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Remove state data from config files
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Many people back up config files using git repositories or other such systems. Unnecessary changes to these files, such as recent documents and window size, can make this inconvenient. This data should be removed from config files and stored in a state data file instead. For example using KSharedConfig::openStateConfig

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D26440: Add KSharedConfig::openStateConfig for storing state information

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tguen created this task.Jan 16 2020, 12:59 AM
cfeck added a subscriber: cfeck.Jan 16 2020, 7:55 AM

Related bugs:

davidre added a subscriber: davidre.Jan 16 2020, 4:54 PM

D26440 introduced state config

alex-l added a subscriber: alex-l.Dec 19 2020, 12:49 PM
alex renamed this task from Remove cache data from config files to Remove state data from config files.Sep 15 2021, 5:04 PM
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ahmadsamir added a subscriber: ahmadsamir.Oct 7 2021, 1:35 PM

FWIW, state includes toolbars and dockwidgets location/orientation, that is part of an app configuration.

tillschafer added a subscriber: tillschafer.Nov 3 2021, 9:38 AM

related bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441575 konversation should separate state config from settings config