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

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