Restoring 5.1 filters into 5.2

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I have moved to 5.2.
I copied custom_filters.xml from gramps51 to gramp52: this has several hundred lines of my filters. I got the error below when I restarted gramps. Please, is there a way I can restore my 5.1 filters into 5.2?

 1680: ERROR: grampsapp.py: line 188: Unhandled exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.2.0\gramps\gui\grampsgui.py", line 768, in do_activate
    Gramps(self.argparser, self)
  File "C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.2.0\gramps\gui\grampsgui.py", line 574, in __init__
    self._vm = ViewManager(app, dbstate, config.get("interface.view-categories"))

  File "C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.2.0\gramps\gui\viewmanager.py", line 237, in __init__
    reload_custom_filters()
  File "C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.2.0\gramps\gen\filters\__init__.py", line 42, in reload_custom_filters
    CustomFilters.load()
  File "C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.2.0\gramps\gen\filters\_filterlist.py", line 112, in load
    parser.parse(the_file)
  File "AIO/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 111, in parse
  File "AIO/xml/sax/xmlreader.py", line 125, in parse
  File "AIO/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 217, in feed
  File "C:/M/B/src/Python-3.11.8/Modules/pyexpat.c", line 468, in EndElement
  File "AIO/xml/sax/expatreader.py", line 336, in end_element
  File "C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.2.0\gramps\gen\filters\_filterparser.py", line 149, in endElement
    rule = self.r(self.a, self.use_regex, self.use_case)

TypeError: HasCommonAncestorWithFilterMatch.__init__() takes from 2 to 3 positional arguments but 4 were given
David Lynch

GRAMPS: AIO64-5.2.0-r1-6167151
Python: 3.11.8
BSDDB: 6.2.9 (6, 0, 30)
sqlite: 3.45.1 (2.6.0)
LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
OS: Windows

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This looks like a bug introduced in commit 8b64b9f.

See PR #1383 - “Add the possibility to search sensitive/insensitive”.

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Thank you. Do you want me to submit a bug report? Is there a work around that would allow me to move (most of) my filters?

David Lynch

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Yes please.

This is a bug in the HasCommonAncestorWithFilterMatch filter rule. It has not been updated to accept the extra argument which we pass it. A new filter cannot be created using this rule.

I suspect that the same problem may exist in other rules.

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https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13187 submitted.

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Hopefully fixed in pull request #1659.

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Actually I have made a lot of changes already after switching to gramps 5.2.2. Just now I realized, that all my filters from gramps 5.1 are gone. Actually when I reistall 5.1 and import an old backup (scheme 18) all my filters are available.

Any idea how I can migrate all my filters to the most recent tree in 5.2.2. I did read something in Restoring 5.1 filters into 5.2, but dont understand what steps need to be done to accomplish.

Any help is highly appreciated!

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The custom filters are NOT stored in database. They are in a separate XML file.

The first step is to install any add-on Rules to your 5.2.2 installation.

If a Custom Filter uses a Rule that isn’t installed, then earlier version of Gramps would simply discard the Filter … with no alert. I’m unaware if 5.2.2 has changed this behavior. So installing add-on rules (including the ‘Generic’ ones that come with SuperTool) is a prophylactic measure.

If you’ve added any custom filters that you want to keep, you’ll have to manually splice the 5.1 filters into the 5.2 custom_filters.xml file.

Hopefully you haven’t created complex new filters and can just copy the old gramps51/custom_filters.xml overtop the gramps52/custom_filters.xml file.

However, the path for the Gramps User Directory may be different. Your profile doesn’t say which OS you use. Windows definitely has a different path.

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Thanks a lot. I could identify the path - it is AppData in the user directory since I am windows 10. All addOns have been installed anyway, thus I just copied custom_filters.xml and it worked perfectly.

Thanks a lot for your quick help!

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That’s true for the Gramps 5.1.x version. But the 5.2.2 User Directory is in %LocalAppData%

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In my configuration both gramps51 and gramps52 are in AppData\Roaming\gramps

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Now I have to do some tests! :wink:

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There is another thread that talks about where user files are created.

The short version is that if 5.2 is the first version you install on a computer %localappdata% is used. If older versions of Gramps have been installed %appdata% will still be used for 5.2

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That’s make Gramps virtually impossible for tech support. I will object to that approach as loudly and as often as I can. (I accept that doing so is going to be ineffective and probably annoying. It is my personal opinion but please don’t take it personally.)

It is also why I objected strenuously to the change before 6.0