On 2009-05-21, at 10:48 AM, Gregory Jefferis wrote: > On 2009-05-21 18:33, "Alex Hamann" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I have to say that I would really like to be able to do this ie do >>> the >>> equivalent of dragging the PDF file onto the top window in bibdesk. >>> >>> I think that it might require >>> >>> 1) Bibdesk App accepts dropped pdfs >>> 2) There is some way of deciding which bib file is the target of >>> the dropped >>> pdf if more than one is open. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Greg. >>> >> >> It is not clear to me what you would expect to happen? Do you want to >> autofile the pdf or are you hoping to extract the bibtex data from >> the pdf by dropping it on the BibDesk icon? > > Extract DOI and use it to make a new bibtex record and then autofile > PDF - > which is what happens when you drop a pdf that contains a DOI that > can be > looked up on PubMed onto a bibdesk window.
Dropping on the BibDesk icon (or having Safari, etc. send it to BibDesk) should probably be treated consistently with dropping a text file: open up a new bibliography with the PDF attached to an empty record. If "open up one particular bib file" is set in Preferences, perhaps it could be added to that bib file instead. -AHM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
