On 9 Nov 2007, at 9:26 PM, Hendrik wrote: > That is the solution I currently use. My bibtex file lives at the top > of my ~/Papers directory. > All the papers are auto-filed in sub-directories under that with > relative paths. > The whole directory is synced across multiple machines using > Chronosync. > Some tips to get that to work: > Make sure you have the same Auto-file preferences on all machines. > To get all entries changed from absolute to relative paths take these > steps: > 1) Change the auto-file preference settings to relative. > 2) Select all papers and choose Publication->Consolidate Linked Files > If the path for some or all papers would stay the same (that is, the > location of the files on > disk does not need to change to match the new Auto-file settings) you > will have to > temporarily change the auto-file settings (for example by prepending a > 'temp' to all file > names), select 'Consolidate Linked Files', change the auto-file > setting back, consolidate again. > That will ensure that all absolute links actually get converted to > relative links. > > Actually, since the developers are reading here too: It would be nice > to change this behaviour > and automatically convert all links to relative or absolute depending > on the preference setting. > > Hendrik > > > On 9-Nov-07, at 11:16 AM, Christiaan Hofman cmhofman-at-gmail.com | > Sourceforge| wrote: > >> >> On 9 Nov 2007, at 7:44 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> >>> On Friday, November 09, 2007, at 10:33AM, "Mark Eli Kalderon" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Is there a way for the local urls to work with tilde expansion? I >>>> have a bib file that I keep in a subversion repository and would >>>> like >>>> to use on multiple computers and while the home directories are >>>> mirrored the usernames and hence the full paths differ (not my >>>> choice). That means the local urls are broken on the new computer. >>>> Any ideas about how to work around this? >>> >>> Tilde abbreviated paths should work just fine. If I replace >>> >>> file://localhost/Volumes/Local/amaxwell >>> >>> with "~", everything works as it should. You can go through and >>> change entries in bulk using the find & replace panel. I'm not >>> sure how (or if) AutoFile works with tilde, though; as far as I >>> recall it creates an absolute or document-relative path. >>> >>> -- >>> adam >> >> AutoFile does never generate tilde path. It can however generate >> paths relative to the folder containing the .bib file. >> >> Christiaan >>
No, that's bad behavior. We should never just automatically change things like that. 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
