KDE "system settings" locations

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Hi Developers,

For years now, been a KDE user from the start, I’ve been wondering why backing up (base) config files is so hard… Okay, okay, experienced users know their ways to find out, however i’m currently looking at the “new user” perspective.

First let me first define “base KDE Settings” : these are all settings under “system settings” in KDE. No KDE apps or other software setting … just the system settings.

KDE developers knows best where these settings are stored and they might change over time during development of KDE. Some things DO change over time.

So here’s my idea :
is it possible to ship KDE with a list of the settings-locations of KDE’s system settings or make it downloadable via invent.kde.org. This in a form like the info in the link below. From there on we can create backup files (like .kbp for example)

cheers,
Dexter

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You can copy all ~/.config/* somewhere with the cp -a command. If you want to save disk space, you can compress it with gzip, for example.

There may be settings for applications elsewhere as well.

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That is no solution on just backing KDE-plasma settngs.
This is like shooting with hail