> I suspect it's because there is a system-wide setting, and that if people > were to change this just for BD, it would conflict with that setting. > I have the system-wide default set to Preview.app and in BibDesk to Skim.app. It works as expected. No conflict.
> In contrast with TeXShop, whose PDF viewer is built in, BibDesk relies on > an external program, and changing the preference for it in BD would take > over a system function. > Yes but who cares? That's typical for the difference between developers and ordinary users. Ordinary users just want the software to simplify their workflow in a logical and transparent manner. The software should just work. They absolutely do not care if internally, in the guts of the Cocoa framework, some comfortable and much beloved preference setting actually takes over a system function. Honestly: Is there (or will there ever be) any true problem with taking over a system function from within BibDesk preferences (besides, perhaps, violating some programmer's dogma)? > Also I am pretty sure you can right-click on a PDF icon or image and > choose "open with" as a way of opting out of the system-wide setting. > Yes, of course. It's right-click/cmd-click, then go down the context menu to "open with", wait for the extension menu to unfold, scroll down a list of about 20 items and then click on the item near the very bottom (in case of "Skim", at least). That makes 4 operations instead of one simple double-click every time you want to view a paper! I assume nobody here among the proponents truly claims that it's impossible to do so. It's just very ... tedious. Tedious enough to explain many user's otherwise unexplainable desire for a default setting in the preference pane.-- View this message in context: http://bibdesk-users.661331.n2.nabble.com/Way-to-make-Skim-default-only-in-Bibdesk-tp2201367p6316928.html Sent from the bibdesk users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
