On Thursday, June 14, 2007, at 09:27AM, "P Kishor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 6/14/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Thursday, June 14, 2007, at 08:49AM, "P Kishor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >In a fit of spring-cleaning, I changed the name of the folder holding >> >all my PDFs, and changed the path accordingly in the prefs as well. >> >Maybe I was too optimisitic. The old path remains in the existing >> >entries, and the only way I can figure out to change it is by slogging >> >through all the entries one by one and editing them manually. Say it >> >ain't so; tell me a better way please. >> >> You want aliases stored in the .bib file ;). Since we don't do that, >> Edit->Find->Database Find and Replace will help you out, but you'll have to >> apply it to each field. You can also use that feature to move files. >> > >opening the .bib file in TextWrangler and doing a search/replace did >the job. Still, would be nice to have a checkbox or sump'n that allows >changing the path kinda like how iTunes does... enter a new repository >location and it will do the needful.
One problem is that BibDesk has no idea if a the autofile directory applies to a given .bib file, since you can have multiple .bib files from different sources. With the flexibility of the format string, this could end up being pretty dangerous. If you want BibDesk to move the files for you, don't use the Finder. Use the Find & Replace feature, and it will move the files to the new location. Looks like others have emphasized this as well since I started writing. In addition, doing batch replacement on your BibTeX file with a text editor is dangerous in general, since you can't limit search scope by field. This can lead to unwanted replacements, and in the worst case a corrupted file. Using BibDesk or BibTool is much safer (especially since BibDesk gives you undo support). -- Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
