Simplify the access to your screen settings

Description

If you're working on a laptop and have to change your screen configurations very often this script is exactly for you. It provides you with an intuitive wrapper around xrandr.

Examples

With one screen

what            | aliases  
----------------|--------
HDMI1* | LVDS1  | hdmi l[eft]  
HDMI1  | LVDS1* | hdmi l --primary
LVDS1  | HDMI1* | hdmi r[ight]
LVDS1* | HDMI1  | hdmi l -p
HDMI1 = LVDS1   | hdmi c[lone]
HDMI1           | hdmi f[irst]
LVDS1           | hdmi s[econd]

LVDS1: internal monitor *: primary monitor -p: swaps the primary monitor (*) alias hdmi='screenchange --first HDMI1 --second LVDS1 --mode'

With two screens

HDMI1* | VGA1   | hdmi2 l[eft]    | vga2 r -p
HDMI1  | VGA1*  | hdmi2 l -p      | vga2 r[right]
VGA1   | HDMI1* | hdmi2 r         | vga2 l -p
VGA1*  | HDMI1  | hdmi2 r -p      | vga2 l
HDMI1 = VGA1    | hdmi2 c[lone]   | vga2 c[clone]
HDMI1           | hdmi2 f[irst]   | vga2 s[econd]
VGA1            | hdmi2 s[econd]  | vga2 f[irst]

Usage

screenchange [OPTIONS] FirstDisplay SecondDisplay

Options

-m|--mode	  sets the mode (see below)
-1|--first	  sets the first screen (has priority before input)
-2|--second     sets the second screen (has priority before input)
-p|--primary    swaps the primary screen (default is the internal)

Modes

first[f]        use first screen only
second[s]       use second screen only
clone[c]        clone the internal screen
extendl[l]      extends the connected monitor to the left  of the internal one
extendr[r]      extends the connected monitor to the right of the internal one
modes[m]        display all possible screen resolutions of all connected screens

By default the first display is primary, change this with the primary flag

Install

a) Use the Arch package

b) Manually

1. Clone the bash file
2. source it (multiple ways)

a) add it to your .bash_aliases (or .zshrc)

alias screenchange="/path/to/this/repo/screenchange/screenchange"
```   

  b) create a symbolic link to it

```
sudo ln -s /path/to/this/repo/screenchange/screenchange /usr/local/bin/screenchange
```

Nice aliases
-------------

I recommend to have some nice shortcuts. Put them into your run configuration (e.g `.bash_aliases` or `.zshrc`).

```
alias hdmi='screenchange -1 HDMI1 -2 LVDS1 -m'
alias vga='screenchange -1 VGA1 -2 LVDS1 -m'
alias hdmi2='screenchange -1 HDMI1 -2 VGA1 -m'
alias vga2='screenchange -1 VGA1 -2 HDMI1 -m'
alias reset='xrandr --auto'
alias monitor-off='xrandr --output VGA1 --off;xrandr --output HDMI1 --off'
```

(2 stands for two external monitors)

The names for the monitors may vary between different drivers, to lookup yours run `xrandr -q` (or `screenchange -m m`)

## Have fun & save time