upgrade?

[gijsbers]

Is there a way to convert a tint2 config to a tint3 config?

[jmc-88]

Not really: the idea is that it should be backwards compatible, so there should be absolutely nothing to do to use a tint2 config on tint3.

In some cases this might not be true as tint2 has added new features since the original fork, and tint3 lagged behind due to a case of Real Life™. I have an open "Feature Parity" milestone to implement the missing features (see https://github.com/jmc-88/tint3/milestone/1).

[gijsbers]

Okay. I tried the latest tint3 on the latest tint2rc:

$ tint3 -c /etc/xdg/tint2/tint2rc
Real transparency: off, depth: 24
tint3: invalid option "primary_monitor_first", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "panel_window_name", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "disable_transparency", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "taskbar_hide_inactive_tasks", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "taskbar_hide_different_monitor", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "taskbar_always_show_all_desktop_tasks", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
invalid number: "4 2"
tint3: invalid option "taskbar_distribute_size", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "taskbar_sort_order", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "task_align", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "mouse_left", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "systray_monitor", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "launcher_icon_background_id", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "launcher_icon_theme_override", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "startup_notifications", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "clock_mclick_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "clock_uwheel_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "clock_dwheel_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "battery_tooltip", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "battery_lclick_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "battery_rclick_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "battery_mclick_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "battery_uwheel_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "battery_dwheel_command", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "ac_connected_cmd", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: invalid option "ac_disconnected_cmd", please upgrade tint3 or correct your configuration file.
tint3: another systray is running
NO XSETTINGS manager, tint3 use config 'launcher_icon_theme'.
Missing launcher theme, defaulting to 'hicolor'.
 'hicolor',
File "iceweasel.desktop" not found, skipping
File "chromium-browser.desktop" not found, skipping
String value cannot contain control characters.
Failed parsing "google-chrome.desktop", skipping.
Could not find icon tint2conf
Could not find icon application-x-executable
/y/src/panelapplets/tint3/src/launcher/launcher.cc:238: Using icon /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/firefox.png

tint2 has a convenient GUI tint2conf, but then I can't use the config for tint3.

[jmc-88]

Yes, those are options that have been introduced in tint2 after I forked the project, so I just need to backport them as time allows.

[jmc-88]

As a side note, your error log above shows you have a "battery_tooltip" option that is not in the supported tint2rc options (you probably meant to say "battery_tooltip_enabled": https://gitlab.com/o9000/tint2/blob/master/doc/tint2.md#battery).

[gijsbers]

It is in the code, but not yet documented.
src/config.c:626: } else if (strcmp(key, "battery_tooltip") == 0) {