porting macros to 5.0

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#1

Hi,

I assume that when I install 5.0 I get a new directory in my home area - .config/libreoffice/5? Linux user BTW.

Could someone pls advise how to copy my macros from 4 to 5? I had a browse through the existing directories and nothing leapt out at me. 4 looks like this:

    [tim@lizard ~]$ ls .config/libreoffice/4/
    cache user
    [tim@lizard ~]$ ls .config/libreoffice/4/user/
    autocorr basic extensions registrymodifications.xcu uno_packages
    autotext config gallery store wordbook
    backup database psprint temp

Thanks

#2

Hi,

The way it worked previously (from LO3 to LO4), LibreOffice imported your
previous profile when creating the new one.

Now, I've just installed LibreOffice 5 to check, and I didn't get any
.config/libreoffice/5 directory; instead it seems that new changes are
still saved in the .config/libreoffice/4 directory... maybe this is a bug,
maybe it is by design...

Anyway right now it seems there's nothing to do to keep settings from 4 to
5.

#3

Yes, it is by design that LO 5 keeps using ~/.config/libreoffice/4. This time, there were no technical reasons to not keep using any existing user directory, so we decided to simply avoid any problems inherent in the otherwise necessary automatic migration from a libreoffice/4 to a libreoffice/5 directory. (Even if the unfortunate libreoffice/4 name can now confuse users.)

#4

Dead easy. Thanks for the feedback. I'll install shortly

#5

Seems like a better option would have been to just rename the directory?

#6

Could have had its own set of subtle downsides. Keep it simple.