On Dec 30, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > On 2007-12-29, at 9:37 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> Next nightly build will have support for file count in smart groups, >> and an attachment column as in Mail. Please test. >> >> The field name you need is "Local File" with a space; pick it off the >> dropdown menu, because you can't type it manually. > > The speed with which you guys implement these features is truly > astonishing. > > Sorting works as expected (larger number of items), and double- > clicking opens up the first local file. With the old local-url, right- > clicking on the icon gave a submenu: > > Open Linked File > Open With > > Reveal Linked File in Finder > Show Skim Notes For Linked File > Copy Skim Notes For Linked File > > Whereas in the new implementation, right-clicking just gives the > standard submenu for any publication.
There's no longer a one-to-one correspondence, so those submenu items don't make sense (except the Open). I think Christiaan changed this a bit today, or at least the double-click. > Perhaps this is as desired, I > just thought I'd point it out; one can click on the publication, then > use the sidebar to perform these actions. > > I wonder if "Local File" should be added as a default column, as > people aren't likely to find it otherwise. I just did that. There's now one for remote URLs as well (next nightly), so maybe that should be added? >> There have also been a bunch of improvements in file content search >> integration with groups and the file pane, so please check that as >> well. The release notes are up to date. > > > Anything in particular? The new setting for respecting groups seems to > work. Just to make sure it all works as expected. We need to find that crash you experienced. > Two last points: > 1)Considering the DB migration and new filing features, would it make > sense to bump it to 1.4? Yes and no...we generally only bump the minor version when we drop support for an OS, and we're keeping Tiger support for a while. > 2)Migration is actually fully automatic upon opening files; as far as > I can tell, the main use for "migrate" is to delete the old fields, > yes? I guess it also warns if something isn't linked any more as well. Yeah, deleting the old fields and warning of bad links is the primary usage. -- adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
