OK, it turns out that the import command returns an array, even if you only
give it one BibTeX record, so the improved code needs:
*set* newPubs *to* *import* from pdfMeatOutput
*set* newPub *to* (*get* *item* 1 *of* newPubs)
-k.
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Christiaan and other AppleScript experts,
>
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2014, at 3:11, Ken Mankoff wrote:
>>
>> It is probably easier to copy the fields from the (temporary) new item
>> you get from pdfmeat to the old item. If they're always the same fields,
>> you could go over those fields explicitly. Or you could loop over the
>> fields of the temporary item. I do something like that in my BibDesk
>> Download script available on the Wiki.
>>
>>
> I have looked over the Download script but the key line to link the files
> doesn't "just work" on my system
>
> My code is here: http://pastebin.com/29Bbe05W
>
> The key lines, I think, are:
>
> *make* new *linked file* with data (theFile *as* *alias*)
> *my* linkFile(*it*, theFile)
>
> After my code runs I get the following error message:
>
> {publication id "bdskidentifier://3B137B15-F381-4BEE-BF7D-18B34CD2EF7A" of
> document "test.bib"} doesn’t understand the “make” message.
>
> But I realize I may not actually need to link the PDF! pdfmeat.py includes
> a field in the BibTeX record:
>
> file={file:///path/to/file.pdf:pdf}
>
> So perhaps I don't need to link something from the old record, I just need
> to tell the new record to convert "file" to "linked file", however that
> happens...
>
> -k.
>
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