First of all, you're not supposed to work this way anymore. Just add the URL
directly in the side pane. You can use the contextual menu or the menu from
the little gear icon at the bottom to do that. Otherwise you can drag and
drop the string from the field to the side pane.
Also, fields are not automatically converted to attachments when there
already are attachments, it's only done once to help you get migrated to the
new system.
Christiaan
On Feb 13, 2008 7:49 PM, Ingrid Giffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am not using nightly builds. I am using Version 1.3.14 (v1008).
>
> I'm sorry if I'm being dense, but could you please explain:
>
> If I copy a set of URL fields into My-Remote-URL and run a
> search-and-replace to change the URL to the correct proxy version, how can
> I
> make the link be active, or show up in the right-hand pane, or whatever it
> is supposed to do?
>
> Thanks,
> Ingrid
>
>
>
> On 2/13/08 11:41 AM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What I mean is that the *functionality* of linking remote URLs is now
> > supported in the side pane, together with the linked local files. If
> > you declared this field as a remote URL field it should have been
> > moved there initially, but that is not guaranteed if you've used
> > nightly builds.
> >
> > Christiaan
> >
> > On 13 Feb 2008, at 7:23 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote:
> >
> >> Well, if "My-Proxy-URL" does not show up in the side panel, in what
> >> sense
> >> has the functionality been moved?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/13/08 3:46 AM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>> This has been discussed on this list many times now: this
> >>> functionality has moved to the side pane.
> >>>
> >>> Christiaan
> >>>
> >>> On 13 Feb 2008, at 2:20 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a custom URL field called My-Proxy-URL that's set to be a
> >>>> Remote URL
> >>>> field in preferences. In the previous version of BibDesk, there was
> >>>> an icon
> >>>> by the field that was clickable & would send the URL to my browser.
> >>>> Now the
> >>>> icon is gone and I can't seem to use the URL. Am I missing
> >>>> something?
> >>>>
> >>>> I need this in order to get to articles via my library's proxy
> >>>> server.
> >>>>
> >>>> For those who are interested, here's the workflow: I find some
> >>>> articles on
> >>>> JSTOR, for instance. I get the citations into BibDesk. The citations
> >>>> include
> >>>> the database's permanent URL. I copy all these URLs into the My-
> >>>> Proxy-URL
> >>>> field, then run a search-and-replace to correct the URL to the proxy
> >>>> version
> >>>> that I can actually access. The I (used to) click on the icon by the
> >>>> My-Proxy-URL field to get back to the database, download the
> >>>> article, and
> >>>> link it into BibDesk.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Ingrid Giffin
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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