import gui, screen
frontend = gui.getFrontend("cli") # the fallback, until we got a proper frontend. This is guaranteed to be available.
+
# for auto-config: common names of internal connectors
commonInternalConnectorPrefixes = ['LVDS', 'eDP']
commonInternalConnectorSuffices = ['', '0', '1', '-0', '-1']
print("xbacklight returned an error while attempting to turn your laptop backlight on.")
+# return the current sceen situation, using the configuration to control connecor detection
+def situationByConfig(config):
+ # internal connectors
+ if 'internalConnector' in config:
+ if len(config['internalConnector']) != 1:
+ raise Exception("You must specify exactly one internal connector.")
+ internalConnectors = config['internalConnector']
+ else:
+ internalConnectors = commonInternalConnectorNames()
+ # run!
+ return screen.ScreenSituation(internalConnectors, config.get('externalConnectors'))
+
+
# if we run top-level
if __name__ == "__main__":
- # 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=list(map(str.lower, screen.RelativeScreenPosition.__members__.keys())),
- help="Position of external screen relative to internal one")
- parser.add_argument("-i", "--internal-only",
- dest="internal_only", action='store_true',
- help="Enable internal screen, disable all the others (as if no external screen was connected")
- cmdArgs = parser.parse_args()
-
- # load frontend early (for error mssages)
- frontend = gui.getFrontend(cmdArgs.frontend)
try:
+ # how do we filter the RelativeScreenPosition for the CLI?
+ relPosFilter = str.lower
+
+ # 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=list(map(relPosFilter, screen.RelativeScreenPosition.__members__.keys())),
+ help="Set the position of external screen relative to internal one.")
+ parser.add_argument("-e", "--external-only",
+ dest="external_only", action='store_true',
+ help="If an external screen is connected, disable all the others.")
+ parser.add_argument("-i", "--internal-only",
+ dest="internal_only", action='store_true',
+ help="Enable internal screen, disable all the others.")
+ cmdArgs = parser.parse_args()
+
+ # load frontend early (for error mssages)
+ frontend = gui.getFrontend(cmdArgs.frontend)
+
+ # load configuration
+ config = loadConfigFile(os.getenv('HOME') + '/.dsl.conf')
+
# see what situation we are in
- situation = screen.ScreenSituation(commonInternalConnectorNames())
+ situation = situationByConfig(config)
# construct the ScreenSetup
setup = None
- if situation.externalResolutions() is not None:
- setup = frontend.setup(situation)
- if setup is None: sys.exit(1) # the user canceled
+ if not cmdArgs.internal_only and situation.externalResolutions() is not None:
+ # there's an external screen connected that we may want to use
+ if cmdArgs.external_only:
+ setup = screen.ScreenSetup(intResolution = None, extResolution = situation.externalResolutions()[0])
+ elif cmdArgs.rel_position is not None:
+ # construct automatically, based on CLI arguments
+ # first, figure out the desired RelativeScreenPosition... waht a bad hack...
+ relPos = list(filter(lambda relPosItem: relPosFilter(relPosItem[0]) == cmdArgs.rel_position, screen.RelativeScreenPosition.__members__.items()))
+ assert len(relPos) == 1, "CLI argument is ambigue"
+ relPos = relPos[0][1]
+ # now we construct the ScreenSetup
+ if relPos == screen.RelativeScreenPosition.MIRROR:
+ res = situation.commonResolutions()[0]
+ setup = screen.ScreenSetup(res, res, relPos)
+ else:
+ setup = screen.ScreenSetup(intResolution = situation.internalResolutions()[0], extResolution = situation.externalResolutions()[0], relPosition = relPos)
+ else:
+ # ask the user
+ setup = frontend.setup(situation)
+ if setup is None: sys.exit(1) # the user canceled
else:
# use first resolution of internal connector
- setup = ScreenSetup(intResolution = situation.internalResolutions()[0], extResolution = None)
+ setup = screen.ScreenSetup(intResolution = situation.internalResolutions()[0], extResolution = None)
# call xrandr
xrandrCall = situation.forXrandr(setup)
just choose any remaining connector.'''
# which connectors are there?
self._getXrandrInformation()
- print(self.connectors)
# figure out which is the internal connector
self.internalConnector = self._findAvailableConnector(internalConnectorNames)
if self.internalConnector is None:
- raise Exception("Could not automatically find internal connector, please use ~/.dsl.conf to specify it manually.")
- print(self.internalConnector)
+ raise Exception("Could not automatically find internal connector, please use (or fix) ~/.dsl.conf to specify it manually.")
+ print("Detected internal connector:",self.internalConnector)
# and the external one
if externalConnectorNames is None:
externalConnectorNames = list(self.connectors.keys())
externalConnectorNames.remove(self.internalConnector)
self.externalConnector = self._findAvailableConnector(externalConnectorNames)
- print(self.externalConnector)
+ if self.internalConnector == self.externalConnector:
+ raise Exception("Internal and external connector are the same. This must not happen. Please fix ~/.dsl.conf.");
+ print("Detected external connector:",self.externalConnector)
# Run xrandr and fill the dict of connector names mapped to lists of available resolutions.
def _getXrandrInformation(self):