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Re: getting X resolution from ~/.xsession?



Louis-David Mitterrand <vindex+lists-debian-x@apartia.org> writes:

> Is there a way to get at the X screen resolution from inside the
> ~/.xsession script? Maybe with xrandr? Or a better tool?

Yes.  My script, which predates xrandr, uses xwininfo:

eval `xwininfo -root |\
    sed -ne 's/.*geometry \([0-9]*\)x\([0-9]*\).*/XWIDTH=\1; XHEIGHT=\2/p'`

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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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