X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=c420a36109aeb9c13ed0bab3efe4d49b619897a8;hb=81008be9f9f774c5b3af824b0071b86d69efcc67;hp=52867d176952bf4cbafcf193ca733424896ba440;hpb=a997298c5da19ee9eb808bac9b6c494798f7f924;p=deb_pkgs%2Fautorandr.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 52867d1..c420a36 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Contributors to this version of autorandr are: * Maciej Sitarz * Mathias Svensson * Matthew R Johnson +* Nazar Mokrynskyi * Phillip Berndt * Rasmus Wriedt Larsen * Stefan Tomanek @@ -49,6 +50,13 @@ Contributors to this version of autorandr are: * andersonjacob * 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`. + +On other distributives you can install autorandr by calling `make install` and remove by calling `make uninstall`. + +If you can contribute packaging script for other distributives, we will appreciate it. + ## How to use Save your current display configuration and setup with: @@ -85,9 +93,12 @@ To change this behaviour and switch to a fallback configuration, specify `--default `. Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory -`~/.config/autorandr` (or `~/.autorandr` if you have an old installation) 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. +`~/.config/autorandr` (or `~/.autorandr` if you have an old installation) 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. The same holds for `preswitch`, which is executed before the switch +takes place, and `postsave`, which is executed after a profile was +stored/altered. All scripts can also be placed in any of the `$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS`. In addition to the script names themselves, any executables in subdirectories named @@ -95,4 +106,7 @@ the script names themselves, any executables in subdirectories named autorandr's state is exposed as environment variables prefixed with `AUTORANDR_`. The most useful one is `$AUTORANDR_CURRENT_PROFILE`. -To install autorandr call `make install`. +## 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. + +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`.