On 30 Aug 2007, at 5:10 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Aug 30, 2007, at 02:43, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On 30 Aug 2007, at 8:56 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at 11:43PM, "jiho" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2007-August-30 , at 08:33 , Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >>>>> but in the Finder and BibDesk the file names show up as >>>>> >>>>> "SomeOne-2006-Something-a.pdf" >>>>> "SomeOne-2006-Something-b.rtf" >>>>> "SomeOne-2006-Something-c.png" >>>> >>>> OK, I get it. My question was then: would it still be possible to >>>> generate those names automatically? I am wondering since you said: >>>> "and you wouldn't set a field name/type for files in prefs" >>> >>> The "field name" is "bdsk-file-1" etc. and BibDesk would create >>> those for you (think of Local-Url-1, Local-Url-2, etc.). The file >>> name (value of the field), would be set by autofile, as I have >>> said. I believe that quote was in response to a specific question >>> about Local-Url, but it's midnight here and I can't be bothered to >>> check :). >>> >>> -- >>> adam >> >> Wouldn't that lead to conflicts, as you now have several files with >> the same bibliography info. > > How so? If you're referring to Autofile, a unique specifier would be > mandatory.
But it isn't. > >> Also, how would you want to include the alias data in bibtex? > > Use base64 encoding, similar to what Apple does for NSData in XML > plists. Ugly and long, but won't conflict with BibTeX. > > -- > adam > But it is dependent on the file encoding, and that is variable. In particular if the file is edited or imported from outside bibdesk. 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
