How do you handle variable monitor configurations?

• autorandr

  49 2,393 5.7 Python

  Auto-detect the connected display hardware and load the appropriate X11 setup using xrandr

First setup all the display configurations, ignoring xmobar. Using something like https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr and https://christian.amsuess.com/tools/arandr/ make it easy. Now all you have to do is somehow invoke autorandr --change every time there's a connection or disconnection event.

• xmonad-contrib

  50 571 8.7 Haskell

  Contributed modules for xmonad

  

Now coming to the xmobars themselves, https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/blob/master/XMonad/Hooks/StatusBar.hs has everything you need and will only spawn and kill the requisite number of bars depending on the number of monitors connected. You can even have different bar configs per monitor (for ex: one with tray, rest without).

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