XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: marion@facts.com   
      
   On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:40:15 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote :   
      
      
   >>> WOW!I'm really impressed! That's a new level of super egocentric hubris.   
   >   
   > Yeah, that's what made me laugh when I read it; imagining "billions"   
   > of MS *.bat programmers.   
      
   Hi Janis,   
      
   Amazon told me they only select one out of a million of their customers to   
   be invited to the Amazon Vine program, so I'm not normal in that sense.   
      
   Your point is well taken that I have higher hopes to help more people than   
   others feel can be helped - which is a valid criticism of anyone who is   
   trying to buck the fiasco that is currently how web browsers do bookmarks.   
      
   In my (mathematical) defense, I presume all of you must be aware that there   
   is the concept of the TAM (but maybe nobody here took Marketing 101?).   
      
   The TAM is one of the first things you look at for any new solution   
   (in this case, a solution to the current misguided browser bookmarks   
   offering that Mozilla & Chrome-based browsers all errantly employ).   
      
   The TAM on solving this trainwreck of web-browser bookmarks debacles   
   is huge, but at the same time I note that web-browser developers are   
   shockingly clueless how bookmarks 'should' work; as are most users.   
      
   Most users have no clue that there should only be a single bookmark file.   
   It's beyond their comprehension to THINK about things philosophically.   
      
   And no browser developer wants anyone to be able to have one file either.   
   It's not in browser developers' interest to supply what everyone needs.   
      
   Browser developers are desperate to lock people into their specific use   
   model (much like Apple does for almost anything in their product line).   
      
   It takes an uncommonly intelligent person to buck powerful MARKETING.   
      
   Given one has to be aware enough first to understand the huge problem we   
   fact, where I feel only the most intelligent and/or philosophically   
   enlightened people will own the ability to see the value of a single   
   bookmarks file for all web browsers on all platforms (for any given user).   
      
   I was hoping 1 or 2 of those rare enlightened few would be here. :)   
      
   >>> Tried that right now on my Linux-System and it didn't do *anything*!   
   >>> A really crappy programmed script.   
   >>   
   >> Funny you mention what I was working on for my dual-boot desktop PC...   
   >>   
   >> It's not done yet, but even though the linux newsgroups were NOT on the   
   >> newsgroups list, since you complained that the script worked for only   
   >> Windows users, here's an unfinished yet equivalent Linux Bash script, [...]   
   >   
   > It would be yet more useful if you'd not have restricted your script   
   > to Bash and Linux. The script is so primitive (i.e. it has no special   
   > features) that it can be written in standard shell for any standard   
   > Unix.   
   > Hints: use no "read -p" and no "[[...]]". And I'd replace 'echo' by   
   > 'printf' for a good measure (and also less [unnecessary] escaping).   
      
   If you look at the time stamps, I hacked out that script in less than five   
   minutes, so while I accept all criticism, I'm focusing on Windows first.   
      
   Once I have everything working on Windows, I can port to Linux & Android.   
      
   At the moment, here's the latest Windows script to edit browser bookmarks,   
   where working suggestions for improvements are always welcome because the   
   goal, always, is to add value to every post so that everyone benefits.   
      
   Solving the horrid browser-bookmark debacle is a team effort after all!   
   Luckily, the browser bookmark script was MUCH EASIER than the Vine script.   
      
      @echo off   
      REM 20240124 addbm.bat appends links to the global bookmark file   
      setlocal   
      setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion   
      
      REM Action#1 set your favorite text HTML editor   
      REM set editor=notepad++   
      set editor=gvim   
      
      REM Action#2 set the location of your global bookmarks file   
      set bmfile=C:\path\to\your\global\bookmark\file\bm.htm   
       if not exist "%bmfile%" (   
        echo.The file "%bmfile%" does not exist. Exiting...   
        goto :end   
       ) else (   
         echo.Global bookmark file is %bmfile%   
         )   
      
      :input_html   
      echo.Enter URL: ; for example, https://amazon.com/vine/about   
      set /p "url="   
      echo.Enter Description: ; for example, Amazon Vine Program   
      set /p "description="   
      
      echo.Adding... "%url%" as "%description%"   
      
      :append_html   
      echo.^%description%^^ >> %bmfile%   
      echo."%url%" as "%description%" added to "%bmfile%"   
      
      set /p repeat=Do you want to add another browser bookmark? [y/n]:   
      if %repeat%== y goto input_html   
      if not %repeat%== y goto edit_html   
      
      :edit_html   
        echo Do you want to edit the global bookmark file? [y/n]   
        set /p "choice="   
        if /i "%choice%"=="y" (   
          echo Editing file: %bmfile%   
          %editor% %bmfile%   
        ) else if /i "%choice%"=="n" (   
          echo File editing canceled.   
      )   
      
      :end   
      pause   
      endlocal   
      exit /B 0   
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