Design intent

Provide a simple visual front end for XRandR 1.2, client side X only (no xorg.conf involved, no pre-1.2 options).

Features

• Full controll over 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
• Metacity keybinding integration:

• Saved configurations can be bound to arbitrary keys via metacity's custom commands.
• Several layouts can be bound to one key; they are cycled through. (Useful for "rotate" buttons on tablet PCs.)

• Main widget separated from packaged application (to facilitate integration with existing solutions)

Status

Works with recent X servers supporting XRandR 1.2 or 1.3 (which is 1.2 compatible).

See TODO for planned features.

Installation

• Debian package:

  wget http://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/files/debian/arandr_0.1.2-1_all.deb
  sudo dpkg -i arandr_0.1.2-1_all.deb
  

• PKGBUILD for archlinux on AUR:

  yaourt -S arandr
  

• tar ball:

  wget http://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/files/arandr-0.1.2.tar.gz
  tar xzf arandr-0.1.2.tar.gz
  cd arandr-0.1.2
  sudo ./setup.py install
  

• Directly from SVN:

  svn co http://svn.amsuess.com/svn/tools/arandr/trunk/ arandr
  

  To run:

  cd arandr
  ./arandr
  

Dependencies

• python
• PyGTK
• xrandr

Bugs / Caveats

• Changes while running are not caught (no HAL events!)

About

Copyright (c) chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org> 2008, published under GPLv3

Inspired by the dual head sketch in the ThinkWiki.