Two things you could try is AppleScript and Match Files. the question is also if you want to automate this for the future or for a one-time linking of files. In the former case you could try a script hook.
Christiaan On 2 Feb 2008, at 3:52 PM, Sama Agahi wrote: > Dear list members, > > I am new to BibDesk (appreciating it much so far), and have a question > I have been unable to answer on my own. > > I have a substantial collection of papers and ebooks in a folder. I > would like to file them in my bibdesk bibliography. The question is > whether there is a way to automate this. Some of the items are > informatively named (e.g. 'authorname, YEAR, title.pdf') but not all. > (Preferably I would like to end up with all files linked to their > respective bibdesk entries.) > > So far I have been manually putting them into the bibdesk bibliography > or, in some cases, importing the citation data from the net and then > linking the file manually. > > Best wishes and many thanks in advance. > > Sama ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
