> On Nov 28, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 10:49, Richard Jones
> <richardtrevorjo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Robert, Michael, Adrien and John for taking the time and trouble
>> to answer and explain.
>> This migration would require very careful planning, testing and a backup
>> plan if things go wrong. I will have to think hard as to whether it is
>> worth risking.
>
> Where is the risk, provided you keep the original machine operational
> till you are confident it is all working on the new one?
More to the point: copying settings files and reports, while useful for
preserving specific expected behaviors (e.g., are my Liability Accounts
displayed with reversed numbers?), does not in ANY way affect the overall
functionality of GnuCash as an accounting program. You can easily move your
GnuCash accounting data to another machine merely by copying the .gnucash file
to that new machine and opening it in GnuCash there. You can then change the
preferences to match your expectations later. In other words, there is no
threat to your data, beyond the usual caveats regarding file integrity that
apply any time you move files from one machine to another.
David
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