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
• Metacity key binding 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)

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-0.1.9.tar.gz
      tar xzf arandr-0.1.9.tar.gz
      cd arandr-0.1.9
      

    • or get it directly from GIT (hosted on alioth):

      git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/arandr/arandr.git
      cd arandr
      

  • and start it using:

    ./arandr
    

  • or install it:

    sudo ./setup.py install
    

Dependencies

• python 2
• PyGTK
• xrandr
• docutils (>=0.6; for building the man page)

Bugs / Communication

• Versions before 0.1.7 depended on all modes to have a <width>x<height> name (see debian bug #507521); if ARandR does not start up, please install the latest version. (On different bugtrackers, this is called the ValueError / "1080p" / "1024x768i" problem).
• There exists a list of bugs (and feature requests and general wishlist). To report a problem or request a feature, you can register on alioth (the hosting service) and report it.
• For general discussion, you can subscribe to the general discussion list <arandr-users@lists.alioth.debian.org>.
• To stay informed about new releases, subscribe to the announce list <arandr-announce@lists.alioth.debian.org>.

Ongoing development

An overhauled version of ARandR is in the works in the verbose and gtk3 branches 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
• Switch to Python 3 and GTK 3
• 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

• grandr

• 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, notable for storing configuration in ~/.config/autostart/lxrandr-autostart

• urandr

• zarfy, notable for its nice use of a current screenshot

• cglita wrote a patch that solved the ValueError / "1080p" problem. His patches went a little further and include more precise mode line selection; I keep it around, and you can try it like this:

  git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/arandr/arandr.git -b cglita
  cd arandr
  ./arandr
  

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. (Transifex and Launchpad translations were discontinued for lack of SCM integration and associated problems with attributing contributions).

If you want to contribute code, contact me directly or send bug reports, suggestions, patches and git pull requests to the bugtracker or the arandr-users mailing list.

If you want to support the project via flattr, you can flattr this.

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