Re: [STUMP] Multiple monitors

[Michael Raskin]

On 09/03/2010 09:14 PM, Eric Larson wrote:
> Since I'm using it on my laptop with an external monitor, I also wrote
> a quick script that I can run when I unplug my external monitor.
> 
>   from subprocess import call
>   import re
>   import os
>    
>   class Randr(object):
>    
>       def __init__(self):
>           self.screens = {
>    
>               'monitor': 'DVI1',
>               'laptop': 'LVDS1'
>           }
>    
>       def is_connected(self, fn):
>           for line in open(fn, 'r'):
>               if line.startswith('%s connected' % self.screens['monitor']):
>                   return True
>    
>       def run(self):
>           fn = '.tmp_buffer_python_xstart'
>           p = call(['xrandr', '-q'], stdout=open(fn, 'w+'))
>           if self.is_connected(fn):
>               xrandr_cmd = [
>                   'xrandr', '--output', self.screens['laptop'], # '--off'
>                   '--right-of', self.screens['monitor']
>               ]
>               p = call(xrandr_cmd)
>               p2 = call(['xrandr', '--output', self.screens['monitor'],
>                          '--mode', '1680x1050'])
>           os.remove(fn)
>    
>   if __name__ == '__main__':
>       r = Randr()
>       r.run()

#! /bin/sh
xrandr -q | grep "VGA-0 connected" &&
  xrandr --output VGA-0 --right-of LVDS --preferred &
xrandr -q | grep "VGA-0 connected" ||
  xrandr --output VGA-0 --off &

Seems to do the same and is somewhat simpler...