On 3 Dec 2010 Steve Clark  wrote:

> I've been trying to edit down some of the longer names in my hotlist, but
> I can't.

> 1) Edit in the Neturf hotlist - reverts to previous.

> 2) Edit hotlist (Netsurf.Choices.Hotlist) directly using !Edit - reverts
> to previous, on loading Netsurf.

> 3) Close Netsurf, delete cache, change hotlist entry in !Edit - reverts to
> previous.

> It looks as it Netsurf is holding a copy of the hotlist somewhere and then
> writing it to Netsurf.Choices when it closes, but it then ignores the copy
> in Choices in favour of the hidden copy!!


> Anyone any ideas?  I suspect I'm wasting my time as Netsurf overwrites the
> hotlist entry with the page title anyway, every time it downloads the page.
> Does this mean the Global History is overwriting the Hotlist?  If so
> surely they should be independent.

Quit NetSurf before editing the hotlist directly. NetSurf reads it in 
on startup and writes it back on shutdown.


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