Automatically detect external displays and apply config to them

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  • python-umonitor

    Manage monitor configuration automatically.

  • Autorandr works great, and I combined it with this tool I found somewhere along the line, umonitor. https://github.com/rliou92/python-umonitor

  • autorandr

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

  • Check autorand. You can save profiles and automatically load them if an hdmi connection/disconnection is detected.

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  • i3-gnome-flashback

    Support files for starting i3 in a GNOME-Flashback session

  • In my case, i3-gnome-flashback. As a result I have the typical desktop setup where the Gnome settings panel can control the monitor layout, and it remembers previously seen monitors and restores the layout.

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