emacspeak-bmk-mgr vanished?

[Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Raman,

Don't rush to restore it if I'm the only user! The bmk-mgr package is not
getting any active development and I suspect it won't be too long before it
suffers from bit rot. I can manage restoring it for my own use until I find the
time to convert to org (which I'm already using for other things, including the
org-capture functionality). 

I really just wanted to find out what others are using and to flag there is
still a reference to the emacspeak-bmk-mgr file int he emacspeak.el file, which
causes an error if you happen to load bmk-mgr. Removing this reference would
allow bmk-mgr to still be run without emacspeak support. 

Tim



T.V. Raman writes:
 > If at least one  or more of you are using bmk-mgr, then it's easy
 > enough to restore suport for it, I'll do that; let's not waste
 > time debating the strengths of org-mode here.
 > 
 > For myself, I'm uing org-capture -- which is a rewrite of
 > remember for org.
 > -- 
 > Best Regards,
 > --raman
 > 
 > -- 
 > Best Regards,
 > --raman
 > 
 > 
 > On 1/17/11, Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 > >
 > > Hi Robert,
 > >
 > > thanks, that is a very similar setup to what I have - I find it a bit more
 > > 'clunky' than bmk-mgr, especially with respect to managing large numbers of
 > > bookmarks. I can customize it further and will be able to customize it to
 > > better suit my needs, I just wanted to avoid having to do that right now.
 > > While
 > > we can do almost anything with emacs, finding the time to write and maintain
 > > custom extensions can be problematic. I also have to now convert my existing
 > > bookmarks file to org format, which is straight-forward, but again, need to
 > > find the time.
 > >
 > > For now, I've restored emacspeak-bmk-mgr as this will at least let me run
 > > bmk-mgr and access my bookmarks. The rest will go into my growing org-mode
 > > todo
 > > list!
 > >
 > > Tim
 > >
 > >
 > > Robert D. Crawford writes:
 > >  > "Tim Cross" <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
 > >  >
 > >  > > I see that emacspeak-bmk-mgr has been moved to the obsolete directory.
 > > What are
 > >  > > people using these days for managing web bookmarks? I looked at
 > > org-mode, but
 > >  > > found it less useful/convenient 'out of the box' than bmk-mgr.
 > >  >
 > >  > Not sure about others, save for Dr. Ramen (who uses org mode), but I use
 > >  > org-mode like so:
 > >  >
 > >  > (setq org-remember-templates
 > >  >       '(("Bookmark" ?b "* %a %^g %!" "~/bookmarks.org" "Main")
 > >  >         ("CoffeeTips" ?c "* %?%:subject \n\n %i" "~/coffee-tips.org")
 > >  >         ("Tasks" ?t "* TODO %?\n  %u" "~/todo.org" "Tasks")
 > >  >         ("Notes" ?n "* %u %?" "~/notes.org" "Notes")
 > >  >         ))
 > >  >
 > >  > (defun rdc-bookmark ()
 > >  >   "shortcut for storing bookmarks with org-remember"
 > >  >   (interactive)
 > >  >   (org-remember nil "b")
 > >  >   ;; we want to save the bookmarks file.
 > >  >   (org-save-all-org-buffers))
 > >  >
 > >  >
 > >  > Which gives you a bookmark file that looks like this:
 > >  >
 > >  > ** Page 1 Title                                 :tag1:tag2:tag3:
 > >  > ** Page 2 Title                                 :tag1:tag2:tag3:
 > >  > ** Page 3 Title                                 :tag1:tag2:tag3:
 > >  >
 > >  > Then you use C-c C-o to open bookmarks and C-c \ to search for a tag.
 > >  > I'm sure there are other commands to use but I've not needed them.
 > >  >
 > >  > I'm actually the one who requested the feature allowing the w3 page
 > >  > title to be passed.
 > >  >
 > >  > HTH,
 > >  > rdc
 > >  > --
 > >  > Robert D. Crawford                                     robdcraw@xxxxxxxxxxx
 > >  >
 > >  > I will always love the false image I had of you.
 > >  >
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Tim Cross
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