[kde-linux] Bookmark import problem

Anne Wilson cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Apr 21 14:59:30 UTC 2006


On Friday 21 April 2006 15:31, Bram Schoenmakers wrote:
> Op vrijdag 21 april 2006 16:07, schreef Anne Wilson:
> > I wanted to import my firefox bookmarks into a recent install of FC4.  In
> > searching for the import tool I apparently have imported them into
> > 'minitools', whatever that is.  They do not appear in the bookmark
> > side-bar, and even hovering over 'minitools' opens up a full screen-worth
> > of links.
> >
> > I have now imported the bookmarks correctly, but how can I backtrack -
> > get rid of the minitools setting?
>
> Could you try to move ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/minitools.xml 

Oops - obvious really, I should have thought to look there.

> to 
> ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml and see if it helps (for safety,
> backup your old bookmarks.xml)?
>
I had actually managed the import, so I simply renamed minitools.xml, and 
everything seems fine.

> > BTW - what *is* 'minitools'?
>
> That was an interesting question, I didn't know what they were either. Now
> I found out. Minitools is the Konqueror implementation for so-called
> bookmarklets.
>
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet for more info (and examples).
>
Ah, yes.  I came across Bookmarklets some time ago.  I did try an install, but 
I shan't bother again.  Thanks.

Anne
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 191 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-linux/attachments/20060421/5fbeae39/attachment.sig>


More information about the kde-linux mailing list