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

[Gaël Bonithon]

> Ah, so if I delete .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-terminal.xml

No, xfconfd will probably overwrite your changes.
Instead, open xfce4-settings-editor, right-click on the xfce4-terminal channel and then reset (I don't think you can do this from the command line via xfconf-query).

Cheers,
Gaël

On Saturday, May 25th, 2024 at 6:02 PM, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> 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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