How to copy old terminal settings to the new XML ones?

[Chris Green]

Gaël Bonithon <trash.paradise at protonmail.com> wrote:
> An automatic migration of settings takes place at startup if the terminalrc 
> file exists and the "xfce4-terminal" xfconf channel does not exist: 
> https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/-/blob/b4d8fc0d7e119dd533470b3a2ca4e0e2516ab42f/terminal/terminal-preferences.c#L1284 
> 
Ah, so if I delete .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-terminal.xml
(this`is a new installation, not an upgrade) and copy ~/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc
from the old system my settings should get migrated.  I'll try that,
thank you.

> 
> But if it's just a question of a few settings, this can be done via xfconf-query, 
> all the info is in the file above for property names and types. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Gaël
> 
> On Saturday, May 25th, 2024 at 2:08 PM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > I need to copy my terminal settings (colours in particular) from the
> > old format in ~/.config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc to the new format in
> > .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-terminal.xml. Is there
> > a simple way of doing this or will I have to just copy each setting
> > manually?
> > 
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