[GNC] Flatpak settings folder

[Manfred Usselmann]

Hi Geert, 

Am 22.04.2020 12:29, schrieb Geert Janssens:

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> Op woensdag 22 april 2020 11:49:25 CEST schreef Manfred Usselmann: 
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>>> I have added these two locations to our Configuration Locations wiki page 
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>>> now. https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations 
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>> This wiki page is looking quite complex. Currently I'm sharing the 
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>> following folders from my home dir: 
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>> ".aqbanking" ".gnucash" ".abtransfers" ".local/share/gnucash" 
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>> ".gconf/apps/gnucash" ".config/gnucash" 
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>> Does that look right for a standard Linux installation (without flatpak) 
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>> or am I missing something? 
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> There is a dedicated wiki entry on backing up [1]. The Configuration Locations page is meant as an overview for other pages to refer to. 
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> As for the list of directories: 
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> - .gconf/apps/gnucash is obsolete, unless you are still running GnuCash 2.4.x 
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> - .gnucash is only used by gnucash 2.6.x and older.

OK, I just added new folders over the years, but since I'm running 3.10
now, I reckon I could do some cleanup. ;-) 

> - if you are using gnucash 2.6.x or more recent you are currently not backing up your user preferences (the ones found under Edit->Preferences). See the backup wiki for more details.

Yes, I noticed that I was missing something since some preferences did
not get copied across, but I did not find additional information on the
Configuration Locations page... So your hint to the backup page was very
useful for me. 

I assume in order to keep the settings in sync I need to create a
GnuCash start script which does the following 

- restores settings: dconf load /org/gnucash/ < somefile on shared
folder 

- calls gnucash 

- saves settings: dconf dump /org/gnucash/ > somefile on shared folder 

Thanks for helping. 

Regards,
Manfred 

> [1] https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup