New Question About 2.1 Bookmarks

2011-01-10 Thread David E. Ross
In Netscape's Navigator 4.x, there was a capability to set bookmark shortcuts. I could set a bookmark in one place within my bookmarks file and then set a pointer to that bookmark in another place within the same file. That pointer was a shortcut and was used as if it were a regular bookmark. If

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Philip Chee
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:44:08 +0100, Robert Kaiser wrote: > Ray_Net schrieb: >> Could you tell me what a groupmark is ? > > A bookmark that consists of a group/set of tabs/pages and which would be > opened again as a set of tabs. Not sure how intensely it has been used > in the older bookmarks sy

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Philip Chee
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:54:47 -0500, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > One thing I've always wished for with groupmarks is behavior similar to > that of ordinary bookmarks when a blank window is open. With an ordinary > bookmark, opening it from a blank navigator window puts the contents in > that blan

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Philip Chee
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:14:00 -0500, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Mark Hansen wrote: > >> The way bookmarks are stored changed between pre-2.1 and 2.1. >> In 2.1, bookmarks are stored in a database rather than in an html file. >> The property mentioned above causes SM 2.1 to export the bookmarks (now

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Robert Kaiser wrote: Ray_Net schrieb: Could you tell me what a groupmark is ? A bookmark that consists of a group/set of tabs/pages and which would be opened again as a set of tabs. Not sure how intensely it has been used in the older bookmarks system, but it was there (and in its implementat

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Robert Kaiser wrote: Paul B. Gallagher schrieb: Does this mean that in case of a crash or hang, SM fails to export the DB and ... what? The info is lost, or just not backed up? No, actually, things should be written out more often and in smaller chunks and less likely to be destroyed with the

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Robert Kaiser
Paul B. Gallagher schrieb: Does this mean that in case of a crash or hang, SM fails to export the DB and ... what? The info is lost, or just not backed up? No, actually, things should be written out more often and in smaller chunks and less likely to be destroyed with the database-driven solut

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Robert Kaiser
Ray_Net schrieb: Could you tell me what a groupmark is ? A bookmark that consists of a group/set of tabs/pages and which would be opened again as a set of tabs. Not sure how intensely it has been used in the older bookmarks system, but it was there (and in its implementation always a bit hac

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Rufus
Robert Kaiser wrote: Rufus schrieb: I can only assume that all of the same information that was contained in the flat file and all of the functionality currently in Manage Bookmarks will be retained...and this is just a change in file structure/format and not top level functionality... For mos

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Larry
Mark Hansen wrote: On 1/10/2011 9:16 AM, Larry wrote: JP. Baker wrote: I haven't had time to check but doesn't the config option browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML work in 2.1b - if so this should create an updated bookmarks.html on shutdown. This is a bit confusing. In 2.0.11 I can choose whet

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Mark Hansen wrote: The way bookmarks are stored changed between pre-2.1 and 2.1. In 2.1, bookmarks are stored in a database rather than in an html file. The property mentioned above causes SM 2.1 to export the bookmarks (now in a database) to an external html file upon exiting SM. You still "bo

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Walter
Mark Hansen wrote: On 1/10/2011 4:40 PM, Walter wrote: Ray_Net wrote: Robert Kaiser wrote: Rufus schrieb: I can only assume that all of the same information that was contained in the flat file and all of the functionality currently in Manage Bookmarks will be retained...and this is just a

Re: Annoying behavior since updating SeaMonkey to 2.0.11 from 1.1.19

2011-01-10 Thread David E. Ross
On 1/10/11 2:37 PM, Ray_Net wrote: > John wrote: >> When I open the mail/news reader, about one time in four it will open >> with all newsservers expanded to show all subscribed newsgroups. I >> prefer them not to be expanded, and this never happened with v1.1.19. >> Why is this behavior not consis

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Mark Hansen
On 1/10/2011 4:40 PM, Walter wrote: > > Ray_Net wrote: >> Robert Kaiser wrote: >>> Rufus schrieb: I can only assume that all of the same information that was contained in the flat file and all of the functionality currently in Manage Bookmarks will be retained...and this is just a c

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Walter
Ray_Net wrote: Robert Kaiser wrote: Rufus schrieb: I can only assume that all of the same information that was contained in the flat file and all of the functionality currently in Manage Bookmarks will be retained...and this is just a change in file structure/format and not top level function

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Mark Hansen
On 1/10/2011 9:16 AM, Larry wrote: > JP. Baker wrote: >> I haven't had time to check but doesn't the config option >> browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML work in 2.1b - if so this >> should create an updated bookmarks.html on shutdown. >> > This is a bit confusing. In 2.0.11 I can choose whether or no

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Ray_Net
Robert Kaiser wrote: Rufus schrieb: I can only assume that all of the same information that was contained in the flat file and all of the functionality currently in Manage Bookmarks will be retained...and this is just a change in file structure/format and not top level functionality... For mos

Re: Annoying behavior since updating SeaMonkey to 2.0.11 from 1.1.19

2011-01-10 Thread Ray_Net
John wrote: When I open the mail/news reader, about one time in four it will open with all newsservers expanded to show all subscribed newsgroups. I prefer them not to be expanded, and this never happened with v1.1.19. Why is this behavior not consistent each time, and how do I stop it? Thanks!

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Philip Chee
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:13:17 +0100, Robert Kaiser wrote: > Rufus schrieb: >> I can only assume that all of the same information that was contained in >> the flat file and all of the functionality currently in Manage Bookmarks >> will be retained...and this is just a change in file structure/format

Re: Link Text Formatting

2011-01-10 Thread Jens Hatlak
Chris Bluemel wrote: I am in the process of creating a webpage using SeaMonkey. Usually I can change the text colour very easily, but this does not seem to be the case with a Link - I seem to have no control of the text colour for a link. When I select a new colour, it is not applied, it just s

Annoying behavior since updating SeaMonkey to 2.0.11 from 1.1.19

2011-01-10 Thread John
When I open the mail/news reader, about one time in four it will open with all newsservers expanded to show all subscribed newsgroups. I prefer them not to be expanded, and this never happened with v1.1.19. Why is this behavior not consistent each time, and how do I stop it? Thanks! John _

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Larry
JP. Baker wrote: I haven't had time to check but doesn't the config option browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML work in 2.1b - if so this should create an updated bookmarks.html on shutdown. This is a bit confusing. In 2.0.11 I can choose whether or not to bookmark a page ("Bookmark This Page"), an

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Robert Kaiser
JP. Baker schrieb: I haven't had time to check but doesn't the config option browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML work in 2.1b - if so this should create an updated bookmarks.html on shutdown. It should work. Robert Kaiser -- Note that any statements of mine - no matter how passionate - are neve

Re: Link Text Formatting

2011-01-10 Thread David E. Ross
On 1/10/11 6:04 AM, Chris Bluemel wrote: > Hi folks > > I am in the process of creating a webpage using SeaMonkey. Usually I can > change the text colour very easily, but this does not seem to be the case > with a Link - I seem to have no control of the text colour for a link. When > I select

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread JP. Baker
I haven't had time to check but doesn't the config option browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML work in 2.1b - if so this should create an updated bookmarks.html on shutdown. -- John P Baker ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.

Re: Link Text Formatting

2011-01-10 Thread Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Chris Bluemel wrote: > I am in the process of creating a webpage using SeaMonkey.  Usually I > can change the text colour very easily, but this does not seem to be > the case with a Link - I seem to have no control of the text colour > for a link.  When I select a new colour, it is not applied, it

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Robert Kaiser
Rufus schrieb: I can only assume that all of the same information that was contained in the flat file and all of the functionality currently in Manage Bookmarks will be retained...and this is just a change in file structure/format and not top level functionality... For most things, that's right

Re: where is bookmarks.html?

2011-01-10 Thread Robert Kaiser
Rufus schrieb: ...ahh. I've noticed that during startup if I try to make a bookmark selection before everything is fully started the pane will snap shut on me and I have to start over...I suppose this is why? I have tons of bookmarks. That surely could be connected. Working with a large amount

Link Text Formatting

2011-01-10 Thread Chris Bluemel
Hi folks I am in the process of creating a webpage using SeaMonkey.  Usually I can change the text colour very easily, but this does not seem to be the case with a Link - I seem to have no control of the text colour for a link.  When I select a new colour, it is not applied, it just stays as it