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 Stefan Tomanek <[stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de](stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de)>
 
+## Branch information
+
+The original wertarbyte/autorandr tree seems unmaintained, with lots of open
+pull requests and issues. I forked it and merged what I thought were the most
+important changes. I will maintain this branch until wertarbyte finds the time
+to maintain his branch again.
+
+
 ## How to use
 
 Save your current display configuration and setup with:
@@ -44,9 +52,11 @@ Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory
 after a mode switch has taken place and can notify window managers or other
 applications about it.
 
-
 While the script uses xrandr by default, calling it by the name `autodisper`
 or `auto-disper` forces it to use the [disper](http://willem.engen.nl/projects/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.
+
+To install autorandr call `make install`, define your setup and then call
+`make hotplug` to install hotplug scripts.