-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python3
# DSL - easy Display Setup for Laptops
# Copyright (C) 2012 Ralf Jung <post@ralfj.de>
#
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program (gpl.txt); if not, write to the Free Software
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
-import sys, os, re, subprocess
-import gui
+import argparse, sys, os, re, subprocess
+from gui import getFrontend
+frontend = getFrontend("cli") # the fallback, until we got a proper frontend. This is guaranteed to be available.
# for auto-config: common names of internal connectors
commonInternalConnectorNames = ['LVDS', 'LVDS0', 'LVDS1', 'LVDS-0', 'LVDS-1']
return args
def getExternalArgs(self, intName):
- args = ["--mode", res2xrandr(self.extResolution)]
+ args = ["--mode", res2xrandr(self.extResolution)] # set external screen to desired resolution
if self.extIsPrimary:
args.append('--primary')
if self.relPosition == RelativeScreenPosition.LEFT:
# add some convencience get functions
return result
+# helper function: execute a process, return output as iterator, throw exception if there was an error
+# you *must* iterate to the end if you use this!
+def processOutputGen(*args):
+ p = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+ for line in p.stdout:
+ yield line
+ p.wait() # wait for process to exit (it closed stdout, so it can't block anymore)
+ if p.returncode != 0:
+ raise Exception("Error executing "+str(args))
+def processOutputIt(*args):
+ return list(processOutputGen(*args)) # list() iterates over the generator
+
# Run xrandr and return a dict of output names mapped to lists of available resolutions, each being a (width, height) pair.
# An empty list indicates that the connector is disabled.
def getXrandrInformation():
- p = subprocess.Popen(["xrandr", "-q"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
connectors = {} # map of connector names to a list of resolutions
connector = None # current connector
- for line in p.stdout:
+ for line in processOutputGen("xrandr", "-q"):
# screen?
m = re.search(r'^Screen [0-9]+: ', line)
if m is not None: # ignore this line
# unknown line
# not fatal as my xrandr shows strange stuff when a display is enabled, but not connected
#raise Exception("Unknown line in xrandr output:\n"+line)
- print "Warning: Unknown xrandr line %s" % line
- # be sure to always proprly finish up with the xrandr
- p.communicate()
- # if everything succeededso far, check return code
- if p.returncode != 0: raise Exception("Querying xrandr for data failed.")
+ print("Warning: Unknown xrandr line %s" % line)
return connectors
# convert a (width, height) pair into a string accepted by xrandr as argument for --mode
if connector == internalConnector:
raise Exception("%s is both internal and external, that doesn't make sense." % connector)
else:
- externalConnectors = allConnectors.keys()
+ externalConnectors = list(allConnectors.keys())
externalConnectors.remove(internalConnector)
if not externalConnectors:
raise Exception("No external connector found - either your config is wrong, or your machine has only one connector.")
# if we run top-level
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
+ # parse command-line arguments
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='easy Display Setup for Laptops')
+ parser.add_argument("-f, --frontend",
+ dest="frontend",
+ help="The frontend to be used for user interaction")
+ parser.add_argument("-r, --relative-position",
+ dest="rel_position", choices=('left', 'right', 'external-only'),
+ help="Position of external screen relative to internal one")
+ cmdArgs = parser.parse_args()
+
+ # load frontend
+ frontend = getFrontend(cmdArgs.frontend)
+
# load connectors and classify them
connectors = getXrandrInformation()
(internalConnector, externalConnectors) = classifyConnectors(connectors)
# check whether we got an external screen or not
# Check what to do
usedExternalConnector = findAvailableConnector(externalConnectors, connectors) # *the* external connector which is actually used
- if usedExternalConnector is not None: # there's an external screen connected, we need to ask what to do
- # get setup
- dialogue = gui.getDialogue(connectors[internalConnector], connectors[usedExternalConnector])
- setup = dialogue.run()
+ if usedExternalConnector is not None:
+ # there's an external screen connected, we need to get a setup
+ if cmdArgs.rel_position is not None:
+ # use command-line arguments (can we do this relPosition stuff more elegant?)
+ if cmdArgs.rel_position == 'left':
+ relPosition = RelativeScreenPosition.LEFT
+ elif cmdArgs.rel_position == 'right':
+ relPosition = RelativeScreenPosition.RIGHT
+ else:
+ relPosition = RelativeScreenPosition.EXTERNAL_ONLY
+ setup = ScreenSetup(relPosition, connectors[internalConnector][0], connectors[usedExternalConnector][0]) # use default resolutions
+ else:
+ # use GUI
+ setup = frontend.setup(connectors[internalConnector], connectors[usedExternalConnector])
if setup is None: sys.exit(1) # the user canceled
# apply it
connectorArgs[internalConnector] = setup.getInternalArgs()
call = ["xrandr"]
for name in connectorArgs:
call += ["--output", name] + connectorArgs[name]
- print "Call that will be made:",call
+ print("Call that will be made:",call)
subprocess.check_call(call)
except Exception as e:
- gui.error(str(e))
+ frontend.error(str(e))
raise
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