On 11/12/07, James Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First, just wanted to say that I am , once again, astounded at the > activity on the BibDesk list, and the speed > at which new features are proposed, created, constructively > criticised, rejigged, and digested into a stable part of this program. > I can hardly keep up.
I have the same feeling - I certainly can't keep up! I'm just poking through the list for the first time in a while and when I saw this I thought it might be interesting to note that at least in terms of the web group features, I've been wanting to do this feature for years, started writing some of the code for it in November 2006, and first tossed it into the main BibDesk code in January this year. That said, the subsequent velocity of improvements to make it actually usable is always surprising, even though I know very well how fast Christiaan and Adam get things done. -mike > BTW, if I try to open a .bib file using QuickLook, I get the raw > bibtex text, as might be expected. Is there any way to have a preview of > the database as a list of refs in the default preview format? I read > that there is a QuickLook plugin for BibDesk, but I don't know what it > does. > > How does QuickLook work? I get the impression that it is effectively a > print preview, i.e. a small pdf version of each file, which is stored > with > the file, and which can therefore be opened without the use of the > original program. Is that right? > If so, would it be possible to have a button, "Create Preview" as > appears in the Keynote save as dialog box, which would allow to make a > pdf > version of a bib file, which would be shown when accessed via QuickLook? > > > > On Nov 11, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Hendrik wrote: > > > Another question related to Google Scholar: > > So now we have a one button click way of getting the Google Scholar > > entry into BibDesk. Which is awesome. > > What is the easiest way currently to get from there to the PDF and get > > that filed away using the amazing auto file feature? Are there plans > > to maybe fully or partially automate this? That is, to have another > > button click download the PDF file using the first actually working > > link in Google Scholar and file it away. > > Yes, I hit this question last week trying to get stuff from Google > Scholar. How to associate > the PDF of the paper that you have found, with the BibDesk ref that > has been scraped. > > The only way I can think of is for the scraper to find PDF links, > which would then be added to the > BibDesk ref as a URL, or else to include the link from Google to the > journal page as a URL, so that > if this URL is clicked on, BibDesk knows which link has been pursued, > and hence which reference to associate > with which downloaded PDF. > BibDesk would also have to keep a watch on the downloads folder, and > either have some way to autofile directly, or more likely > to open the PDF so that it can be manually dragged to the right ref, > and hence autofiled. > > > > James Owen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Michael McCracken UCSD CSE PhD Candidate research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
