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