= KDE4 Bookmarks =

see http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/File_Management#File_System_Navigation

In KDE4, there is the distinction between (Internet-)Bookmarks and (File-)Places.

Unfortunally, at least in KDE-4.3.1 they don't integrate very well.

|| Typ || file || used by ||
|| Places || {{{share/apps/kfileplaces/bookmarks.xml}}} and {{{.local/share/user-places.xbel}}} || KDE4 file open and save dialogs ||
|| File bookmarks  || {{{share/apps/kfile/bookmarks.xml}}} || KDE4 file open and save dialogs (if enabled) ||
|| Konqueror bookmarks || {{{share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml}}} || Konqueror ||

To use the file places or file bookmarks with Konqueror, the File Open dialog must be used. They are not visible as Konqueror Bookmarks. This is confusing.

== System Global Bookmarks (Places) ==

Desktop bookmarks are specified by freedesktop.org in 
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-bookmark-spec

Unfortunately this is only partly implemented in KDE 4.3.1.

More precisely, reading global bookmarks from {{{$XDG_DATA_DIR/desktop-bookmarks/*.xbel}}} is not supported.
Also {{{/usr/share/kde4/apps/kfileplaces/bookmarks.xml}}}, {{{/etc/xdg/places.xbel}}}, {{{/etc/xdg/system-places.xbel}}} and {{{/etc/xdg/user-places.xbel}}} are ignored.

If this functionality should be added, the file seems to be to correct place: http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/kfile/kfileplacessharedbookmarks.cpp?view=markup (http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kfile/html/kfileplacessharedbookmarks_8cpp.html)

Therefore there is currently not mechanism for system global bookmarks.