mons -a; problem going from 4:3 external to 16:9 internal

[mxmilkiib]

I have mons -a in my .xinitrc, and an i3 hotkey to trigger mons -s after I've plugged my external in.

On unplugging the external, I get a situation where all windows on my laptop screen are restricted in width, until I run mons -o, which resolves the problem.

(In real life, I cannot see the bottom gap featured in the screenshot below, as it lies below the size of my laptop monitor.)

[Ventto]

Hello @milkmiruku, Thanks for your feedback.

It could have a link with that issue (#27) for which It just made a fix (b421c31). The DPI value was set to 96 by default without using option. For those who has a greater value on their desktop, it could lead to undefined graphical behaviors.

[mxmilkiib]

Thanks, but no change when trying with master.

Aside: I was getting a ./mons.sh: line 278: : command not found, so I moved line 286 to 266 and the error went away, but with no difference to the side-of-the-screen-cut-off behaviour after unplugging.

[Ventto]

./mons.sh: line 278: : command not found: Fixed in 261ecbc

Is the second monitor "VIRTUAL1" ?

If yes, regarding your screenshot, the "VIRTUAL1" monitor has the "disconnected" status but it appears to be still plugged-in. Usually when a physical monitor is not plugged-in its status is automatically set "disconnected". The plugged-in monitor detection of mons is based on this rule. Here are the lines that handle the detection:

288:    xrandr_out="$("$XRANDR")"
289:	 enabled_out="$(echo "$xrandr_out" | grep 'connect')"
...
294:    enabled_out="$(echo "$enabled_out" | grep ' connect')"
295:    [ -z "$enabled_out" ] && { echo 'No plugged-in monitor detected.'; exit 1; }
296:    plug_mons="$(echo "$enabled_out" | cut -d' ' -f1)"