Hi,
The new FF 3.5 beta doesn't have the original scrapbook, it has the new
improved version scrapbook+. When I copied over the data from FF3
scrapbook it wasn't recognized by the new version. I didn't want to
lose all the captured pages I had saved over the years, so I wrote a
one off python program to convert the original scrapbook rdf to a
version suitable for use with scrapbook+. The data records are
identical and need no change, only the rdf now has an index list. It
has worked for me and I am now able to use all my original pages, but
use it at your own risk. It prints all the relevant records so there
will be lots of output. It won't run automatically, you need to type
python convert_scrapbook_to_plus.py. And it doesn't move the data, you
will have to copy that from the old firefox scrapbook data
directory to the data directory for the new firefox scrapbook+ version.
And merge the new scrapbook.rdf with the converted one from the program.
Change the filenames and paths to reflect your situation and names.
Entering them on the command line should work (I didn't test it), but it
is just much easier to cut and paste into the file. The top
parameters don't matter, change only the bottom input_filename and
output_filename in the file.
All that!!! Is it worth all that trouble? It was for me. If it is
for you, here it is:
import os
import string
import re
import sys
import subprocess
def
convert_scrapbook_to_plus(input_filename='/home/stan/.mozilla/firefox/9lae9qev.default/ScrapBook/scrapbookf10.rdf',
output_filename='/home/stan/.mozilla/firefox/9lae9qev.default/ScrapBook/scrapbookf10_convert.rdf'):
""" Read a scrapbook file in the old format, and write a new plus
style data file so the pages can be listed in scrapbook plus.
"""
for line in sys.argv:
print line
if len(sys.argv) not in (1, 3): # need an input and output file
help () # exit with some instruction
# parse the rest of the command line arguments as filenames
if len(sys.argv) == 3: # both an input and output file
input_filename = sys.argv [1]
output_filename = sys.argv [2]
print input_filename
print output_filename
scrap_list = convert_file (input_filename)
save_file (input_filename, output_filename, scrap_list)
def convert_file (input_filename):
"""" Parse an rdf file and save the converted description records
to a list. """
# Compile a search for Description
descsrch = re.compile('Description')
scrap_list = []
infile = open (input_filename, 'r')
inline = infile.readline()
while len (inline) != 0:
if len(inline) > 0:
if (descsrch.search(inline) != None): # Description line
print inline
inline = inline [:-1]
inline = inline.replace ("Description", "li")
inline = inline.replace ("about", "resource")
inline += "/>\n"
scrap_list.append (inline)
inline = infile.readline()
infile.close()
scrap_list.reverse()
print scrap_list
return scrap_list
def save_file (input_filename, output_filename, scrap_list):
"""" Save the plus version of the rdf file using the old version and
the list records. """
infile = open (input_filename, 'r')
outfile = open (output_filename, 'w')
inline = infile.readline()
while len (inline) != 0:
outfile.write (inline)
if len(inline) > 0:
offset = inline.find('22-rdf-syntax-ns')
if offset != -1: # xlmins:RDF line
print inline
outline = (" " + '<RDF:Seq RDF:about="urn:scrapbook:root">\n')
outfile.write (outline)
for indexline in scrap_list:
outline = (" " + indexline)
outfile.write (outline)
outline = (" " + "</RDF:Seq>\n")
outfile.write (outline)
inline = infile.readline()
infile.close()
outfile.close()
def help ():
""" Print simple usage instructions for convert_scrapbook_to_plus.py.
"""
print ("Usage for convert_scrapbook_to_plus.py is:")
print ("python convert_scrapbook_to_plus.py input_filename, output_filename")
print ("python convert_scrapbook_to_plus.py")
print ("""The input file and output file can be paths ending in a filename.""")
print ("""Couple of examples:
python convert_scrapbook_to_plus.py in.rdf out.rdf
will convert in.rdf to out.rdf, out.rdf in new plus format.
python convert_scrapbook_to_plus.py will convert the input rdf filename in
the program to the output rdf program in the file.""")
sys.exit()
if __name__ == '__main__':
convert_scrapbook_to_plus(input_filename='/home/stan/.mozilla/firefox/9lae9qev.default/ScrapBook/scrapbookf10.rdf',
output_filename='/home/stan/.mozilla/firefox/9lae9qev.default/ScrapBook/scrapbookf10_convert.rdf')
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