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NOTE: This section is based on Steve Loft's wording taken from the support forum with minimal alteration for its new context. | NOTE: This section is based on Steve Loft's wording taken from the support forum with minimal alteration for its new context. It therefore applies only to beta MX. | ||
You can move between [Cumulus flavours] fairly easily, but you should really read all the guidance. | You can move between [Cumulus flavours] fairly easily, but you should really read all the guidance. | ||
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** MX running in a non-windows environment takes settings from the locale you specify in a parameter when starting MX, or the default locale in your Mono installation | ** MX running in a non-windows environment takes settings from the locale you specify in a parameter when starting MX, or the default locale in your Mono installation | ||
** MX [may] take some [settings from] interaction between the two [the specified locale and the default locale], and MX may struggle to read file [lines] created by Cumulus 1 if the MX locale is not precisely same as settings when that file [line was] created. | ** MX [may] take some [settings from] interaction between the two [the specified locale and the default locale], and MX may struggle to read file [lines] created by Cumulus 1 if the MX locale is not precisely same as settings when that file [line was] created. | ||
==Should I migrate to MX or not?== | |||
It is important to say up front that MX started with very little of the functionality that the original Cumulus offered, but over time MX has gained more and more functionality. Features in the original Cumulus have been gradually added to MX, but also MX offers a lot that is not in the original Cumulus. See [[Compare_C1_and_MX|Compare C1and MX]] page for more on this. | |||
There are Cumulus users who tried MX, then have migrated back (from MX) to the legacy product; either on a temporary basis (to use a missing feature before they return to MX) or in a very few cases decided to stay with Cumulus 1 (because they prefer it). It is worth noting here that the legacy Cumulus is a stable product with very few bugs, but MX is constantly being developed and thus likely to contain bugs (these obviously vary depending on release as some are fixed and others appear). To put this in context, MX now has a huge amount of functionality and it is difficult for the developer to test all the different features. | |||
== Moving files from Cumulus 1 to MX beta== | == Moving files from Cumulus 1 to MX beta== | ||
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* The settings in Cumulus 1 and MX work differently, for Cumulus 1 you choose to save changes by clicking OK, for MX changes are only saved when you click a '''Save''' button if one is provided. If there is no Save button anywhere on the screen (as in Extra Web Files) then the setting is saved when you move to next field/line. | * The settings in Cumulus 1 and MX work differently, for Cumulus 1 you choose to save changes by clicking OK, for MX changes are only saved when you click a '''Save''' button if one is provided. If there is no Save button anywhere on the screen (as in Extra Web Files) then the setting is saved when you move to next field/line. | ||
Finally if you are moving from Windows to Linux, remember you need to learn a host of new commands! | Finally if you are moving from Windows to Linux, remember you need to learn a host of new commands! | ||
=Features and functionality= | =Features and functionality= | ||