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Manjaro Linux xsettingsd notes

Install

pamac install xsettingsd

systemctl

The service is expected to be per-user as opposed to system-wide.
Include a --user arg when working with systemctl.

Check status

systemctl --user status xsettingsd

Start service

systemctl --user start xsettingsd

The service will die right away if it cannot find a config file.
Check the status to see if it actually started.

Config at ~/.config/xsettingsd/xsettingsd.conf
Example contents (from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xsettingsd):

Xft/Hinting 1
Xft/HintStyle "hintslight"
Xft/Antialias 1
Xft/RGBA "rgb"
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