X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=deb_pkgs%2Fautorandr.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=764d347b3a26d1ca99d07a358e5431b02642d550;hp=f6a5bdb144c8519234ab133c19344dc817c524ab;hb=b0257a2703e12139c14f524f502c1f27c99ae527;hpb=3401494b339a79478d656f1ddcbe2bc963339ae6 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f6a5bdb..764d347 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,30 +1,130 @@ -# Tool: autorandr +# autorandr Automatically select a display configuration based on connected devices -### Stefan Tomanek <[stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de](stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de)> +## Branch information -# How to use: +This is a compatible Python rewrite of +[wertarbyte/autorandr](https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr). Contributions +for bash-completion, fd.o/XDG autostart, Nitrogen, pm-utils, and systemd can be +found under [contrib](contrib/). + +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 contribute 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: + +* Adrián López +* andersonjacob +* Alexander Wirt +* Chris Dunder +* Christoph Gysin +* Daniel Hahler +* Maciej Sitarz +* Mathias Svensson +* Matthew R Johnson +* Nazar Mokrynskyi +* Phillip Berndt +* Rasmus Wriedt Larsen +* Simon Wydooghe +* Stefan Tomanek +* stormc +* tachylatus +* Timo Bingmann +* Timo Kaufmann +* Tomasz Bogdal +* Victor Häggqvist + +## Installation/removal + +You can use the `autorandr.py` script as a stand-alone binary. If you'd like to +install it as a system-wide application, there is a Makefile included that also +places some configuration files in appropriate directories such that autorandr +is invoked automatically when a monitor is connected or removed, the system +wakes up from suspend, or a user logs into an X11 session. + +For Debian-based distributions (including Ubuntu) it is recommended to call +`make deb` to obtain a package that can be installed and removed with `dpkg`. + +On Arch Linux, there is [an aur package +available](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/autorandr-git/). + +autorandr is also packaged in the [nix package manager](https://nixos.org/nix/) +repositories. + +On other distributions you can install autorandr by calling `make install` and +remove it by calling `make uninstall`. Run `make` without arguments to obtain a +list of what exactly will be installed. + +We appreciate packaging scripts for other distributions, please file a pull +request if you write one. + +If you prefer `pip` over your package manager, you can install autorandr with: + + sudo pip install "git+http://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr#egg=autorandr" + +or simply + + sudo pip install autorandr + +if you prefer to use a stable version. + +Automatically generated packages versions are available from the +[openSUSE build service](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:phillipberndt/autorandr). + +## 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: -``` - $ autorandr - mobile - docked (detected) -``` -To automatically reload your setup, just append `--change` to the command line + $ autorandr + mobile + docked (detected) -To manually load a profile, you can use the `--load ` option. +To automatically reload your setup: + + $ autorandr --change + +To manually load a profile: + + $ autorandr --load + +or simply: + + $ autorandr autorandr tries to avoid reloading an identical configuration. To force the -(re)configuration, apply `--force`. +(re)configuration: + + $ autorandr --load --force To prevent a profile from being loaded, place a script call _block_ in its directory. The script is evaluated before the screen setup is inspected, and @@ -33,15 +133,78 @@ to query the status of a docking station you are about to leave. If no suitable profile can be identified, the current configuration is kept. To change this behaviour and switch to a fallback configuration, specify -`--default `. +`--default `. The system-wide installation of autorandr by default +calls autorandr with a parameter `--default default`. There are three special, +virtual configurations called `horizontal`, `vertical` and `common`. They +automatically generate a configuration that incorporates all screens +connected to the computer. You can symlink `default` to one of these +names in your configuration directory to have autorandr use any of them +as the default configuration without you having to change the system-wide +configuration. + +## Hook scripts + +Three more scripts can be placed in the configuration directory (as +(as defined by the [XDG spec](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html), +usually `~/.config/autorandr` or `~/.autorandr` if you have an old installation +for user configuration and `/etc/xdg/autorandr` for system wide configuration): + +- `postswitch` is executed *after* a mode switch has taken place. This can be + used to notify window managers or other applications about the switch. +- `preswitch` is executed *before* a mode switch takes place. +- `postsave` is executed after a profile was stored or altered. +- `predetect` is executed before autorandr attempts to run xrandr. + +These scripts must be executable and can be placed directly in the configuration +directory, where they will always be executed, or in the profile subdirectories, +where they will only be executed on changes regarding that specific profile. + +Instead (or in addition) to these scripts, you can also place as many executable +files as you like in subdirectories called `script_name.d` (e.g. `postswitch.d`). + +If a script with the same name occurs multiple times, user configuration +takes precedence over system configuration (as specified by the +[XDG spec](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html)) +and profile configuration over general configuration. + +As a concrete example, suppose you have the files + +- `/etc/xdg/autorandr/postswitch` +- `~/.config/autorandr/postswitch` +- `~/.config/autorandr/postswitch.d/notify-herbstluftwm` +- `~/.config/autorandr/docked/postswitch` + +and switch from `mobile` to `docked`. Then +`~/.config/autorandr/docked/postswitch` is executed, since the profile specific +configuration takes precedence, and +`~/.config/autorandr/postswitch.d/notify-herbstluftwm` is executed, since +it has a unique name. + +If you switch back from `docked` to `mobile`, `~/.config/autorandr/postswitch` +is executed instead of the `mobile` specific `postswitch`. + +In these scripts, some of autorandr's state is exposed as environment variables +prefixed with `AUTORANDR_`. The most useful one is `$AUTORANDR_CURRENT_PROFILE`. + +If you experience issues with xrandr being executed too early after connecting +a new monitor, then you can use a `predetect` script to delay the execution. +Write e.g. `sleep 1` into that file to make autorandr wait a second before +running `xrandr`. + +## Changelog + +**autorandr 1.2** + +* *2017-07-16* Skip `--panning` unless it is required (See #72) +* *2017-10-13* Add `clone-largest` virtual profile + +**autorandr 1.1** -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. +* *2017-06-07* Call systemctl with `--no-block` from udev rule (See #61) +* *2017-01-20* New script hook, `predetect` +* *2017-01-18* Accept comments (lines starting with `#`) in config/setup files +**autorandr 1.0** -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. +* *2016-12-07* Tag the current code as version 1.0.0; see github issue #54 +* *2016-10-03* Install a desktop file to `/etc/xdg/autostart` by default