editing xfce4rc

[Jasper Huijsmans]

purslow at sympatico.ca wrote:
> wanting to swap  2  panel-launcher items
> -- one is in the panel itself, the other in the list in the drawer -- ,
> i edited  ~/.xfce4/xfce4rc  & swapped the relevant lines therein
> (yes, i did notice that one has a 'caption' & the other doesn't).
> however, even after a reboot the old version of the panel remained
> & somehow XFCE had replaced my edited version with the old one.
> there doesn't seem to be a file anywhere in  ~/.xfce4  to copy from
> nor is there anything in  /etc/xfce4 , so where was it restored from ?
> more to the point, why was it restored ?
> surely, i sb able to edit a config file to my taste & have it obeyed.
> 
> am i missing something simple or do i have to wait for DnD in 4.2 ?
> 

First log out, then edit the file. The panel saves its configuration on 
exit.