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#165 Annotation backup/restore to external location
It would be helpful to be able to backup and restore my annotations/notes to another location (the "cloud" -- e.g. Simplenote, Evernote, Catch.com, etc). I am supporting an Android Bible program and would like to discuss the possibility of setting up something compatible between our applications.
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Anonymous
i have raised cross-platform bookmark support to the sword-devel mailing list in an extensive manner in the past, to no resolution. as matters stand, each UI stores its annotations in its own way, though due to a certain amount of common heritage, xiphos and bibletime happen to use the same format for bookmarks proper.
if the developer community ever decides to take the question seriously, i will be among the very first to implement for xiphos, but until then, there is rather little we can do. we are not about to spend our time documenting every other app's bookmark format so as to construct a per-app export facility.
as matters stand, xiphos' bookmarks are stored in .xiphos/bookmarks/bookmarks.xml, and per-verse annotations are part of .xiphos/settings.xml (due to be moved someday as a special class of bookmarks).
while i have no problem with the idea of exporting such content elsewhere, i am in general suspicious of "just put in the cloud" kinds of suggestions. if you have a specific, concrete design that could be incorporated, send mail to me privately and we'll start a discussion.