Feature request: Export Preferences

[Yousha]

I’d like to request a feature to add an "Export Preferences" option to the calculator. It would be beneficial to be able to export user preferences.

This feature would allow users to easily backup and restore their preferred settings, especially when reinstalling the calculator or switching between devices.

The export could be in a simple JSON or XML format to maintain cross-platform compatibility.

[hanna-kn]

There is no need for any special export format. All settings are saved in simple text files (with setting=value statements), and custom variables, functions, and units in XML files.

All settings for are stored in a single folder, e.g. user subfolder for the Windows zip package, and usually ~/.config/qalculate (~/.local/share/qalculate/definitions for custom objects) on GNU/Linux.

[Yousha]

Exporting settings is different from manually copying the config file... and it's not user friendly!

Also there's nothing in ~/.config/qalculate and it does NOT exist.

[hanna-kn]

Exporting settings is different from manually copying the config file... and it's not user friendly!

I agree that it is not user friendly (except when using the Windows zip package). An export preferences option might however be implemented by simply copying the relevant file or folder (to a user specified location, without any need for the user to know the original location), or somehow pointing the user to the folder (e.g. by opening it in the default file manager).

Also there's nothing in ~/.config/qalculate and it does NOT exist.

The correct folder might for example be ~/.var/app/io.github.Qalculate.qalculate-qt/ if using the Flatpak version.

[Yousha]

The correct folder might for example be ~/.var/app/io.github.Qalculate.qalculate-qt/ if using the Flatpak version.

Let's talk about Windows OS....

[hanna-kn]

I've now implemented the simplest (and quickest) solution, by adding an option (in the menu) to open the settings folder. This is not necessarily the final solution.

Let's talk about Windows OS....

Either c:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Local\Qalculate or user in the unpacked directory.