-# Tool: autorandr
-
+# autorandr
Automatically select a display configuration based on connected devices
-### Stefan Tomanek <[stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de](stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de)>
+## Branch information
+
+This is a compatible Python rewrite of
+[wertarbyte/autorandr](https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr).
+
+The original [wertarbyte/autorandr](https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr)
+tree is unmaintained, with lots of open pull requests and issues. I forked it
+and merged what I thought were the most important changes. If you are searching
+for that version, see the [`legacy` branch](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/tree/legacy).
+Note that the Python version is better suited for non-standard configurations,
+like if you use `--transform` or `--reflect`. If you use `auto-disper`, you
+have to use the bash version, as there is no disper support in the Python
+version (yet). Both versions use a compatible configuration file format, so
+you can, to some extent, switch between them. I will maintain the `legacy`
+branch until @wertarbyte finds the time to maintain his branch again.
+
+If you are interested in why there are two versions around, see
+[#7](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues/7),
+[#8](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues/8) and
+especially
+[#12](https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues/12)
+if you are unhappy with this version and would like to contibute to the bash
+version.
+
+## License information and authors
+
+autorandr is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+(version 3).
+
+Contributors to this version of autorandr are:
+
+* Alexander Wirt
+* Chris Dunder
+* Daniel Hahler
+* Maciej Sitarz
+* Mathias Svensson
+* Matthew R Johnson
+* Nazar Mokrynskyi
+* Phillip Berndt
+* Rasmus Wriedt Larsen
+* Stefan Tomanek
+* Timo Bingmann
+* Tomasz Bogdal
+* Victor Häggqvist
+* stormc
+* tachylatus
+* andersonjacob
+* Simon Wydooghe
-# How to use:
+## 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:
-```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:
```
`--default <profile>`.
Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory
-`~/.autorandr` 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 `$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS`. In addition to
+the script names themselves, any executables in subdirectories named
+`script_name.d` (e.g. `postswitch.d`) are executed as well. In scripts, some of
+autorandr's state is exposed as environment variables prefixed with `AUTORANDR_`.
+The most useful one is `$AUTORANDR_CURRENT_PROFILE`.
+## Apply configuration on login
+With recent 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.
-While the script uses xrandr by default, calling it by the name __autodisper__
-or "auto-disper" forces it to use the "disper" utility, which is useful for
-controlling nvidia chipsets. The formats for fingerprinting the current setup
-and saving/loading the current configuration are adjusted accordingly.
+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`.
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