On Nov 29, 2011, at 21:30, FZiegler wrote: > Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:58, FZiegler wrote: >> >>> 1) The line `set value of field "Bdsk-File-1" to ""' has no effect. It is >>> meant to erase that field, but it seems it either doesn't or the field gets >>> regenerated on every save. Is there a better way that would actually remove >>> it? >>> >> >> You should never access those fields. Those fields only exists in the saved >> file, they don't exist in the program. You only have the linked files, so if >> you want to remove them you should delete those. > > I understood tyhe above and removed this line from my script, but no I > do in fact have to ask: is there a simple change I could make in > BibDesk's source so that on saving a file it *doesn't* write these > "Bdsk-File-*" fields? (or at least writes empty fields?) >
Well, you could. But it could lead to some inconsistencies in how things work, because BibDesk assumes that they are data. If you don't want to save them, then simply don't have linked files in your database, it's as simple as that. > Reason: I've always had my .bib file mirrored between my desktop and > laptop, using Unison. That worked fine under 1.3.12. But now say Unison > copies the file, desktop-->laptop. The next time I open it on the laptop > and save even once, all Bdsk-File-* fields change so the next Unison run > reports the file as no longer in sync, even if *I* made no changes to > it. Actual user-made changes get drowned in the noise of these alias > changes. > > As I don't actually need these fields in the file (thanks to the > applescript you helped me write), I'd rather just get rid of them, than > return to 1.3.12. Unless you suggest yet another way of solving this > problem? I have a hard time believing I'm the first person to hit it. > > Francois I already explained how you can live without having linked files. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
