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h.wurst

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Registered: 2020-11-20

Posts: 24

[SOLVED] xfce4-timer-plugin, how to backup and recreate the alarms?

hi there,

i use xfce4 with arch linux.
I have added a second xfce4-timer-plugin to my panel (at the bottom) and tried to copy the alarms (i have made over 20 alarms) from the first xfce4-timer-plugin
(at the top) located in "/home/USER/.config/xfce4/panel/xfce4-timer-plugin-2.rc" to the *.rc file of the new xfce4-timer-plugin.

But that does not work. Every time i restart or login into a new session the empty *.rc (without the copied alarms) is recreated.
The new xfce4-timer-plugin does not show the alarams i have copied into the *.rc file.

Where is the *.rc file or config file for the xfce4-timer-plugin located?
Or how can i save and reproduce my 20+ alarms?

This is also interesting regarding the backupf of the "/home/USER/.config/xfce4/*" folder.
I thought i can recreate the xfce4 configs by saving this local config folder, but it seems that would not be working.

Last edited by h.wurst (2024-01-15 18:10:43)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: [SOLVED] xfce4-timer-plugin, how to backup and recreate the alarms?

You can't replace or manually edit the rc files while xfce4-panel is running. Its in-memory settings will always overwrite what you've manually changed in the file when it is shutting down. To accomplish what you are looking to do, follow a procedure like this:

1. Create new timer plugin instance

2. Save the current panel and plugin settings to disk:

   xfce4-panel -s

3. Quit the panel:

   xfce4-panel -q

4. Make the manual changes (or copy over the other rc file being mindful of the filenames)

5. Restart xfce4-panel:

   xfce4-panel &

Edit: important note, this only works with those plugins that still use rc files to store configuration settings. Those that have migrated to xfconf will require a slightly different procedure.

Last edited by ToZ (2024-01-15 18:00:21)

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h.wurst

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Registered: 2020-11-20

Posts: 24

Re: [SOLVED] xfce4-timer-plugin, how to backup and recreate the alarms?

Thanks, i will try that from my debian system, which is on another partition.

EDIT:
Worked, THANK YOU.

Last edited by h.wurst (2024-01-15 18:10:26)