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enact will detect the proper resolution of your secondary monitor (if any) and automatically set it up as soon as you plug it in (or out).

It usesxrandr under the hood and works great with window managers like i3, bspwm, and others.

Use cases:

• a laptop and an abritrary secondary monitor (e.g. at work, home, etc.)
• a desktop with two monitors

Download the binary fromreleases or install via cargo:cargo install --git https://github.com/chmln/enact

Test it out then place this in your.xinitrc.

# Set up second monitor above laptopenact --pos top

Or to do the same, but also watch for changes and allow hotplugging

enact --pos top --watch&

You can also select which monitor will be the new primary one

enact --pos top --new_primary 1

Pros:

• monitor hotplugging that actually works (never got this to work with autorandr or any other tool)
• no need to setup any "profiles" or configuration, it just works
• Single compiled binary, no dependencies on python or anything else apart fromxrandr

Drawbacks:

• Supports up to two displays max (at least currently)

“Monitor” byicon lauk, licensed under CC BY 3.0.