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On 06/30/17 22:57, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> On 2017-06-30 21:33, james wrote: |
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>> ~/.config/qupzilla/profiles/default/bookmarks.json |
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>> |
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>> is the operable file for qupzilla (I think). I do not know the history |
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>> or many details of qupzilla, I emerged it and it works, without the |
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>> politics of larger browsers; ymmv. |
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> That's the name of the backup file into which both firefox and palemoon |
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> dump bookmarks. I think you're mixing different kinds of fruit here. |
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> (BTW, this is the file I use to transport the bookmarks between my 2 |
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> computers.) |
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>> Palemoon, is something you know far more about, but my guess is:: |
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>> ~/.moonchild productions/pale moon/vjhi8n7h.default/places.sqlite |
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>> which is in non-text form. |
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>> I'm not sure how the 'profile' works to control these bookmarks? |
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> Each profile has its own places file under its profile directory. Here, |
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> vjhi8n7h.default is the profile directory. |
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>> These files are differnt, so a simlink is not going to work? |
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> See above - the json is just a dump (for palemoon, anyway), the sqlite |
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> file is the ultimate source. |
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>> I rather like the json file as it is efficient and easy to read for |
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>> comprehension and grepping. I'm not quite sure why a sqlite file is |
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>> needed. |
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> Searching would probably be too slow if you have many bookmarks. I |
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> probably have in the tens of thousands now. Note that you need multiple |
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> kinds of searches - by name, by URL and by tags, just what SQL is good at. |
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>> A uniform bookmarks system, where the user masters and controls their |
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>> bookmarks, beyond any browser uses, is a keen idea, imho. |
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> In older versions of debian, there was a package that looked like a good |
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> start towards this goal. I'm no longer sure of the name but I think it |
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> was xbel. It stored the data in a XML file. It's not in debian now but |
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> maybe it is still around, try a web search. |
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I just do not have time for a another project, atm. Perhaps in the |
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future... So for now I'm just going to file all of this information away |
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until I close out a few other long-running projects. |
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thx, |
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James |
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