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:
43 * Rasmus Wriedt Larsen
53 ## Installation/removal
54 For Debian-based distributives (including Ubuntu) it is recommended to call `make deb` to obtain a package that can be installed and removed with `dpkg`.
56 On other distributives you can install autorandr by calling `make install` and remove it by calling `make uninstall`.
58 If you can contribute packaging script for other distributives, we will appreciate it.
62 Save your current display configuration and setup with:
64 autorandr --save mobile
67 Connect an additional display, configure your setup and save it:
69 autorandr --save docked
72 Now autorandr can detect which hardware setup is active:
79 To automatically reload your setup, just append `--change` to the command line
81 To manually load a profile, you can use the `--load <profile>` option.
83 autorandr tries to avoid reloading an identical configuration. To force the
84 (re)configuration, apply `--force`.
86 To prevent a profile from being loaded, place a script call _block_ in its
87 directory. The script is evaluated before the screen setup is inspected, and
88 in case of it returning a value of 0 the profile is skipped. This can be used
89 to query the status of a docking station you are about to leave.
91 If no suitable profile can be identified, the current configuration is kept.
92 To change this behaviour and switch to a fallback configuration, specify
93 `--default <profile>`.
95 Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory
96 `~/.config/autorandr` (or `~/.autorandr` if you have an old installation) as
97 well as in all profile directories: The scripts are executed after a mode
98 switch has taken place and can notify window managers or other applications
99 about it. The same holds for `preswitch`, which is executed before the switch
100 takes place, and `postsave`, which is executed after a profile was
103 All scripts can also be placed in any of the `$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS`. In addition to
104 the script names themselves, any executables in subdirectories named
105 `script_name.d` (e.g. `postswitch.d`) are executed as well. In scripts, some of
106 autorandr's state is exposed as environment variables prefixed with `AUTORANDR_`.
107 The most useful one is `$AUTORANDR_CURRENT_PROFILE`.
109 ## Apply configuration on login
110 With recent versions of autorandr you typically do not need to add autorandr to `~/.xprofile`, since an autostart configuration file will be installed at `/etc/xdg/autostart/autorandr.desktop` by the makefile. It will select an appropriate profile automatically.
112 If you need to customize this behaviour, you can always disable or modify it by placing an alternative desktop file with the same name in `~/.config/autostart` or by using a GUI configuration tool for autostart like `gnome-session-properties`.