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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

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how to specify a config file for xfce4-terminal

i want to run different terminals with different config files.  the man pages says it locates it in the directory in XDG_CONFIG_HOME.  does this need other things be put there, too?  that is, if xfce4-terminal looks for any other xfce4 info, does it look for it in here?  i am wanting to start some terminals with smaller fonts and some terminals with larger fonts.

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: how to specify a config file for xfce4-terminal

Launch xfce4-terminal with the "--disable-server" parameter so that it doesn't connect to any existing instance while temporarily setting a different XDG_CONFIG_HOME:

XDG_CONFIG_HOME=~/.config2 xfce4-terminal --disable-server

This will create a new ~/.config2/xfce4/terminal folder that will contain the instance preferences.

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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: how to specify a config file for xfce4-terminal

so it will create it as needed.  great!