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[olejorgenb]

How do you "compile" the bookmarklets? I know of https://bookmarkl.ink/ but then we're back trusting some third-party service again. I get that it's not rocket science, but this is definitively a small hurdle to overcome.

[account-5 → olejorgenb]

I don't compile them. I just write the JavaScript and wrap it in an anonymous function then save the code as a bookmark.

[olejorgenb → account-5]

Ah, I thought it didn't work to simply paste the javascript directly into the bookmark. Don't you have to minimally URI encode it? `javascript:URI_ENCODED_CODE`

[madacol → olejorgenb]

No, Firefox automatically encodes it, but it does have other gotchas because line-breaks are removed

   - You have to put `;` on each statement
   - You cannot use inline comments, // you cannot do this