On Friday, February 08, 2008, at 01:28PM, "Jan Erik Moström" <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I tried finding an answer to this in the archive and the manual 
>but I couldn't find anything definitive, sorry if I missed something.
>
>I've been using the local-file url to hold a reference to the 
>PDF to the paper. This has worked well and have allowed my to 
>share the references (through subversion) with others (non-mac, 
>non-bibdesk users). Now when I played around with 1.3.14 it adds 
>the Bdsk-File-1 and Bdsk-Url-1 fields for converted records 
>while keeping the original local-url and url fields.
>
>For new records the local-urls and url fields are not generated 
>when I drag a file to a record.

This is expected behavior (i.e. works as designed).

>I understand the rationale for doing this, but is there a way to 
>keep the old behavior, that is creating a local-url field and 
>use the url field? And not generating the Bdsk-File/Bdsk-Url fields.

No.  You can probably set up a script hook to copy the file/URL to another 
field as a text path.

> From the mailing list:
>>The Local-Url field is deprecated, and it does not use auto-file
>>anymore. You're strongly encouraged to clear all your Local-Url fields
>>and switch exclusively to the new file icon view in the side pane.
>------------------
>>Sure, you can still use it. Just the more advanced support like
>>opening the URL won't be supported. You can always easily convert the
>>Url field to a linked URL.
>If I understand this correctly, the local-url and url usage will 
>not be supported in the future and if I want to keep the old 
>format then I have to manage this manually.

The old format is unsupported as of 1.3.13.  Some of the UI is still present 
(you can display legacy file/URL icons in the main table), but autofile is only 
supported in the new scheme.

>The reason I would like to see this is that when I share the 
>bibtex file with others it would be a bit odd for them to see 
>these fields.

They're ugly, but they're also ASCII text and harmless in your bibtex file.  
Non-mac or non-BibDesk users can ignore them, and they should round-trip 
through subversion just fine.  The group information that BibDesk (or JabRef) 
saves in a BibTeX file looks odd as well, but it's still a valid BibTeX file.

-- 
adam

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