On Friday, June 22, 2007, at 08:54AM, "Chris Goedde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Jun 22, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> >> Aaargh! I'm half convinced that people write new apps for reference/ >> PDF management because they don't know BibDesk can do this. How can >> we advertise it more effectively? I've been using it for years, and >> just assume that others use it as well. > >Can you make it so that we can use it without reading any >documentation? :-).
Well...sure, but it wouldn't be any different, because we (or I) don't know what is difficult about it. Mike, Christiaan, and I wrote the bulk of the documentation, but most of the features are obvious to use, since we're familiar with the code. >I'm just switching to Bibdesk (from many years of using BibView under >X11), and I have some questions. Some are related to autofile, some >are more general. > >1) Right now I keep my files in several bibliography file, but I've >been thinking of combining them into a single bib file. (This would >mean assigning them keywords to be able to sort them, I think.) >Recommendations? Pros/cons? I merged my files into a single one, so it's easier to keep track of them. My approach was to use a field named "Group", and assign a particular Group to each sub file. This fits pretty well with the current features for sorting/grouping/searching. >2) Bibdesk keeps all the pdfs in a single folder, correct? Is it >possible to have a separate location for each bib file (question, not >feature request). I ask because of 1) above; I'm not sure I want to >mix all my pdfs if I continue to use separate bib files. You can use document info for this, I think, but Christiaan knows more about it than I do. I use the Group field to organize into subfolders based on my old arrangement of files. >3) Can Bibdesk rename the pdfs when it moves/links them? For example, >I would like to have all my pdfs named CiteKey.pdf. Is that possible? >(This is a feature request.) > >4) I can apparently customize the local-url. Why would I want to do >that? I think Niels answered these. 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 Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
