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Moving jEdit Configuration Between Two Machines

A number of people have asked how to move their jEdit configuration settings to another machine. There is no automated way to do this, and a lot of confusion about whether/if/how it can be done.

This page is to collect what information we know about the process, and to list what solutions there might be.

There are two major variations to the problem--moving conf. between two machines with the same OS, and moving conf. between two machines with a different OS.

If both machines have the same OS platform, you may just be able to copy the entire .jedit directory (in user home) over to the target machine, as long as they have access to the same network resources, have the same version of jEdit, etc. As one person Wiki'd:

Shouldn't this page really be about moving configuration between two machines that are on different platforms? Are there really any issues if you're moving from one machine to another of the same platform? I've got three different Windows machines that I use jEdit on and I keep them in sync by copying the entire ".jedit" folder from one machine to another. This has always Just Worked for me. In fact, I even keep my entire profile directory in a subversion repository to make this easier... - Name withheld (I'll register for an account later)

Overview of the Problem

Basics

What one would like to do is just copy these properties files over to the target machine and launch jEdit and have it work. That won't work in many cases. Why?

Things that may not be portable across machines and platforms

There should be more (please add to the list).

On the other hand, a great deal of configuration should just work.

Things that should be portable across machines and platforms

Probably easier to work from what we know will not work than from what will.

Probable Requirements

General, about both source and target machine

General, about the source machine

General, about the target machine

Process

TODO: Not sure, but need to

-- Patrick Wright - 05 Mar 2005

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