editing xfce4rc

[Jasper Huijsmans]

purslow at sympatico.ca wrote:
> 040621 Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
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>>purslow at sympatico.ca wrote:
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>>>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.
>>>however, even after a reboot the old version of the panel remained
>>>& somehow XFCE had replaced my edited version with the old one.
>>>surely, i sb able to edit a config file to my taste & have it obeyed.
>>
>>First log out, then edit the file.
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> 
> yes, thanx, that did strike me later, after i had sent in my query.
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>>The panel saves its configuration on exit.
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> is there a reason why it does that ?

Can't remember, perhaps ;-)

> would it not be better if it saved it whenever the user makes changes ?
> 

Sounds reasonable, but I'm not entirely sure this will not break some 
plugins or miss some changes (position).

	Jasper