GNU bug report logs - #46152
Feature Request

Previous Next

To reply to this bug, email your comments to 46152 AT debbugs.gnu.org.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bss <bss10j14shafin <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org
Subject: Feature Request
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:26:13 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

I would like to add import and export of bookmark and setting as that will make it easier to setup the browser rather than settin g a mozilla account which btw I don't recommend. If it were possible please add import and export of bookmark and settings
-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Message #8 received at 46152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bss <bss10j14shafin <at> gmail.com>
To: 46152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Feature request
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:18:43 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

I would like to add import and export of bookmark and setting as that will make it easier to setup the browser rather than settin g a mozilla account which btw I don't recommend. If it were possible please add import and export of bookmark and settings

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>
To: bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46152: Feature request
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:07:04 -0500

export/import of bookmarks is already a standard feature,
which has existed for many years

Message #14 received at 46152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community>, 46152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46152: Feature request
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:30:28 -0500

bill-auger <bill-auger <at> peers.community> writes:
> export/import of bookmarks is already a standard feature,
> which has existed for many years

Indeed, that functionality is accessible from the "Import and Backup"
menu of the bookmarks window, which you can bring up via Ctrl-Shift-O,
or by selecting "Show All Bookmarks" from the Bookmarks menu (after
showing the menu bar by pressing and releasing the 'Alt' key by itself).

Regarding importing and exporting settings, most of the user-customized
settings are in a plain text file: prefs.js in the profile directory,
which is in ~/.mozilla/icecat/<profile-dir-name>.  To export, you could
simply make a copy of that file.  To import, I guess that you could
overwrite that file while IceCat is *not* running.

If someone would like to propose a patch to add a nicer interface for
importing/exporting settings, we could consider it for inclusion in
IceCat.

     Regards,
       Mark

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.