Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
On 2018-11-27, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: > 2.53 has the Firefox Library ported and should be compatible with at > least 58. 2.49.x has an older version. But I agree. Just use a > bookmarks export and redo the profile. > > FRG With which Firefox versions would 2.49.x be compatible? Some of the Firefox profiles are from Firefox 52. -- Nuno Silva ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
2.53 has the Firefox Library ported and should be compatible with at least 58. 2.49.x has an older version. But I agree. Just use a bookmarks export and redo the profile. FRG Ant wrote: On 11/27/2018 8:16 AM, EE wrote: Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, including: - History - Bookmarks - Preferences - Installed extensions, if compatible (there are no webextensions) - passwords and cookies - userContent.css Could/should I just move the profile directories to $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated profiles?) The file places.sqlite has history and bookmarks. I have no idea if they are cross-compatible any more, however. Bookmarks are easy enough to transfer. Back them up or export as HTML and restore or import into SeaMonkey. SM v2.49.4's old places.sqlite will work in the newer Firefox versions, but not in reversed. Firefox will upgrade it. I imagine that some preference settings have changed, so comparing them by comparing prefs.js files or from about:config would be a good idea. Since SeaMonkey does newsgroups and email as well, there are a lot more preference settings for it. If the extensions for Firefox were also written for SeaMonkey, there would be no problem, but I would check install.rdf in the .xpi files to make sure that they would be compatible with the target app (SeaMonkey) version. If the extensions were not written for SeaMonkey, then running them through the converter website (http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/) might be able to fix them. That would depend on whether the extension needs a specific interface or not. To transfer passwords, you need to copy key3.db and logins.json. For cookies, you need cookies.sqlite. You could simply copy the chrome directory into the new profile for userContent.css. For me, I usually skip all this, redo them from scratch, etc. since I only care about my places.sqlite. Everything else can be recovered. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
On 11/27/2018 8:16 AM, EE wrote: Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, including: - History - Bookmarks - Preferences - Installed extensions, if compatible (there are no webextensions) - passwords and cookies - userContent.css Could/should I just move the profile directories to $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated profiles?) The file places.sqlite has history and bookmarks. I have no idea if they are cross-compatible any more, however. Bookmarks are easy enough to transfer. Back them up or export as HTML and restore or import into SeaMonkey. SM v2.49.4's old places.sqlite will work in the newer Firefox versions, but not in reversed. Firefox will upgrade it. I imagine that some preference settings have changed, so comparing them by comparing prefs.js files or from about:config would be a good idea. Since SeaMonkey does newsgroups and email as well, there are a lot more preference settings for it. If the extensions for Firefox were also written for SeaMonkey, there would be no problem, but I would check install.rdf in the .xpi files to make sure that they would be compatible with the target app (SeaMonkey) version. If the extensions were not written for SeaMonkey, then running them through the converter website (http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/) might be able to fix them. That would depend on whether the extension needs a specific interface or not. To transfer passwords, you need to copy key3.db and logins.json. For cookies, you need cookies.sqlite. You could simply copy the chrome directory into the new profile for userContent.css. For me, I usually skip all this, redo them from scratch, etc. since I only care about my places.sqlite. Everything else can be recovered. -- "No, I'd prefer a cooler WITHOUT an ant-door, thank you..." --unknown Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\If crediting, then use Ant nickname and URL/link. / /\ /\ \Axe ANT from its address if e-mailing privately. | |o o| | http://antfarm.ma.cx / http://antfarm.home.dhs.org \ _ / ( ) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, including: - History - Bookmarks - Preferences - Installed extensions, if compatible (there are no webextensions) - passwords and cookies - userContent.css Could/should I just move the profile directories to $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated profiles?) The file places.sqlite has history and bookmarks. I have no idea if they are cross-compatible any more, however. Bookmarks are easy enough to transfer. Back them up or export as HTML and restore or import into SeaMonkey. I imagine that some preference settings have changed, so comparing them by comparing prefs.js files or from about:config would be a good idea. Since SeaMonkey does newsgroups and email as well, there are a lot more preference settings for it. If the extensions for Firefox were also written for SeaMonkey, there would be no problem, but I would check install.rdf in the .xpi files to make sure that they would be compatible with the target app (SeaMonkey) version. If the extensions were not written for SeaMonkey, then running them through the converter website (http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/) might be able to fix them. That would depend on whether the extension needs a specific interface or not. To transfer passwords, you need to copy key3.db and logins.json. For cookies, you need cookies.sqlite. You could simply copy the chrome directory into the new profile for userContent.css. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
