Request Help With Gdk.Display

[Wildman]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:33:27 -0500, Wildman wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:11:16 +0100, MRAB wrote:
> 
>> On 2017-08-16 18:57, Wildman via Python-list wrote:
>>> I am working on a program for the Linux platform that
>>> reports system information.  The program reports screen
>>> information, number of monitors, resolution of each one
>>> and the total resolution.  It does it using a couple of
>>> external utils, Xrandr and Xdpyinfo.  It is my goal to
>>> replace the existing code with a python solution without
>>> depending on the external programs.
>>> 
>>> With the help of a code snippet I found, I came up with
>>> this but it only reports the resolution of the primary
>>> monitor...
>>> 
>>> #! /usr/bin/env python3
>>> 
>>> import gi
>>> gi.require_version('Gdk', '3.0')
>>> from gi.repository import Gdk
>>> 
>>> display = Gdk.Display.get_default()
>>> pm = display.get_primary_monitor()
>>> geo = pm.get_geometry()
>>> w = geo.width
>>> h = geo.height
>>> print(w,h)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I know that the number of monitors can be obtained by
>>> using...
>>> 
>>> mc = Gdk.Display.get_n_monitors(display)
>>> 
>>> Then to get each monitor, this can be used...
>>> 
>>> monitor = Gdk.Display.get_monitor(display, monitor_num)
>>> 
>>> My problem is that I can't find any information on how
>>> "monitor_num" is obtained.  The only thing I have been
>>> able to find out is that it is an integer.  Can anybody
>>> point me in the right direction?  Much appreciated.
>>> 
>> If get_n_monitors tells you how many monitors there are, isn't 
>> monitor_num just an index (0, 1, 2, ...)?
> 
> I don't know.  The documentation doesn't say.  That is
> something I can test that I hadn't thought of.  I hope
> you are right.  It would be nice if it was that simple.
> Thanks.

In case anyone is interested that was the answer.
Thanks again MRAB.

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