Thank you guys for your prompt reply.
Best.
Daniele
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> On Jul 15, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Daniele Avitabile wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > the worflow I use to import and file my publications is the following
> >
> > 1) Use External->Web to go on google scholar and search for a
> > publication
> > 2) Import the BibTeX entry with the dedicated button
> > 3) Double click on the PDF link to activate the PDF previewer
> > 4) Click on the "Open PDF in Preview" button
> > 5) Save the PDF on the Desktop
> > 6) Drag-drop the PDF from to Desktop to BibDesk and use AutoFile
> >
> > A few questions/comments
> >
> > a) Is there a quicker workflow? Is there a good way to execute
> > points 4)-6) in one go?
> > b) The reason why I click "Open PDF in Preview" instead of "Save PDF
> > to download folder" is that the Download folder is a rather exotic,
> > hidden temporary folder. If the workflow above is correct, can I set
> > the Download folder to be the Desktop?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Daniele
>
> When an imported item has a link to the remote PDF you can also
> download it directly (and possibly auto-file) in the item detail
> window using the contextual menu in the files pane for the item.
>
> In the past we were able to include the URL in the imported item, but
> unfortunately Google recently decided to seriously downgrade their
> site, so this does not work anymore. Perhaps in the future we will be
> able to do this again.
>
> Here's another workflow:
>
> ...
> 3) Drag the URL for the PDF from the web page and drop it on your
> Desktop
> 4) (later) open the detail window for the imported item (not the one
> in the web group)
> 5) Drag the URL from your Desktop, and drop it on the files pane in
> the item's window while holding down the Option key
>
> This will automatically download the PDF and file it for you (if
> you've turned on auto-file). You can also just drop the URL and start
> the download using the contextual menu or Option-drag, but this is
> quicker.
>
> But your workflow also works, it's a matter of preference, and also
> may depend on what kind of items and services you use.
>
> As for the Downloads folder, BibDesk uses the system default for that,
> which can be changed in the Safari prefs (yea, that's a bit weird).
>
> Christiaan
>
>
>
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