On 01/11/2012, at 11:27 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> On Nov 1, 2012, at 12:11, Graham Dennis wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jonas,
>> 
>>> This sounds interesting. Will it be able to cope with a large-ish BibDesk 
>>> file (~1500 items, 4.2MB)?
>> 
>> Not a problem. I've tested it on libraries of a few thousand, (mine is 
>> ~1,300), but libraries with ~10,000 articles can take minutes to import, 
>> which is problematic.  So ~1,500 will not be a problem.
>> 
>>> Does it support BibDesk's keyword groups?
>> 
>> It does not support keywords at the moment.  Currently only BibDesk static 
>> and smart groups, and JabRef static groups are supported.
>> 
>>> What's the expected folder structure for PDFs relative to the bib file?
>> This should "just work" in most circumstances, and you can fix it when it 
>> doesn't. BibDesk saves the full path of the PDFs in the bib file,
> 
> That's not really true. This is a legacy feature that's not fully supported 
> anymore. BibDesk now saves linked files as archived relative paths and alias 
> data, encoded as base64.

My mistake. PocketBib actually reads the base64-encoded data and uses the 
relative path key. It uses this information combined with the location of the 
bib file to locate PDFs. PocketBib also understands the old way BibDesk stored 
file paths, and how JabRef stores path information. 

Cheers,
Graham
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Everyone hates slow websites. So do we.
Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics
Download AppDynamics Lite for free today:
http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct
_______________________________________________
Bibdesk-users mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users

Reply via email to