[bt-devel] How should bookmarks be saved?

[Terry Biggs]

On Sun, 2002-07-07 at 09:32, Joachim Ansorg wrote:
> I have a design question to all who have some ideas.
> 
> How should we save bookmarks now?
> 
> I'd suggest to use an XML file, because this is easy to write and has a tree 
> structure like the main index.
> But we loose compatibility with other Sword fromntends like GnomeSword. 
> 
> Is compatibility necessary or can we ignore this? Are there people who use 
> GnomeSword and BibleTime regularly on the same system?
> Exporting to GnomeSword should be possible in future if we decide to use XML.
> 
> Another option would be to wait fro Sword's bookmark implementation, if this 
> is planned. But this would be a binary format and multiple files so it's not 
> so easy to export.
> 
Another option - change GnomeSword also. After you get it all worked out
maybe I can just copy it :)

terry

> 
> 
> What do you think about the bookmark format? Please comment.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joachim
> 
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