Hotlist

Adding a page

The AWeb hotlist can be used to remember the addresses of interesting pages. Whenever you find an interesting page that you think you would like to visit again in the future, you should add the page to the hotlist. Do this by pressing the add to hotlist button, or using the Hotlist / Add to hotlist menu item.

Using the list

Press the hotlist button, or use the Hotlist / Show hotlist menu item to load a page with all links to all remembered pages.

With the Hotlist button gives requester setting, you can make the hotlist button pop up a requester. This is the same requester as for the Hotlist / Hotlist Viewer... menu item. The functions in this requester are described below.

Hotlist viewer

When you choose the Hotlist / Hotlist viewer... menu item, a requester will open. In this requester you can choose entries from a hierarchical list.

Use the window close gadget, or the Esc key to close the requester.

Follow a link

Select the entry for the document you want to load, either with the mouse or with the cursor up and down keys. Now you can load the document with either the Follow button or with the Enter key.
Another way to follow a link is to double-click on it.

If you have selected the Hotlist requester auto close setting, the requester will close if you follow a link. Otherwise the requester stays open.

Show URLs

By default only the page titles are shown in the list. If you select the URLs checkbox, the URLs for each page is shown too.

Managing the list

Click the Manager button to open the hotlist manager window. In this window you can add, change or delete entries and group them into nested groups.

Save and restore

If the hotlist was changed, it will be saved automatically when you leave AWeb. You can save it earlier with the Hotlist / Save hotlist menu item. The hotlist is also saved after you have added a link.

Use the Hotlist / Restore last saved menu item to revert the hotlist to the state it was in when it was last saved.

Using other hotlists

You can specify a different hotlist to use with the HOTLIST tooltype or argument.

You can load another AWeb hotlist using the Hotlist / Other... menu item. The hotlist will be shown as document, not in the hotlist viewer window.

Importing Mozilla/Netscape bookmarks

AWeb can automatically import bookmarks from Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, and other browsers that use the standard Netscape Bookmark File Format. To import your bookmarks:

Export your bookmarks from your browser as an HTML file (usually named "bookmarks.html" or similar).
Rename or copy the exported file to replace your AWeb hotlist file (by default AWeb:aweb.hotlist), or specify it using the HOTLIST tooltype or argument.
Start AWeb. The hotlist loader will automatically detect the Mozilla format and import all bookmarks, including nested folders.

The import process preserves:

All bookmark URLs and titles
Folder structure and nesting
Creation dates (when available)

After importing, you can use the hotlist manager to organize and edit the imported bookmarks just like any AWeb hotlist.

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