I must admit first that I have stayed at Bibdesk 1.3.12 because I'm 
sharing my .bib file with others who don't want Mac aliases in it. So 
far this hasn't caused problems, but I am beginning to think I should 
get on with the program... So,

1. Main question: is there a simple edit I could make to turn off the 
aliases and stay with the old "Local-Url" method of filing? (I'm willing 
to compile Bibdesk if necessary.)

2. Subsidiary question: while at it, would it be possible for me to 
switch from having, *written in the .bib file* a Local-Url like

file://localhost/Volumes/Home/FZ/Documents/Archive/<etc>,   (**)

to something more portable -- i.e., a path relative to the .bib file 
(../../Archive/<etc>) or to my home dir (~/Documents/Archive/<etc>)? -- 
and only translate to (**) on display? That would ease the process of 
using the same .bib file and archive on a server where I don't control 
~'s parent directories.

Thanks for one of my most-used programs,
Francois Z.




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