From c172af947e5d48c6aa7a4e75e5bd9b31459877cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=85smund=20Ervik?= Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 08:51:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated porting tips with new section on how to obtain clean 3.5.9 and 4.0 rc.lua versions to diff existing config with / port into. Fixes issue #1576 --- docs/17-porting-tips.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/17-porting-tips.md b/docs/17-porting-tips.md index c391a0aa..3b413e7f 100644 --- a/docs/17-porting-tips.md +++ b/docs/17-porting-tips.md @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ The you might have added to your `rc.lua`. This avoids most of the possible errors due to missing important changes. +To do this, you can download the default rc.lua for 3.5.9 +[here](https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/blob/v3.5.9/awesomerc.lua.in), and +then compare your existing rc.lua with the 3.5.9 default using your diff tool of +choice. Write down the changes, then apply these to the 4.0 default rc.lua, +which you can find at /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua after the upgrade, or +[here](../sample%20files/rc.lua.html) if you have not yet performed the upgrade. + If you still wish to ignore this advice, first read the NEWS section about the breaking changes. This document assumes you did.