Import/export keyboard shortcuts?

[bluebones]

Hi! Upgrading from Ardour 7 to 8.5 here, installation prompted if I wanted to copy config files already present from Ardour 7 and I assumed it included keyboard shortcuts : (
Can we do that manually? I’m running on Windows 10, but also would like to hear the linux path.

Thanks!

[bluebones]

Hello again! new monday, new beginnings, any hints on this? : )

[seablade]

The answer is yes, but I don’t remember the path to config files on Windows to be able to answer it there without being in front of a Windows machine atm.

Linux is something like ~/.config/ardour IIRC, but again I am not in front of a linux machine to confirm, so I am sure I will be corrected shortly:)

Seablade

[bluebones]

I have found this post by Robin through google search:

Keyboard Shotcuts / Key Commands export/import

Keyboard shortcuts are stored in a file *.keys in the Preference folder, you can just copy that file (while ardour is not running). on macOS you can find it at ~/Library/Preferences/Ardour6/ardour-6.9.keys on GNU/Linux at ~/config/ardour6/ardour-6.9.keys and on Windows below %localappdata%\ardour6\. The file only exists once a user has customized shortcuts.

Got an Ardour.keys file in (C:)>Program Files>Ardour7>share>ardour7

Copied that into the equivalent folder for Ardour 8 but nothing happens, I still get default shortcuts