On 2008-01-07, at 11:04 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2008, at 8:35 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > >> Actually, it's not about *visual* differentiation (which I can do), >> but differentiation that can, say, be discerned by an AppleScript >> or a >> Smart Folder. (For the record, 4938 refs, 3119 single files, and >> 304 > >> 1 file). > > Thanks, that's a pretty important distinction! I hacked some trivial > Finder label support in, but it'll be disabled until after the next > release (if it ever does make it in) since it has the potential to > kill performance. It'll take some work to make it aesthetically > pleasing, also. > > You'd probably have to AppleScript Finder to get/set those labels, > even if we do display them. It might be possible to use smart folders > with Finder labels, but extending them to arbitrary tags would take > some thought.
I suppose they could be stored in some bdsk-file-1-attrs field... >> For example, I put together syllabi with an AppleScript that copies >> references and PDFs to a separate directory for easy distribution. >> The >> AppleScript can't tell the difference between a local file that is >> the >> actual PDF and a local file that is a related PDF. But if I could tag >> the correct local file (or, much easier, tag the incorrect ones!) >> then >> an AppleScript or a smart folder could do it. My current smart >> folders >> allow me to find articles that don't have PDFs (of the article) >> easily; the new architecture doesn't. > > One suggestion is to reserve the first slot for the "actual" PDF. > This is a drawback of having everything in one bag, but at least it's > ordered. True; a drag-and-drop arrangement interface would work (but wouldn't distinguish between an entry that had one PDF that was the article and an entry that had one PDF that was a summmary of something...) > The tagging ideas will probably stay on the back burner for a while. > I like xattrs and they're fast to read/write, but I'm not sure if it's > worth the support costs... Yes, there seem to be a lot of PEBKAC problems involved with Skim's use of xattrs (really due to lack of good support for xattrs by Apple). -AHM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
