Well, you got me. I was not aware that on one of the three computers I work with preference settings (see below) were different from the others, which lead to my false statement. sorry andreas
Am 12.09.2007 um 11:02 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: > That's not correct. The tilde is there only for display, internally > the full path is used. > > If you uncheck "Papers folder location" and check "Use relative path > for Local-Url" then the auto-file feature will use a relative path > for the Local-Url field (and only then). However, note that this is > relative to the .bib file. > > Christiaan > > On 12 Sep 2007, at 9:39 AM, Andreas Reinecke wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> I work on different machines with specific account names as you do. >> However, I do not encounter your problem. >> My autofile preference setting are: >> >> checkbox "papers folder location" tagged, with an entry into the >> neighbouring field like "~/BIOSAFE/Literatur" which in my case is the >> path generated when you select it via the "choose" button. The ~ >> obviously refers to your local user folder irrespective of the >> account's name. >> >> cheers >> andreas >> >> >> >> http://www.ice.mpg.de >> >> >> Am 12.09.2007 um 03:51 schrieb Michael Green: >> >>> I have home and work machines. I'm sold on the utility of using >>> BibDesk to automatically file pdfs. And the default ~/Documents/ >>> Papers directory is fine with me. >>> >>> However, the paths that are stored with each entry are machine >>> specific. >>> >>> e.g. file://localhost/Users/MyHomeAccountName/Documents/Papers/ >>> paper.pdf. >>> >>> My work machine has a different account name, so this fails when I'm >>> on that machine. And vice versa, of course. >>> >>> I have the feeling that it should be possible to use the relative >>> path option to specify a path to ~/Documents/Papers that would work >>> on either machine. But I don't know how to accomplish that, or, >>> indeed, if it's possible at all. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Michael Green >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> - >>> --- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bibdesk-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> --- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
