On Oct 22, 2011, at 15:34, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > On 22.10.2011, at 14:27, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >>> Sorry, I don't get it. I don't see the difference between the Dropbox setup >>> I described. Of course, you cannot share absolute paths between two volumes >>> with different structure, but if you use something like >>> ~/Dropbox/Publications as a path, there's no problem. >>> >> >> But you don't. You use something like >> ../../Dropbox/Publications/filename.pdf. >> >> There are many problems with tilde abbreviations. It assumes it's in your >> user folder, which may not be true, and adds extra dependencies on the >> reference, namely your user folder. > > Well, it's the exact setup I've been using for something like three or four > years. So far, without any hiccup. But as I said: If everything could be > moved to iCloud, then BibDesk could take care of all the files anyway. > > Simon
I am not talking about any setup you may or may not have. I am talking about the way BibDesk *does* save the file information in the .bib file. 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
