Re: LYNX-DEV deleting bookmarks: bug

[Hiram Lester, Jr.]

On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Jason Baker wrote:

> > there's no problem if you edit the bookmark file with an ordinary editor,
> > provided you stick to simply deleting lines or making amendments in them.
> > problems arise if you try to do fancier things.
> > the BUG hits you if you try to use  r  to delete an entry
> > while viewing the bookmark file within Lynx,
> > when it deletes the entry ABOVE the one which is hilited:
> > that's the bug i discovered & one other person had encountered,
> > but no-one else could reproduce.
> > according to Fote (i think it was) the bookmark file isn't an ordinary file,
> > but has some wierd format which screws up Lynx if it contains anything
> > other than what might have been put there by the  a  command.
> > it's not a big bug, but it's still a bug.
> 
> I don't think it's so much a special file as a very picky one. :)
> 
> I've managed to have Mosaic's "RBM" tags coexist safely within my
> universal hotlist.  I just never use Lynx to add or remove a link,
> because it seems to regenerate the list itself, causing all my
> "RBM" (right button menu) entries to vanish.
> 
> As long as I've been careful about the format, I've never had a
> problem with hand-editing the lynx bookmark file.

Since this seems to be such a troublesome issue (I've been bitten as
well), why can't we add a comment to the beginning of the file similar to
what Netscape does that says not to edit the file or at least not to
change the format of the file or removing bookmarks may not work properly.
Netscape has some comment about "This is a Netscape's bookmark file.  It
is generated automatically.  Do not edit this file by hand."

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