docking station you are about to leave.
81 If no suitable profile can be identified, the current configuration is kept.
82 To change this behaviour and switch to a fallback configuration, specify
83 `--default <profile>`.
85 Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory
86 `~/.config/autorandr` (or `~/.autorandr` if you have an old installation) as well as in all profile directories: The scripts are executed
87 after a mode switch has taken place and can notify window managers or other
88 applications about it.
90 To install autorandr call `make install`.