Hi Adam, > If your files are already in the correct location as a matter of > course, you may want to disable part of AutoFile (uncheck "File > papers automatically"). Then you can drag-and-drop the PDF onto > the reference from SciFinder, and you'll have a link to that file > without moving the file.
Well, I knew that I could do this manually for one file at a time. For a larger number of files, it would be nice to have *some* solution along the lines of "drop a number of files onto BibDesk, check if references with citekeys = filenames exist and link them" ... This could, fo course, be an Applescript solution as well (in short): * select references, check whether files exist and link (i.e., the way the old AppleScript worked) * select PDF files, check if references with citekeys = filenames exist and link * scan Literature folder for orphaned files (beginning of filename = citekey, but no link exists) and link > This is big drama as far as I'm concerned, since it should never > happen as described. I'd like to know more details: > > - what did you do in the interface > - what didn't work (what did you expect to see) > - you have /no/ linked files? > - what type of volume are the files stored on? (local drive, > FireWire drive, NFS/AFP/SMB?) The problem is, I guess, I was a DAU (dümmster anzunehmender User = the most stupid user that you as the developer has to assume to be using the software). I don't know exactly what I did. Basically this: I opened a reference file (containing all links to files in "local- url"), got a warning because my citekeys were not unique, clicked "ok" and opened the file nonetheless, then chose "convert ..." (with default options). I was expecting to see my linked files in "Local Field" (and the PDF preview). But all "local-url" and "local-field" fields are empty. Our home directories are mounted from a remote (Linux) server (and with /home as the local mount point; I mention this because this has caused trouble in other fields as well under Tiger and ought to work much better under leopard). My literature folder (= path in "local- url") is a UNIX symlink in my home directory to a folder on another partition (because group rw permissions) on our server. :-) Fun, eh? Let me repeat the conversion procedure (tomorrow) now that I know a bit better what is happening. Best regards Holger __ Dr. Holger Frauenrath ETH Zurich Department of Materials Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 10, HCI H515 CH-8093 Zurich Switzerland Phone: (+41) 44 633 6474 Fax: (+41) 44 633 1390 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.polychem.mat.ethz.ch/frauenrath/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
