konversation
2007-03-25
Importing Gnome and KDE applications settings
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If you need to switch/update/relocate your Linux system, here are instructions how to keep application settings from a system to another.
I installed Ubuntu Feisty Fawn for testing. I had to migrate Gnome terminal settings from my previous Ubuntu (Edgy Eft) to the test platform.
All Gnome applications store their settings in your home folder/.gconf/applications
Just copy .gconf/apps/gnome-terminal from the old system to the new system. You need to logout and login to restart gnome-settings-daemon and make the copied settings effective.
.gconf is invisible in the default file browser. Go to home folder Hit CTRL+L to see the location bar and type in /.gconf to get into the folder.
Konversation is IRC client for Linux. I didn't want to retype all channel and password information again, so I just copied existing Konversation settings.
KDE stores settings in home folder/.kde/config/APPNAMErc file. Just copy this file from new system to another.
Copying Gnome terminal settings
All Gnome applications store their settings in your home folder/.gconf/applications
Just copy .gconf/apps/gnome-terminal from the old system to the new system. You need to logout and login to restart gnome-settings-daemon and make the copied settings effective.
.gconf is invisible in the default file browser. Go to home folder Hit CTRL+L to see the location bar and type in /.gconf to get into the folder.
Copying KDE Konversation settings
Konversation is IRC client for Linux. I didn't want to retype all channel and password information again, so I just copied existing Konversation settings.
KDE stores settings in home folder/.kde/config/APPNAMErc file. Just copy this file from new system to another.
