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xininfo - a tool to query the layout and size of each configured monitor.

Author

       Qball Cow ⟨qball@gmpclient.org⟩

                                                     xininfo                                          XININFO(1)

Description

xininfo is an X11 utility to query the current layout and size of each configured monitor. It is designed
       to be used by scripts.

License

       MIT/X11

Name

       xininfo - a tool to query the layout and size of each configured monitor.

Synopsis

xininfo  [-monitor  id]  [-active-mon] [-mon-size] [ -mon-width ] [ -mon-height ] [ -mon-x ] [ -mon-y ] [
       -mon-pos ] [ -num-mon ] [ -max-mon-width ] [ -max-mon-height ] [ -print ]

Usage

xininfo accepts the following commands. Multiple commands can be concatenated.  All information  returned
       is in number of pixels.

       monitorid

              Set queried monitor to *id*. By default it uses the active monitor.

       active-mon

              Query the *id* of the active monitor.
              **Prints**: *id*

       mon-size

              Get the size of the monitor.
              **Prints**: *width* *height*

       mon-width

              Get the width of the monitor:
              **Prints**: *width*

       mon-height

              Get the height of the monitor:
              **Prints**: *height*

       mon-x

              Get the x position of the monitor:
              **Prints**: *x*

       mon-y

              Get the y position of the monitor:
              **Prints**: *y*

       mon-pos

              Get the position of the monitor:
              **Prints**: *x* *y*

       num-mon

              Queries the number of configured monitors.
              **Prints**: *#monitors*

       max-mon-width

              Query width of the monitor with the most horizontal pixels
              **Prints**: *width*

       max-mon-height

              Query height of the monitor with the most vertical pixels
              **Prints**: *width*

       print

              Print out all information in a human readable format.

See Also