One way to manage this without modifying BibDesk itself is to use a distributed version control system such as git. Benefits:
- Ability to roll back to earlier versions as needed - Ability to produce multiple branches of a bibliography and then merge them back together - Easy way to make your bibliographies public, as for example: https://github.com/etc/philosophy-bibliography Brad Weslake Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Rochester http://bweslake.org/ On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:03 PM, M A wrote: > It's not really necessary to use iCloud for this. In fact, Dropbox is > already doing that job (keeping the bib files on different computers > in sync). What is needed is for BibDesk to notice when the bib file on > disk has changed and update to the version on the disk automatically. > This does introduce the possible complication of what to do when there > are unsaved changes when the disk version changes. The solution I > would suggest would be for BibDesk to ask whether the user wants to > update to the disk version (losing changes in the BibDesk version) or > save the BibDesk version (losing changes in the disk version). Of > course, you don't really have to lose any changes since the non-chosen > version could be written to a new file with an alternative name. > > Personally, I would find this extremely helpful since I also keep my > bib file in Dropbox allowing me to write papers, etc at work, home, or > laptop. Currently, though, I can only add to my bib file at work, > causing various inconvenient work arounds when I do lit searches from > home (or somewhere else). > > Anyway, I'm sure there are other various technical reasons (or > non-technical reasons) to not want to make this sort of change, and > I'm prepared for the "no" answer. I just want to point out that I > think the iCloud thing is a red herring distracting from what (I > think) is a simpler and more direct solution. > > Mark A > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Simon Spiegel <si...@simifilm.ch> 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 >> >> >> -- >> Simon Spiegel >> Steinhaldenstr. 50 >> 8002 Zürich >> >> Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 >> Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 >> >> >> http://www.simifilm.ch >> >> „Selbst in der Sphäre der Makkaroni, Zwetschgen und Kaffeebohnen gibt es >> umwälzende Ideen und siegreichen Durchbruch des Jungen.“ Gottlieb Duttweiler >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
