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'above' and 'below' as options
nitsvga Nov 2, 2022
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Merge branch 'LukeSmithxyz:master' into master
nitsvga Feb 15, 2023
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'above' and 'below' as direction options having tertiary section in mind
nitsvga Feb 16, 2023
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little spacing mistakes fixed
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31 changes: 24 additions & 7 deletions .local/bin/displayselect
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Expand Up @@ -33,19 +33,36 @@ twoscreen() { # If multi-monitor is selected and there are two screens.

primary=$(echo "$screens" | dmenu -i -p "Select primary display:")
secondary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary")
direction=$(printf "left\\nright" | dmenu -i -p "What side of $primary should $secondary be on?")
xrandr --output "$primary" --auto --scale 1.0x1.0 --output "$secondary" --"$direction"-of "$primary" --auto --scale 1.0x1.0
direction=$(printf "left-of\\nbelow\\nabove\\nright-of" | dmenu -i -p "What side of $primary should $secondary be on?")
xrandr --output "$primary" --auto --scale 1.0x1.0 --output "$secondary" --"$direction" "$primary" --auto --scale 1.0x1.0
fi
}

morescreen() { # If multi-monitor is selected and there are more than two screens.
primary=$(echo "$screens" | dmenu -i -p "Select primary display:")
secondary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary" | dmenu -i -p "Select secondary display:")
direction=$(printf "left\\nright" | dmenu -i -p "What side of $primary should $secondary be on?")
tertiary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary" | grep -v "$secondary" | dmenu -i -p "Select third display:")
xrandr --output "$primary" --auto --output "$secondary" --"$direction"-of "$primary" --auto --output "$tertiary" --"$(printf "left\\nright" | grep -v "$direction")"-of "$primary" --auto
primary=$(echo "$screens" | dmenu -i -p "Select primary display:")
secondary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary" | dmenu -i -p "Select secondary display:")
direction=$(printf "left-of\\nbelow\\nabove\\nright-of" | dmenu -i -p "What side of $primary should $secondary be on?")
tertiary=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$primary" | grep -v "$secondary" | dmenu -i -p "Select third display:")
tertiary_placement=$(echo "$screens" | grep -v "$tertiary" | dmenu -i -p "Around which display should $tertiary be on?")
tertiary_direction=$(printf "$(whichprimary "$tertiary_placement" "$primary" "$direction")" | dmenu -i -p "What side of $tertiary_placement should $tertiary be on?")
xrandr --output "$primary" --auto --output "$secondary" --"$direction" "$primary" --auto --output "$tertiary" --"$tertiary_direction" "$tertiary_placement" --auto
}

whichprimary() { # Check done in order to verify direction inconsistencies in case of choosing tertiary display around the primary one
if [ "$tertiary_placement" == "$primary" ]; then
printf "left-of\\nbelow\\nabove\\nright-of" | grep -v $direction;
else
printf "left-of\\nbelow\\nabove\\nright-of" | grep -v "$(sideavailability "$direction")";
fi ;}

sideavailability() { # Gives the opposite side available in case of tertiary display being around the secondary one
case "$(printf "left-of\\nbelow\\nabove\\nright-of" | grep -v $1)" in
"left-of") printf "right-of";;
"below") printf "above";;
"above") printf "below";;
"right-of") printf "left-of";;
esac ;}

multimon() { # Multi-monitor handler.
case "$(echo "$screens" | wc -l)" in
2) twoscreen ;;
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