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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# get the displays which are connected and setup an associative array
+DISPLAYS=( $(xrandr | grep " connected" | awk '{print $1}') )
+declare -A DISP_RES
+
+BG_IMG="~/pictures/Yosemite-Color-Block.png"
+
+VERBOSE=""
+if_echo () {
+    if [ -n "$VERBOSE" ]; then
+        echo $1
+    fi
+}
+
+while getopts ":h" opt; do
+    case ${opt} in
+        h ) VERBOSE="on"
+            ;;
+        \? ) echo "read the script for help; -v for verbose logging"
+             ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+for (( i=0; i <${#DISPLAYS[@]}; i++ )); do
+    # store the assocated resolutions
+    DISPLAY_NAME=${DISPLAYS[i]}
+    DISP_RES["$DISPLAY_NAME"]=$(xrandr | grep "^$DISPLAY_NAME" -A 1 | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
+done
+
+# We setup a consistent monitor ordering as follows...
+#  -----     -----      ------        ------
+# | DP-1 |  | DP-2 |  | HDMI-1 |    | HDMI-2 |
+#  -----     -----      ------        ------
+#         \        \     /           /
+#           \       |   |          /
+#             \     -----        /
+#               \ | eDP-1 |----/
+#                   _____
+
+EDP_1=${DISP_RES["eDP-1"]}
+DP_1=${DISP_RES["DP-1"]}
+DP_2=${DISP_RES["DP-2"]}
+HDMI_1=${DISP_RES["HDMI-1"]}
+
+if [ -n "$EDP_1" ]; then
+    # if no other displays are set, then we bring all windows into eDP-1
+    if [[ -z "$DP_1" && -z "$DP_2" && -z "$HDMI_1" ]]; then
+        if_echo "No displays detected. Resetting primary display (eDP-1)"
+        xrandr --auto
+    else
+    if_echo "Found other displays, and explicitly setting primary display (eDP-1)"
+    xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode "$EDP_1"
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$DP_1" ]; then
+    if_echo "Found DP-1. Setting DP-1 above primary display (eDP-1)"
+    xrandr --output DP-1 --mode "$DP_1" --above eDP-1
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$DP_2" && -n "$DP_1" ]]; then
+    if_echo "Found DP-2. Setting DP-2 right of DP-1"
+       xrandr --output DP-2 --mode "$DP_2" --right-of DP-1
+elif [[ -n "$DP_2" ]]; then
+    if_echo "Found DP-2 but not DP-1. Setting DP-2 above primary display (eDP-1)"
+       xrandr --output DP-2 --mode "$DP_2" --above eDP-1
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$HDMI_1" && -n "$DP_2" && "$DP_1" ]]; then
+    if_echo "Found HDMI-1. Setting it right of DP-2"
+    xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode "$HDMI_1" --right-of DP-2
+elif [[ -n "$HDMI_1" && ( "$DP_2" || "$DP_1" )  ]]; then
+    if [ -n "$DP_2" ]; then
+        if_echo "Found HDMI-1 and DP-2 but not DP-1. Setting HDMI-1 right of DP-2"
+        xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode "$HDMI_1" --right-of DP-2
+    else
+        if_echo "Found HDMI-1 and DP-1 but not DP-2. Setting HDMI-1 right of DP-1"
+        xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode "$HDMI_1" --right-of DP-1
+    fi
+fi
+
+feh bg-fill "$IMG"