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==========================
ARandR: Another XRandR GUI
==========================
ARandR is designed to provide a simple visual front end for XRandR_. Relative monitor positions are shown graphically and can be changed in a drag-and-drop way.
Features
--------
* Full control over output positioning (instead of plain "left of") with edge snapping
* Saving configurations as executable shell scripts (configurations can be loaded without using this program)
* Configuration files can be edited to include additional payload (like xsetwacom_ commands tablet PC users need when rotating), which is preserved when editing
* Main widget separated from packaged application (to facilitate integration with existing solutions)
Installation
------------
* Using your distribution's installer:
* Debian_ / Ubuntu_::
aptitude install arandr
* archlinux_::
pacman -S arandr
* Gentoo_::
emerge arandr
* Fedora_::
yum install arandr
* OpenSUSE_::
zypper in arandr
* Slackware: see slackbuilds.org_
* From source:
* Fetch either
* the `latest release`_::
wget http://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/files/arandr-0.1.10.tar.gz
tar xzf arandr-0.1.10.tar.gz
cd arandr-0.1.10
* or get it directly from GIT (`hosted on GitLab`_)::
git clone https://gitlab.com/arandr/arandr
cd arandr
* and start it using::
./arandr
* or install it::
sudo ./setup.py install
Dependencies
------------
* python_ 3
* PyGObject_
* xrandr_
* docutils_ (for building the man page)
Bugs / Communication
--------------------
* There exists a `list of bugs`_ (and feature requests and general wishlist). If there is a problem or you want to request a feature, just `report it`_.
* New releases are announced as published tags_ and can be subscribed as an `ATOM feed`_.
Ongoing development
-------------------
An overhauled version of ARandR is in the works in the `next` branch found in the git repository. Feature parity with the current releases has not been reached, but some interesting features are already implemented:
* Parsing of the complete `--verbose` output, including properties
* Setting refresh rates
* Auto-discovery of DISPLAY in remote contexts
* Simulation and regression test infrastructure
Features targetted for the first release from the new branch:
* Setting properties
* Parsing EDID information
Similar projects
----------------
A number of other programs exist that cover similar functionality, often
bundled with a particular desktop environment. Those I know of are, in
alphabetical order:
* Gnome's ``gnome-control-center display``, notable for its ``~/.config/monitors.xml`` `persistence <https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/RandR#Storage_of_RANDR_configurations>`_
* `grandr <ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/individual/app/>`_
* `grandr-applet <https://sites.google.com/site/kdekorte2/grandr_applet>`_ (which seems not to be related to grandr)
* KDE's RandR tool ``krandrtray``, notable for being the only listed program to be Qt based
* LXDE's `LXRandR <http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXRandR>`_, notable for storing configuration in ``~/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart``
* `urandr <http://www.albertomilone.com/wordpress/?p=288>`_
* `zarfy <http://sourceforge.net/projects/zarfy/>`_, notable for its nice use of a current screenshot
Contributing
------------
If you are fluent with languages not yet supported, you can add translations to ARandR using gettext_. An easy way to do this is `ARandR's page on hosted Weblate`_.
If you want to contribute code, contact me_ directly or send bug reports, suggestions, patches and git pull requests to the bugtracker_.
If you want to support the project via flattr, you can `flattr this`_.
About
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Copyright © chrysn_ <chrysn@fsfe.org> 2008–2019, Себастьян Gli ţa Κατινα 2011, Johannes Holmberg <johannes@update.uu.se> 2015, actionless 2019 published under GPLv3_ or any later version.
Inspired by the `dual head sketch`_ in the ThinkWiki_.
Translations by
* Ajeje Brazorf (Sardinian)
* Alex Kalles, Dimitris Giouroukis, Efstathios Iosifidis (Modern Greek (1453-))
* Algimantas Margevičius, Mantas Kriaučiūnas, Moo (Lithuanian)
* Alireza Savand, reza khan (Persian)
* Allan Nordhøy (Norwegian Bokmål (Norway))
* Anders Jonsson, Erik Sundin, Ingemar Karlsson (Swedish)
* Bakr Al-Tamimi, Mohammad Alhargan, aboodilankaboot (Arabic)
* Balázs Úr, Tamás Nagy (Hungarian)
* Belvar, tornoz (Breton)
* Bruno_Patri, Clément Démoulins, Tuux (French)
* Calin Sopterean, Себастьян Gli ţa Κατινα (Romanian)
* Carezero, ChuChangMing (Chinese (China))
* DARREN MELROY MENEZES, gundachandru (Kannada)
* Denis Jukni (Albanian)
* Fred Maranhão, Guilherme Souza Silva, Phantom X (Portuguese (Brazil))
* Fuxik Nah, Slavko (Slovak)
* HsH, Ivan Vantu5z, Vladimir (Russian)
* Igor, Olexandr Nesterenko, Rax Garfield (Ukrainian)
* Joe Hansen, Sebastian Wahl (Danish)
* Kristjan Räts (Estonian)
* Louies (Chinese (Hant))
* Lu Ca (Portuguese (Brazil), Sardinian)
* Luca Vetturi, Quizzlo (Italian)
* Luis García Sevillano, Ricardo A. Hermosilla Carrillo (Spanish)
* Mehmet Gülmen, cem guresci (Turkish)
* Michal Čihař (Czech)
* Miguel A. Bouzada (Galician)
* Miguel Anxo Bouzada (Galician, Spanish)
* Nobuhiro Iwamatsu, o-157 (Japanese)
* ParkJS, cho bkwon, pCsOrI (Korean (Korea, Republic of))
* Piotr Strebski, RooTer, agilob (Polish)
* Rasti K5 (Sorani)
* Semsudin Abdic (Bosnian)
* Slobodan Simić (Serbian)
* Yaron Shahrabani (Hebrew)
* chrysn (English, German)
* ditokp (Indonesian)
* ekeimaja (Finnish)
* el_libre, josep constanti (Catalan)
* ikmaak, wimfeijen (Dutch)
.. _XRandR: http://www.x.org/wiki/Projects/XRandR
.. _xsetwacom: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/xsetwacom
.. _`latest release`: http://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/files/arandr-0.1.9.tar.gz
.. _archlinux: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/arandr/
.. _chrysn: http://christian.amsuess.com
.. _GPLv3: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
.. _`dual head sketch`: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Image:Intel-DualHead.png
.. _ThinkWiki: http://thinkwiki.org/
.. _`hosted on GitLab`: https://gitlab.com/arandr/arandr
.. _Debian: http://packages.debian.org/arandr
.. _Ubuntu: http://packages.ubuntu.com/arandr
.. _gettext: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
.. _`ARandR's page on hosted Weblate`: http://hosted.weblate.org/projects/arandr/translations/
.. _me: mailto:chrysn@fsfe.org
.. _bugtracker: https://gitlab.com/arandr/arandr/issues
.. _python: http://www.python.org/
.. _PyGObject: https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
.. _slackbuilds.org: https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/desktop/arandr/
.. _Gentoo: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-misc/arandr
.. _Fedora: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/arandr
.. _OpenSUSE: https://software.opensuse.org/package/arandr
.. _docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
.. _`debian bug #507521`: http://bugs.debian.org/507521
.. _`X11:Utilities repository`: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Utilities/
.. _`list of bugs`: https://gitlab.com/arandr/arandr/issues
.. _`report it`: https://gitlab.com/arandr/arandr/issues/new
.. _`flattr this`: https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=chrysn&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchristian.amsuess.com%2Ftools%2Farandr%2F
.. _tags: https://gitlab.com/arandr/arandr/tags
.. _`ATOM feed`: https://gitlab.com/arandr/arandr/tags?format=atom
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