On 9 Aug 2007, at 6:07 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > > On Aug 9, 2007, at 7:49 AM, James Howison wrote: > >> >> On Aug 8, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 08, 2007, at 01:12PM, "Alexander H. >>> Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> When I do a search in BibDesk, then click on a PDF that opens in >>>> Skim >>>> or Preview, it automatically puts in my search in BibDesk as a >>>> search >>>> in the Contents panel. While this would be useful when I'm doing a >>>> search by File Content, the rest of the time it is an unnecessary >>>> search (which slows things down if it's a scanned PDF, like one >>>> from >>>> JSTOR). Is this the intended behavior, >>> >>> Yes, this is intended behavior. >> >> The slow down is quite significant for non-text PDFs, so I'm with >> Alex on this one. >> >>>> or could it be changed? >>> >>> No. Although if you drag the PDF file to Skim/Preview, that would >>> avoid sending the search string. Also, the search is only sent if >>> you search by "file content" or "any field." >> >> Clearly file content is appropriate but could we have a preference to >> not do this for "any field"? In any case if the file content index >> hasn't been built (as is sadly often the case with my usage) then >> Bibdesk isn't actually even searching file content with "any field", >> so it really doesn't make sense. >> >> Thanks, >> James > > Does "any field" include file content if the index has been built? If > "any field" never contains file content, it makes less sense to have > the search field auto-populate. > > -AHM
No. I've removed the search string for Any Field. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
