On Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at 09:15AM, "Holger Frauenrath" <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> 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). 

that can probably also apply to the developers who don't consider every 
possible configuration...

>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.

Well, local-url would be empty.  Files are now stored in fields called 
Bdsk-File-*, which aren't visible in the UI except in the file pane or table 
column.  Do you see file icons in the file pane on the right side of the main 
window?

>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?

Well, I can definitely say we didn't test this particular scenario!  I'm 
assuming you use NFS, then?  I haven't tried to set that up on OS X in years; 
it was a bit flaky last I used it.  So you have

nfs:/home/username

with symlink username/papers --> nfs:/shared/papers

if I understand correctly?

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