To change this behaviour and switch to a fallback configuration, specify
--default <profile>.
- Another script called "postswitch "can be placed in the directory
- ~/.autorandr as well as in any profile directories: The scripts are executed
- after a mode switch has taken place and can notify window managers.
+ Another script called "postswitch" can be placed in the directory
+ ~/.config/autorandr (or ~/.autorandr if you have an old installation) as well
+ as in any profile directories: The scripts are executed after a mode switch
+ has taken place and can notify window managers.
The following virtual configurations are available:
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print(str(e))
options = { "--help": True }
- profile_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.autorandr")
-
+ profiles = {}
try:
- profiles = load_profiles(profile_path)
- except OSError as e:
- if e.errno == 2: # No such file or directory
- profiles = {}
- else:
- raise e
+ # Load profiles from each XDG config directory
+ for directory in os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS", "").split(":"):
+ system_profile_path = os.path.join(directory, "autorandr")
+ if os.path.isdir(system_profile_path):
+ profiles.update(load_profiles(system_profile_path))
+ # For the user's profiles, prefer the legacy ~/.autorandr if it already exists
+ # profile_path is also used later on to store configurations
+ profile_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.autorandr")
+ if not os.path.isdir(profile_path):
+ # Elsewise, follow the XDG specification
+ profile_path = os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", os.path.expanduser("~/.config")), "autorandr")
+ if os.path.isdir(profile_path):
+ profiles.update(load_profiles(profile_path))
except Exception as e:
print("Failed to load profiles:\n%s" % str(e), file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)