On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 02:17 -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: > There was a time (that I miss a lot), when you could simply copy > ~/.evolution to a new PC and be done. > > I found some instructions that indicated that copying ~/.evolution, > ~/.gconf2/apps/evolution and ~/.gnome2/Evolution would be sufficient for > migrating to a new PC. Unfortunately it wasn't. Most of my several > dozen message filters failed with a cryptic error message (I no longer > have the text of the error) and so I've given up and started recreating > it all by hand.
This is becoming a FAQ (I know since I asked it myself a long time ago :-). The answer is that no, there's no automatic way of doing it because the filter XML files have a unique id wired into them and all you can do is recreate them one by one on the new machine. I guess some public-spirited person could hack up a Perl script to do this automagically, if they knew how Evo calculates the id, but much better would be a way to export filter settings to an id-neutral file and import them again in a different instance of Evo. I for one use up to three copies of Evo and keeping filters in sync is a PITA. Sounds like something an experienced developer could knock up in an hour or two. > So is there a recommended way of migrating Evolution settings from one > account to another? Most importantly filters. I've yet to have them > successfully transfer from one PC to another and spending an hour or > more setting up new ones doesn't rate high on my list of fun activities. > > Also, what is the benefit to using GConf? It seems like needless > scattering and obfuscation of application settings, and I'm more than a > bit curious what the payoff is. It has some putative benefit if you buy into the whole Gnome environment (many settings are common to other Gnome apps), but since I use KDE I'm inclined to agree with you that it just gets in the way. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
