Upgrading

joe_schmoe geek_show at dsl.pipex.com
Mon Apr 11 22:28:47 CEST 2005


Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
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> joe_schmoe wrote:
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>>>On Apr 11, 2005 2:15 PM, joe_schmoe <geek_show at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
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>>>>Hi all
>>>>Before I commit to updating to 4.2 I just wanted to reassure myself that
>>>>doing so won't break my existing settings (backdrop, icons on panel,
>>>>window positioning, etc) of my current set up. I'm sure that it won't
>>>>but just want to make sure.
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>>OK thanks all. I'll give it a try tonight if I get a chance.
>>If the ~/.xfce4 gets replaced in 4.2 with ~/.config/xfce as Brian
>>pointed out, will it make much diffs if I copy my current ~/.xfce4 dir
>>into ~/.config/xfce ?
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> Definitely do NOT do that.  Some settings filenames have changed, as
> well as locations in the tree.  If you copy the directory over, they'll
> definitely be lost that way.  Just leave it as-is, make a backup copy
> first, and let Xfce do its own migration.
> 
> 	-brian

OK - thanks for the heads' up :)

/j



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