On Jun 14, 2007, at 23:09, Niels Kobschätzki wrote:
> On 6/14/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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).
>>
>
> Why can't I limit the scope to one field?
> I can search for
> Local-Url = {file://old/path/to/the/pdfs/
> and replace it by Local-Url = {file://new/path/to/the/pdf/
> Doesn't seem risky to me and limits it to one field.
As I said, it's dangerous in general, but that's a special case that
is reasonably safe since you have a well-defined prefix to look for.
Parsing the file with a real parser (as in BibDesk or BibTool; not a
regex or other ad-hoc hack) and afterwards manipulating the data is
the best way to ensure that you have valid BibTeX as an end result.
--
Adam
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