Ok, it seems there is no mechanism to parse the raw BibTeX record (it is
read-only in BibDesk AppleScript).
I guess a simple work-around is to import an entirely new record using the
pdfmeat.py output, link the old file (the file link being the only thing in
the previous empty record) to the new record, and then delete the old
record.
I have the import working, and know how to delete a record thanks to the
sample script, but can't figure out how to move the linked file from the
old to the new.
-k.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I've made some progress on this applescript but seek some help from
> those on this list who have used applescript before and understand the
> BibDesk dictionary a bit. I now can drag PDFs into BibDesk where they get
> blank records. I can then hit CMD+SHFT+P and the full BibTeX record is
> displayed from pdfmeat.py. What I need help with is looping through each
> element of this BibTeX record and inserting it into the current blank one.
> My current code follows. Any help/hints will be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -k.
>
> *tell* *application* "BibDesk"
> *set* theDoc *to* *document* 1
> * tell* theDoc
> *set* theSel *to* selection
> *set* thePub *to* *item* 1 *of* theSel
> *tell* thePub
> -- current (probably empty?) BibTeX record
> *set* curBibTeXRecord *to* *get* BibTeX string *of* thePub
> -- get the BibTeX record using pdfmeat.py. Wrap it in a shell script
> because it needs a full path, write access to a folder, etc.
> *set* theFiles *to* *get*
> *linked files * *set* thePath *to* POSIX path *of* theFiles
> *set* shellCmd *to* "/Users/mankoff/bin/pdfmeat.sh " & "'" & thePath&
> "'"
> *set* pdfMeatOutput *to do shell script* shellCmd
> --display dialog pdfMeatOutput
> --display dialog curBibTeXRecord
> *end*
> *tell** end*
> *tell**end* *tell*
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I just discovered pdfmeat at https://code.google.com/p/pdfmeat/ which as
>> of one year ago includes a stand-alone CLI python script to generate BibTeX
>> entries given a file. To get it working on OS X I had to change the path
>> for the FireFox cookie file from ~/mozilla/firefox/ to
>> ~/Library/Application Support/FireFox/Profiles/, did "pip install X" for
>> each X it complained was missing, and it "just worked". Nice.
>>
>> It seems like this could be wrapped in a plugin so that drag-and-dropping
>> PDF files onto BibDesk could auto-import with meta-data, just like Mendely
>> and Papers and Zotero and all the other PDF/bibliography managers.
>>
>> I searched for "pdfmeat" and "bibdesk" and found almost no hits. Is
>> anyone aware of such a plugin, or anyone familiar with plugin writing
>> un-aware of pdfmeat and now interested in creating this plugin? If not, I
>> may have to figure out how BibDesk plugins work...
>>
>> -k.
>>
>
>
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