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Additional information for restoring wallet from file
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Hi fintechtrades, I saw your thread in DCR Support on matrix. Thanks for taking the time to help improve the docs based on your experience.
I have a few in-line comments and suggestions for how to make this flow better with the rest of the document.
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Below line 116, add a new line and the subheader:
### Restore Wallet From Seed Phrase
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| 1. The blockchain will now be scanned for any transactions belonging to this wallet. | ||
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| ## Restore Existing Wallet from file |
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### Restore Wallet From File
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| Decred wallet file locations are: | ||
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- Windows:
C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Decrediton\wallets\mainnet\{walletname} - macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/decrediton/wallets/mainnet/{walletname} - Linux:
~/.config/decrediton/wallets/mainnet/{walletname}
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In addition to making these bullet points, I suggest using %USERNAME% instead of {Username} for Windows as that is a common environment variable that any windows user can copy and paste into the path bar.
Also I believe it is more common to use <> to clarify that is where a user needs to provide their own text, so you may want to use <wallet name>
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| Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/decrediton/wallets/mainnet/ | ||
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| In order to restore a wallet from file, you can copy and paste the wallet folder to the new computer. |
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Suggest changing the wording to the following:
(I believe the recommended line-length is 80 char)
To restore a wallet from a file, it's possible to copy and paste the old wallet
folder to the new computer.
However, if you are restoring a wallet which was created on a different
operating system, the config file `dcrwallet.conf` will be incorrect.
To remedy this:
1. Using Decrediton, create a new wallet to populate the correct config files.
1. Close Decrediton.
1. Copy your previous `wallet.db` file and replace it into the new wallet's
mainnet folder: `.../decrediton/wallets/mainnet/{walletname}/mainnet/wallet.db`
1. Review the new `dcrwallet.conf` to check that the settings are correct.
1. Open Decrediton to see your wallet restored.
I appreciate you taking time to make the corrections. This is my first time using github but I am looking forward to contributing to the decred repo with little things like this. |
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Welcome @fintechtrades ! Mind that what people have suggested are not corrections, you would need to address the comments with further edits before this can be merged (unless repository maintainers decide to merge it as is). |
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Additional information for restoring wallet from file