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On 08/18/2018 09:51 AM, Lee wrote:
On 8/18/18, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
On 08/18/2018 04:50 AM, Daniel wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote on 18/08/2018 1:44 PM:
[snip]
Have made progress :]
BUT creating useful output in JSON format acceptable to SeaMonkey
unlikely :[
Bookmarks / Manage Bookmarks
Tools / Restore / Choose / Choose File
seems likely to work. Or have you already tried that?
It works as advertised. It is just not designed to do things "my way" ;<
Up until almost the last step(s), my intermediate files will be valid
JSON. HOWEVER most of the content SeaMonkey will expect have been purged
as irrelevant to *MY* view/needs/desires/etc .}
You'll see why as I answer your other comments.
HOWEVER I expect I'll be able to create a HTML file which can serve
nicely as bookmarks. That was one of my initial alternative goals.
SeaMonkey used to, natively, I think, do this!!
Yes, Bookmarks->Manage Bookmarks then, in the Bookmark Manager,
Tools->Export HTML....
That exists. But almost useless for my needs.
It loses the hierarchical information. My bookmarks include both links
and folders containing links. Nested several levels deep.
For whatever it's worth - in the 'Export HTML' file the hierarchy is
there, maybe not as nice as having
"type":"text/x-moz-place-container"
"type":"text/x-moz-place"
but it sure looks like one could keep track of the hierarchy:
[snip]
That was my first failed attempt. Personal problem? <chuckle>
My path to that will depend on Linux tools. I suspect similar tools
exist in Windows. I will be creating a description of my combination
of scripts and manual edits.
How, or are, you handling de-duplicating bookmarks? That's where I get stuck.
a bookmark here, the same bookmark there.. how does the program decide
which folder keeps the bookmark & which folder has the bookmark
removed?
*AHAA* We come to crux of the issue. <*ROFL*>
{Note: I use a directory tree model of bookmarks folder.}
When de-duplicating bookmarks I impose a restriction that the desired
bookmark is the one kept.
There is an important side issue. When pictured as a directory the
folder hierarchy is {to be kind} chaos. As I noted in an earlier post:
> My bookmarks have grown like Topsy
It's beginning to look like the only needed will be jq and any BASIC.
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