Edit Browser Bookmarks File

Polvo · 10-13-2010, 07:23 AM

Does anyone know the location of this file and if it can be edited in a text editor?

I'm hoping to change the item order and add a few bookmarklets.

trekchick · 10-14-2010, 10:53 AM

I made my own bookmark ebook. I made a document of categorized links (I use Pages on Mac and export it, but you can do it with most word processors) and when I want to update it, I just run it through Calibre or send email to Amazon to convert.

NiLuJe · 10-14-2010, 01:19 PM

FYI, it's in /var/local/java/prefs/browser/bookmarks_wv

But it's a slightly binary-looking format, and I'm not a java developper, so you'll have to figure out the rest

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Polvo · 10-16-2010, 07:36 AM

Thanks, in fact I found it today myself. Perhaps a Java editor can open it? It looks like an array.

FF2 · 10-16-2010, 11:50 AM

Hmm. I have Windows set to show hidden/system/whatever files and folders but do not see that folder or file.

K3 here. I see the system folder.

Polvo · 10-16-2010, 12:58 PM

FF2, you need to login to the K3 with SSH to see the full file structure. Search the forum for "usbnetwork" for instructions, its pretty easy to do.

Polvo · 10-17-2010, 11:25 AM

I tried making a simple text edit to the bookmarks file and it wasn't successful, the Kindle just displayed a blank page of bookmarks.

Any ideas how to access the web history or the web cache files anyone?

NiLuJe · 10-17-2010, 03:48 PM

It's probably somewhere in /var/local... (Not home right now, no way to give an exact location

)

anmipo · 10-28-2010, 08:13 AM

There is an editor for the bookmarks file. Check this thread.

10-13-2010, 07:23 AM	#1
Polvo Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 14412 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Spain Device: Kindle 3 - 3G	Edit Browser Bookmarks File Does anyone know the location of this file and if it can be edited in a text editor? I'm hoping to change the item order and add a few bookmarklets.

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10-14-2010, 10:53 AM	#2
trekchick Lurker Posts: 226 Karma: 9245 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Walton, KY Device: Sonys and Kindles and Nooks, oh my!	I made my own bookmark ebook. I made a document of categorized links (I use Pages on Mac and export it, but you can do it with most word processors) and when I want to update it, I just run it through Calibre or send email to Amazon to convert.

10-14-2010, 01:19 PM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	FYI, it's in /var/local/java/prefs/browser/bookmarks_wv But it's a slightly binary-looking format, and I'm not a java developper, so you'll have to figure out the rest .

10-16-2010, 07:36 AM	#4
Polvo Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 14412 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Spain Device: Kindle 3 - 3G	Thanks, in fact I found it today myself. Perhaps a Java editor can open it? It looks like an array.

10-16-2010, 11:50 AM	#5
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	Hmm. I have Windows set to show hidden/system/whatever files and folders but do not see that folder or file. K3 here. I see the system folder.

10-16-2010, 12:58 PM	#6
Polvo Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 14412 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Spain Device: Kindle 3 - 3G	FF2, you need to login to the K3 with SSH to see the full file structure. Search the forum for "usbnetwork" for instructions, its pretty easy to do.

10-17-2010, 11:25 AM	#7
Polvo Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 14412 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Spain Device: Kindle 3 - 3G	I tried making a simple text edit to the bookmarks file and it wasn't successful, the Kindle just displayed a blank page of bookmarks. Any ideas how to access the web history or the web cache files anyone?

10-17-2010, 03:48 PM	#8
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	It's probably somewhere in /var/local... (Not home right now, no way to give an exact location )

10-28-2010, 08:13 AM	#9
anmipo Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 136 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	There is an editor for the bookmarks file. Check this thread.

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