my I3 wont respond to config changes (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i have charged to rofi over dmenu and added polybar to my I3 config and even after a reboot it wont update my changes i have been editing /etc/i3/config and i have done use I3 on other pc and never had it do this

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Donyou have anything in $HOME/.config/i3 ?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is most likely where the real config is i3 copies the one from etc to here, should always make any changes here.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Because config of a window manager is on a per user basis, usually

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Have a look a the configuration file precedence here. That's probably what's causing the issue

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

thank you guys I must have just forgotten something since the last time I configured I3

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