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setup custom monitors config

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Mahmoud Mohammed
Mahmoud Mohammed
Team Leader, Core Dev, Release Manager, Package Maintainer
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

bspmonitors
  • the bspmonitors script will auto-configure all connected monitors
  • if you want to add a custom monitors config, add the path to monitors-layouts in the ~/.config/bspwm/exodia.conf

  • use arandr to configure monitors

  • save your configure

  • add configure file path to the monitors-layouts in the ~/.config/bspwm/exodia.conf

for v2022.12 Release or less

  • use arandr to configure monitors

  • save your configure

  • copy the script from ~/.screenlayout/monitors.sh to ~/.config/bspwm/bin/

  • cp ~/.screenlayout/monitors.sh ~/.config/bspwm/bin/

  • mv ~/.config/bspwm/bin/monitors.sh ~/.config/bspwm/bin/monitors

  • then call this script from bspwmrc file

  • edit ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

  • nvim ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc

  • save.

  • Restart BSPWM ctrl + shift + r