A short manual for the transition from old to new locations of config- and data-directories.
In the following blocks you find the changes, that have to be made by the user, when upgrading to the new version.
If you are missing any information or have found an error, please let us know!
Modifications on Linux:
- location of QElectroTech.conf:
~/.config/QElectroTech/QElectroTech.conf
NO activity required!
- location of QET-stalefiles
~/.local/share/stalefiles/QElectroTech
NO activity required!
- python-plugin "qet_tb_generator"
binary of plugin may be moved to ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/binary
but generally: NO activity required!
Linux old --> Linux new
~/.qet/*.json --> ~/.config/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/*.json
~/.qet/element_texts_pattern/*.* --> ~/.config/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/element_texts_pattern/*.*
~/.qet/*.log --> ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/*.log
~/.qet/elements_cache.sqlite --> ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/elements_cache.sqlite
the following directories: including content!
~/.qet/binary --> ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/binary
~/.qet/elements --> ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/elements
~/.qet/elements-company --> ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/elements-company
~/.qet/titleblocks --> ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/titleblocks
~/.qet/titleblocks-company --> ~/.local/share/QElectroTech/QElectroTech/titleblocks-company--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modifications on Windows (ReadyToUse):
- Configuration and data:
NO activity required
- python-plugin "qet_tb_generator"
binary of plugin may be moved to (base-dir)\conf\binary
but generally: NO activity required!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Modifications on Windows (Installer):
- QElectroTech.conf:
NO activity required: Registry
- QET-stalefiles
NO activity required!
- python-plugin "qet_tb_generator"
binary of plugin may be moved to (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\binary
but generally: NO activity required!
To keep line-length short:
"(#)" means "C:\Users\<USER>\Application Data"
"(+)" means "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData"
Windows old --> Windows new
(#)\qet\*.json --> (+)\Local\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\*.json
(#)\qet\element_texts_pattern\*.* --> (+)\Local\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\element_texts_pattern\*.*
(#)\qet\*.log --> (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\*.log
(#)\qet\elements_cache.sqlite --> (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\elements_cache.sqlite
the following directories: including content!
(#)\qet\binary --> (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\binary
(#)\qet\elements --> (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\elements
(#)\qet\elements-company --> (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\elements-company
(#)\qet\titleblocks --> (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\titleblocks
(#)\qet\titleblocks-company --> (+)\Roaming\QElectroTech\QElectroTech\titleblocks-company
