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Importing settings does not work completely! (Entry table and entry settings) #12655

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NeymanDmitry opened this issue Mar 9, 2025 · 4 comments
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Latest development branch build (please note build date below)

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GNU / Linux

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Ubuntu 24.04

Checked with the latest development build (copy version output from About dialog)

  • I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
  • I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

When we need to transfer program settings to another computer with a similar operating system such as Ubuntu/Debian, we perform the following steps:

  1. Open the program properties and export the settings to an .xml file.
  2. Import this file into the program on another computer with a similar operating system.

As a result, when exporting to an .xml file, the latter contains all the settings. But when importing, the settings are not completely transferred. In particular, the Entry types and Entry table settings are not transferred.

JabRef 6.0-alpha.193 was used.

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@Siedlerchr Siedlerchr changed the title Importing settings does not work completely! Importing settings does not work completely! (Entry table and entry settings) Mar 9, 2025
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I would appreciate it if you could provide the XML file you are trying to import.

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example.zip

@Siedlerchr Siedlerchr added this to the 6.0-beta milestone Mar 15, 2025
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In general this works, however, I think maybe your issue:

  1. Import the preferences
  2. Leave the Preference Dialog via Cancel and restart
  3. => All the correct values are imported:
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I tried to exit the settings after import by using the Cancel button. It does work, but it's counterintuitive.
Obviously before that, I used the Save button when leaving the Preference Dialog!

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