Merge pull request #56 from nazar-pc/patch-1

[deb_pkgs/autorandr.git] / README.md

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@@ -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 a package that can be installed and removed with `dpkg`.
+
+On other distributives you can install autorandr by calling `make install` and remove it 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:
@@ -98,4 +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 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.
+
+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`.