On Oct 22, 2011, at 13:06, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > On 22.10.2011, at 11:57, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On Oct 22, 2011, at 10:37, Simon Spiegel wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> a similar topic has already been discussed on the OSX TeX Mailing list, but >>> I'm interested how the BibDesk developers see this issue: I've been using >>> DropBox already for quite some time. The documents I'm working on and my >>> private texmf tree are in the Dropbox, and, of course, my main .bib file. >>> This setup works very well, there's only one slight annoyance. I work >>> regularly on two computers and whenever I forget to close the .bib file on >>> one machine and make changes on the other one, I end up with two different >>> versions of the .bib file. No big deal, but I wonder if iCloud integration >>> would allow automatic synching between two runnings instance of BibDesk. I >>> don't know what parts of iCloud are already accessible to third party >>> developers (there seems to be some documentation on developer.apple.com) >>> but at least in theory this is what apple already does with apps like >>> Address Book or iCal (I'm actually quite surprised that the iOS version of >>> the iWork suite already allow synching to iCloud while OSX applications >>> haven't been updated yet). >>> >>> Any insights? >>> >>> Simon >> >> I really cannot say much about iCloud. However, I have my doubts that >> BibDesk can use it, given that it links to other files, and in an important >> part by relative paths. > > If the .bib file could be stored in the iCloud, then why not the autofiled > files as well? And even if this isn't feasible, IMO losing relative paths is > a small price for much gained comfort. You could just disable the option for > relative file paths for Autofile if iCloud was enabled. > > BTW I wonder whether the majority uses relative or absolute file paths for > Autofile. In my setup, the .bib file lies in ~/texmf/bibtex/bib, and I > wouldn't want have my papers stored there as well. That's why I have BibDesk > put them in ~/Dropbox/Publications. Of course, I do not know other people's > setup, but at least in this scenario, moving the .bib file into the iCloud > wouldn't cause any problems with file paths. > > Simon
I'm not talking about autofile. It's about the *reference* to these files. Absolute paths and aliases are only valid on a single volume/device. So they cannot be shared. For sharing between devices you need a relative path, because that's the only thing that's the same on different devices/volumes. And isn't sharing the whole idea of using iCloud? Files in the iCloud aren't referenced by a path, because they're not local files. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
