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| author | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2025-05-21 22:01:35 -0500 |
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| committer | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2025-05-21 22:01:35 -0500 |
| commit | b4463015b97912658d630377fafbf630f7588d1e (patch) | |
| tree | d04b66d992fe2ce88391889c21c5d8dc97acd0ef /dotfiles/system/.local/bin/monitor | |
| parent | 548154ea395356868e87980b149dfc0abdc84e17 (diff) | |
moving arch dotfiles into archsetup
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diff --git a/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/monitor b/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/monitor new file mode 100755 index 0000000..480e1bd --- /dev/null +++ b/dotfiles/system/.local/bin/monitor @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Craig Jennings +# convenience script to switch monitors + +# this script assumes there are at most two monitors attached and we want to switch between then +CHOICES="Laptop\nLaptop-Scaled\nHome-Display\nExternal-Auto\nExternal-Scaled\nVirtualbox" + +# laptops always have a monitor connected when running the script. +LAPTOP=$(xrandr -q | grep primary | awk '$2 == "connected" {print $1}') +echo "primary monitor is $LAPTOP" + +# an external monitor will always be a connected monitor that isn't primary +EXTERNAL=$(xrandr -q | grep -v primary | awk '$2 == "connected" {print $1}') + +# start by resetting +xrandr -s 0 + +# disable if called automatically, otherwise you'll want the menu +# if there's only one monitor connected, setup laptop monitor +# if [ -z "$EXTERNAL" ]; then +# xrandr -s 0 +# xrandr --output "$LAPTOP" --auto --dpi 144 --scale 0.6 +# exit 0 +# fi + +CHOSEN=$(echo -e "$CHOICES" | dmenu -i) + +case "$CHOSEN" in +"Laptop") + xrandr --output "$LAPTOP" --auto --output "$EXTERNAL" --off + ;; +"Laptop-Scaled") + xrandr --output "$LAPTOP" --auto --dpi 144 --scale 0.6 --output "$EXTERNAL" --off + ;; +"External") + xrandr --output "$EXTERNAL" --auto --dpi 96 --mode 3440x1440 --scale 1.0 --output "$LAPTOP" --off + ;; +"External-Auto") + xrandr --output "$EXTERNAL" --auto --output "$LAPTOP" --off + ;; +"External-Scaled") + xrandr --output "$EXTERNAL" --auto --scale 0.6 --output "$LAPTOP" --off + ;; +"Virtualbox") + xrandr --output "$LAPTOP" --auto --mode 1920x1080 + ;; +esac + +# restore the wallpaper after resolution change +nitrogen --restore |