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ARandR: Another XRandR GUI
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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
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* 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

  * Slackware using a `slackbuild by PhantomX`_::

      wget http://cloud.github.com/downloads/PhantomX/slackbuilds/arandr-0.1.4.tar.bz2
      tar xjf arandr-0.1.4.tar.bz2
      cd arandr
      ./arandr.SlackBuild 2>&1 | tee build.log

  * Gentoo_::

      emerge arandr

  * Fedora_::

      yum install arandr

  * SuSE users can use the `X11:Utilities repository`_; ARandR can be found in the ``noarch`` directory of their distribution version.

* 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 <https://live.gnome.org/RandR#Storage_of_RANDR_configurations>`_
* `grandr <ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/individual/app/>`_
* `grandr-applet <http://dekorte.homeip.net/download/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/urandr.html>`_
* `zarfy <http://sourceforge.net/projects/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`_.


About
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Copyright © chrysn_ <chrysn@fsfe.org> 2008–2016, Себастьян Gli ţa Κατινα 2011, Johannes Holmberg <johannes@update.uu.se> 2015 published under GPLv3_ or any later version.

Inspired by the `dual head sketch`_ in the ThinkWiki_.

Translations by

* Algimantas Margevičius, Mantas Kriaučiūnas (Lithuanian)
* Alireza Savand, reza khan (Persian)
* Bakr Al-Tamimi, Mohammad Alhargan, aboodilankaboot (Arabic)
* Balázs Úr, Tamás Nagy (Hungarian)
* Belvar (Breton)
* Bruno_Patri, Clément Démoulins, Tuux (French)
* Carezero, ChuChangMing (Chinese (China))
* Denis Jukni (Albanian)
* Dimitris Giouroukis, Efstathios Iosifidis (Greek)
* Fred Maranhão, Guilherme Souza Silva, Phantom X (Portuguese (Brazil))
* HsH, Ivan Vantu5z, Vladimir (Russian)
* Igor, Olexandr Nesterenko, Rax Garfield (Ukrainian)
* Ingemar Karlsson (Swedish)
* Joe Hansen, Sebastian Wahl (Danish)
* Kristjan Räts (Estonian)
* Lu Ca (Portuguese (Brazil), Sardinian)
* Luca Vetturi, Quizzlo (Italian)
* Luis García Sevillano, Ricardo A. Hermosilla Carrillo (Spanish)
* Mehmet Gülmen (Turkish)
* Michal Čihař (Czech)
* Miguel Anxo Bouzada (Galician, Spanish)
* ParkJS, cho bkwon, pCsOrI (Korean (Korea, Republic of))
* Piotr Strebski, RooTer, agilob (Polish)
* Semsudin Abdic (Bosnian)
* Slavko (Slovak)
* Slobodan Simić (Serbian)
* chrysn (English, German)
* el_libre, josep constanti (Catalan)
* gundachandru (Kannada)
* ikmaak, wimfeijen (Dutch)
* o-157 (Japanese)
* Себастьян Gli ţa Κατινα (Romanian)


 .. _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 alioth`: https://alioth.debian.org/scm/browser.php?group_id=100834
 .. _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://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=413123&group_id=100834
 .. _`arandr-users mailing list`: https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/arandr-users
 .. _python: http://www.python.org/
 .. _PyGTK: http://www.pygtk.org/
 .. _`slackbuild by PhantomX`: http://github.com/PhantomX/slackbuilds/tree/master/arandr/
 .. _Gentoo: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/x11-misc/arandr
 .. _Fedora: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/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://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=413123&group_id=100834
 .. _`register on alioth`: https://alioth.debian.org/account/register.php
 .. _`report it`: https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=add&group_id=100834&atid=413123
 .. _`subscribe to the general discussion list`: https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/arandr-users
 .. _`subscribe to the announce list`: https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/arandr-announce
 .. _`flattr this`: https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=chrysn&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchristian.amsuess.com%2Ftools%2Farandr%2F