Dear Tony: Thanks for the suggestion about using Mozilla's bookmarks.html file. I am aware of this option but don't like it. For one thing, you have to download the entire page and then scroll all the way down to find anything. I'll see what else is available. Thank you. Benjamin On 3 Jul 2005 at 13:42, Tony Nelson wrote: > At 12:20 PM -0400 7/3/05, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > >On Sunday 03 July 2005 08:59 am, Benjamin Sher wrote: > >> Dear friends: > >> > >> I have a Russian Index created from Netscape bookmarks at: > >> > >> http://www.websher.net/inx/icdefault1.htm > >> > >> Does anyone know of any such program available for Linux (KDE, Gnome, X, > >> even command line)? I don't mean that it has to be identical to the one > >> above but that is must be able to convert bookmarks to a nicely > >> organized web page? Would be even better if it were dynamic so I > >> wouldn't have to update it every time I add or delete an entry but a > >> static version would be acceptable too. > >> > >> Thank you so much. > >> > >> Benjamin > > > >Benjamin: > >Since Mozilla and Netscape (and probably FireFox) store their bookmarks as > >HTML files, they can be read directly from any browser just by pointing it at > >your bookmarks. If you like what you see, set the bookmarks as the default > >browser page. While the result isn't as elegant as the solution above, it > >does have the virtue of _always_ being current with no maintenance. > > A good idea! I see it's in a hidden directory in $HOME: > > $ ls -l ~/.mozilla/firefox/<stuff>.default/bookmarks.html > > <stuff> looks to me to be random and most likely different on your system. > (I use TAB-completion to find my way down the directory tree. Type part of > the name and TAB; hit TAB twice to get a list of possibilities.) Then you > can edit the command to open Firefox (up-arrow, home, right-DEL several > times, type firefox, RETURN), or use the mouse to select and right-click to > copy the proper path into Firefox. Set it as the home page in Edit menu > Preferences item General tab. > ____________________________________________________________________ > TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005 >
