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Remote Bookmarks

I was trying to export my current bookmarks and put them onto a server to use as remote bookmarks. What is the format for the remote bookmark file?

I assumed it was gemtext but the only way to export local bookmarks seems to store them in a strange .ini format reminiscent of recfiles but different...

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🚀 stack

Jul 15 · 5 months ago

7 Comments ↓

🚀 skyjake · Jul 15 at 16:39:

The format of a remote bookmarks source is just a regular Gemtext page. Every link on the page becomes a remote bookmark. You can use this as a way to turn any page you find into a set of (remote) bookmarks.

You can get a listing of your bookmarks as a Gemtext page via the menu bar: Bookmarks > List All

The bookmarks.ini file is the local storage of your bookmarks. It is not meant to be shared as is. It is part of the exported user data ZIP archive so all the bookmarks, folders, tags, icons, behavior flags, etc. additional information is included as well.

🚀 stack · Jul 15 at 21:49:

Thank you! LIST ALL was exactly the menu I could not find!

🚀 stack · Jul 15 at 23:18:

I was hoping my bookmark hierarchy would be preserved but when I updated my remote bookmark file, the bookmarks came in flat, in a single 'stack's bookmarks' folder... Am I doing it wrong or is it a known issue?

🚀 skyjake · Jul 16 at 03:08:

That's a known limitation. After implementing bookmark folders, I never added support for them in remote bookmarks... If this were done using the page (sub)headings, I suppose it should still be optional to support a wider range of pages.

🚀 stack · Jul 16 at 16:00:

It would be great if Lagrange would:

🚀 skyjake · Jul 17 at 03:58:

The remote bookmark fetching already uses the identity selected for the URL, so that part is already covered. You just first need to visit the bookmark page and activate the identity.

Importing with hierarchy according to subheadings could be an option in the "Import Links as Bookmarks" feature.

— I added this in the tracker.

🚀 stack · Jul 17 at 15:04:

@skyjake: hierarchy is kind of important; otherwise you can't do round-turns to the remote bookmark store without altering your bookmarks! (I get it's not highest priority, but not very useful as is, for people like me with many folders)

I was excited to see that you can use a certificate for the bookmarks... Maybe it's time for me to write a simple multiuser Lagrange bookmark server! Unless someone has done it already.