What does xfsettingsd do?

[Marshall Neill]

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On 04/18/2014 09:00 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When playing around with some alternative window managers, I noticed
> that running or not running xfsettingsd has quite some effects on
> non-XFCE applications as well.
>
> For example, the fonts and menu bar in my X11 Emacs look considerably
> nicer if I have xfsettingsd running.
>
> Can someone explain to me how this interaction comes about? I assume
> that emacs does not come with support for XFCE's xfsettingsd, so how do
> they communicate with each other?
>
>
> Curious,
> -Nikolaus
>