SWM - Switch Monitors

Simple helper for turning on/off connected/disconnected monitors with xrandr.

Synopsis

swm

swm [monitor-1..montior-n]

swm --profile external

swm --list

Description

To turn on/off connected/disconnected monitors.

If no monitors are specified all connected monitors will be turned on and placed from left to right in alphabetical order of their name.

If monitors monitor-1..monitor-n are specified these monitors will be turned on and place them from left to right in the order given.

• --profile profilename or -p profilename

  If a profile is specified, the configured monitors will be turned on.

• --postCmd "some cmd"

  A post command is executed after switching the monitors. This is usefull to tell your window manager to re-detect monitors, e.g. for herbstluftwm herbstclient reload.

• -l or swm --list

  List all devices with the connectivity status.

Configuration

The configuration can be placed in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/switchmon/config.json in the form of

{
    "postCmd": "some command",
    "profiles": {
        "internal": ["LVDS1"],
        "external": ["HDMI1"],
        "dual": ["LVDS1", "HDMI1"]
    }
}

Requirements

Node.js > 4.x on your PATH.