X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=a74a5fdd3484a32b6f3f651c8be8f332f0b9240c;hb=ce01390085c13a7a7c354fc0df6c6b9bfdf4e226;hp=c420a36109aeb9c13ed0bab3efe4d49b619897a8;hpb=81008be9f9f774c5b3af824b0071b86d69efcc67;p=deb_pkgs%2Fautorandr.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c420a36..a74a5fd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -51,30 +51,53 @@ Contributors to this version of autorandr are: * Simon Wydooghe ## Installation/removal -For Debian-based distributives (including Ubuntu) it is recommended to call `make deb` to obtain package that can be afterwards installed and removed with `dpkg`. +You can use the `autorandr.py` script as a stand-alone binary. If you'd like to +install it as a system-wide application, there is a Makefile included that also +places some configuration files in appropriate directories such that autorandr +is invoked automatically when a monitor is connected or removed, the system +wakes up from suspend, or a user logs into an X11 session. -On other distributives you can install autorandr by calling `make install` and remove by calling `make uninstall`. +For Debian-based distributions (including Ubuntu) it is recommended to call +`make deb` to obtain a package that can be installed and removed with `dpkg`. -If you can contribute packaging script for other distributives, we will appreciate it. +On Arch Linux, there is [an aur package +available](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/autorandr-git/). + +On other distributions you can install autorandr by calling `make install` and +remove it by calling `make uninstall`. Run `make` without arguments to obtain a +list of what exactly will be installed. + +We appreciate packaging scripts for other distributions, please file a pull +request if you write one. + +If you prefer `pip` over your package manager, you can install autorandr with: + + sudo pip install "git+http://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr#egg=autorandr" + +or simply + + sudo pip install autorandr + +if you prefer to use a stable version. + +Automatically generated packages versions are available from the +[openSUSE build service](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:phillipberndt/autorandr). ## 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: -``` - $ autorandr - mobile - docked (detected) -``` + + $ autorandr + mobile + docked (detected) To automatically reload your setup, just append `--change` to the command line @@ -90,7 +113,14 @@ 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 `. +`--default `. The system-wide installation of autorandr by default +calls autorandr with a parameter `--default default`. There are three special, +virtual configurations called `horizontal`, `vertical` and `common`. They +automatically generate a configuration that incorporates all screens +connected to the computer. You can symlink `default` to one of these +names in your configuration directory to have autorandr use any of them +as the default configuration without you having to change the system-wide +configuration. Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory `~/.config/autorandr` (or `~/.autorandr` if you have an old installation) as @@ -100,13 +130,28 @@ about it. The same holds for `preswitch`, which is executed before the switch takes place, and `postsave`, which is executed after a profile was stored/altered. +If you experience issues with xrandr being executed too early after connecting +a new monitor, then you can create a script `predetect`, which will be executed +before autorandr attempts to run xrandr. Place e.g. `sleep 1` into that file +to make autorandr wait a second before running xrandr. + All scripts can also be placed in any of the `$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS`. In addition to the script names themselves, any executables in subdirectories named `script_name.d` (e.g. `postswitch.d`) are executed as well. In scripts, some of autorandr's state is exposed as environment variables prefixed with `AUTORANDR_`. The most useful one is `$AUTORANDR_CURRENT_PROFILE`. -## Apply configuration on login -With recent version you typically do not need to add autorandr to `~/.xprofile`, since autostart config file will be added at `/etc/xdg/autostart/autorandr.desktop`. It will select appropriate profile automatically. +## Changelog + +* *2017-07-16* Skip `--panning` unless it is required (See #72) + +**autorandr 1.1** + +* *2017-06-07* Call systemctl with `--no-block` from udev rule (See #61) +* *2017-01-20* New script hook, `predetect` +* *2017-01-18* Accept comments (lines starting with `#`) in config/setup files + +**autorandr 1.0** -However, if you need to customize this, you can always disable or modify it by placing alternative desktop file in `~/.config/autostart` or using GUI like `gnome-session-properties`. +* *2016-12-07* Tag the current code as version 1.0.0; see github issue #54 +* *2016-10-03* Install a desktop file to `/etc/xdg/autostart` by default