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

submitted 2 years ago by PINKeHamton@lemmy.world to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] green_dot@le.fduck.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] p5f20w18k@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

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