Thanks very much Andre. It was the -remove I was missing. On 20 November 2014 06:27, Andre Klärner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Paul, > > On Tue 18.11.2014 16:55:33, Paul Jolly wrote: > > My switch in ~/.Xresources is essentially: > > > > Xft.dpi:196 -> ! Xft.dpi:196 > > URxvt*font: xft:DejaVuSansMono:medium:size=7:antialias=false -> > URxvt*font: > > xft:DejaVuSansMono:medium:size=8:antialias=false > > > > This is accompanied by a couple of changes to my Awesome config. > > > > An Awesome restart (unsurprisingly) doesn't pick up the .Xresources > > changes. > > > > Any thoughts on how best to achieve this? > > xrdb -remove && xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources > > While I was tinkering with my .Xresources the xrdb -merge got essential to > me.. You definately need the -remove beforehand, as you do not replace > Xft.dpi with a new setting, but comment it out. This way it won't override > the existing value (you can test it with -query). > > Regards, > Andre > > -- > Andre Klärner >
