>>>> I use the cite key as the local file name, so my custom file format
>>>> string was simply "%f{Cite Key}"... but now 1.3.13 says that this
>>>> is
>>>> invalid because "Format for local file requires a unique
>>>> specifier."
>>>> I'm fairly certain that cite keys are required to be unique, so I
>>>> think this is a bug. Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Cite keys should be unique within a document, but it's not
>>> guaranteed. AutoFile needs a specifier that lets it create a unique
>>> filename on disk, since the filenames on your disk are independent
>>> of
>>> your document and cite keys.
>>
>> I suppose that this is a lengthy way of asking, "Is there any way to
>> have the cite key and the file name be the same?"
> Yes and no. See also my other post. Note that the cite key generated
> this way is unique *for the publication*, but for files it has to be
> unique *for the file* (on disk). These are different requirements, in
> particular now that a publication can have several files. Just use "%f
> {Cite Key}%u0%e". This will most of the time create a file with the
> same name as the cite key, but if necessary (and only if necessary)
> makes it unique. And you'd want that anyway to avoid overwriting a
> file.
>
> Christiaan
Ah, interesting. I was not aware that "%u0" was an option... I
assumed X had to be greater than 0 in the "%uX" expression. This is
perhaps not as clear as it could be in the help files.
Thanks!
Best, Chris
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