>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to import a large BibTeX database into BibDesk. I have
>> painstakingly entered all attachments to each entry as a list of Local-Url-N
>> fields (Local-Url, Local-Url-2, Local-Url-3, etc.). Most references have
>> only one attachment, some two, and very few well over ten.
>>
>> But I am confronting two problems:
>>
>> BibDesk fails to find some files even though the paths are clearly correct.
>>
>> BibDesk completely ignores all Local-Url-N fields (N=2,3,…), and only
>> recognizes Local-Url.
>>
>> Any ideas as to how to proceed? Thank you.
>>
>
> Only fields that are known as local file fields (as declared in the Fields
> preferences) are (automatically) converted to linked files. So you should
> also declare the others there if you want to get this. Note that if you
> already have the first one converted, it won't automatically convert the
> others later on (it only automatically converts for items that don't yet have
> linked files.)
Something like this should work as an AppleScript (provided the Local-Url is an
absolute POSIX path). Warning: It might need some more tinkering. I don’t
actually have a database to test it on. On the plus side, it will only iterate
through the currently selected publications, so it shouldn’t mess up your
entire database.
tell document 1 of application "BibDesk"
set thePubs to selection
repeat with thePub in thePubs
tell thePub
set i to 0
set theRepeat to true
repeat while theRepeat is true
if i is 0 then
set theField to "Local-Url"
else if i is greater than 0 then
set theField to "Local-Url-" & i
end if
if i is equal to 0 then
set i to i + 2
else
set i to i + 1
end if
set theFile to value of field theField
if theFile is "" then
set theRepeat to false
else
set theFile to POSIX file (value of
field theField)
add linked file theFile
end if
end repeat
end tell
end repeat
end tell
Jan Jakob
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