The Local-URL field is depreciated in favor of an alias stored in the record. If you look inside your bibtex file you'll see these as long hex strings.
Primarily this was done to facilitate multiple papers and to allow bibdesk to keep track of papers as they move around. <http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Linked_files.2FURLs_don.27t_show_up_anymore_in_the_Local-Url.2FUrl_column > --J On 24 Oct 2008, at 11:02 AM, Jérôme Bourassa wrote: > Could you provide a useful link towards the solution please? It > would be very appreciated. I'm sorry but I lost enough time with > this already. > > Jerome > > Le 08-10-24 à 10:48, Christiaan Hofman a écrit : > >> FAQ, archives, .... >> Christiaan >> >> On 24 Oct 2008, at 4:41 PM, Jérôme Bourassa wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> A bit of a newbie here and I desperately need help. I have a >>> problem with the autofile feature with bibdesk 1.3.18. >>> >>> Let's say I add a new entry to my bibliography. >>> >>> I download the paper and is in a temporary folder. Say the file >>> URL is /Users/SomeUser/Desktop/SomePaper.pdf >>> >>> I drag&drop the local-file URL in the field. >>> >>> Usually, the autofile feature kicks and points towards the new >>> organised file like: /Users/SomeUser/Documents/Papers/SomeAuthor/ >>> SomeTitleCiteKeyUniqueNumber.pdf >>> >>> But now the local file URL always remains the one in the temporary >>> folder, file isn't moved or renamed according to the rules. >>> >>> If I force Bibdesk to organise the file, the file is indeed >>> organised but the Local URL address in Bibdesk still points in the >>> old file in the temporary folder. Hence the program thinks the >>> file is lost since the link doesn't work anymore. Very practical. >>> >>> I do not know if this a problem with Bibdesk or if this is a >>> problem with Mac Os. I double-checked the authorisations and >>> everything seems ok (read and write for me and the admin). >>> >>> >>> Thanks a lot for you help! >>> >>> Jerome Bourassa >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>> great prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>> the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/_______________________________________________ >>> Bibdesk-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >> the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/_______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/_______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
