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-# Tool: autorandr
+# autorandr
 
 Automatically select a display configuration based on connected devices
 
-### Stefan Tomanek <[stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de](stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de)>
+Stefan Tomanek <[stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de](stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de)>
 
-# How to use:
+## Branch information
+
+The original wertarbyte/autorandr tree seems unmaintained, with lots of open
+pull requests and issues. I forked it and merged what I thought were the most
+important changes. I will maintain this branch until wertarbyte finds the time
+to maintain his branch again.
+
+
+## How to use
 
 Save your current display configuration and setup with:
-```autorandr --save mobile```
+```
+autorandr --save mobile
+```
 
 Connect an additional display, configure your setup and save it:
-```autorandr --save docked```
+```
+autorandr --save docked
+```
 
 Now autorandr can detect which hardware setup is active:
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@@ -40,8 +52,22 @@ Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory
 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](http://willem.engen.nl/projects/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.
+
+To install autorandr call `make install`, define your setup and then call
+`make hotplug` to install hotplug scripts.
 
-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.
+For Debian using auto-disper:
+To make the screen auto-configure when your computer wakes up,
+* Copy auto-disper into /usr/local/bin/
+* Copy pm-utils/40auto-disper into /etc/pm/sleep.d/
+* (Assuming gnome) Run gnome-keybinding-properties and ADD a shortcut,
+  I called it "Run auto-disper", I set it to CTRL-F7, and the command is:
+  `auto-disper -c --default default`
+* Create a default disper setting... eg for laptop: unplug all monitors,
+  set up the screen nicely on the laptop display.
+  Then run `auto-disper --save laptop`