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Scribus => Installation and Setup => Topic started by: FrederickYocum on November 18, 2025, 01:57:04 PM

Title: Syncing preferences across Macs
Post by: FrederickYocum on November 18, 2025, 01:57:04 PM
I do most of my work on two Macs, a laptop and and desktop. This means working on projects in two places using the same applications.

I am new to Scribus. I would like to sync any changes I make to the Scribus UI to be reflected on both computers. Usually this accomplished by adding the preferences files to DropBox and symlinking the shared setting. I this a stupid idea with Scribus?

TIA
Title: Re: Syncing preferences across Macs
Post by: a.l.e on November 18, 2025, 07:34:16 PM
Personally, I would not sync the preferences between computers.

But I also tend not to spend too much time tweaking my UIs.
I prefer writing bug reports, even patches, and get the UI fixed : - )

This having been said, the Scribus preferences are XML files that are shareable, but I fear that they mix settings that are specific to a computer (paths, absolute coordinates for windows) and other that might shared among computer (colors, docking areas).

But it is an interesting question, and It might be a nice thing to have a command to import and export those settings and share them among users or computers.