>> I can’t figure out how to open a bib files and have _several_ referenced PDF >> found by BibDesk (and converted into Bdsk-File-n fields). >> >> If I open a bib file with a bibliographical item containing only one >> local-url field, it is correctly recognized (and further converted to >> Bdsk-File if asked). >> >> But how to feed Bibdesk with bibliographical items linking to several PDFs ? >> If I repeat the local-url field several times, only the first occurrence is >> shown in Bibdesk. If I use one local-url field with several path >> comma(whitespace or semi-column)-separated, it is not parsed at all. >> >> I Tried to figure out the correct input syntax by looking at the export >> format, but none of them export with the local-url field. >> >> Have you any hint? >> >> Tanks for this outstanding piece of software. The opening of large bib files >> (~1000 entries) is blastingly fast. I must confess I’m wondering how this is >> achieve. Is there any caching of the information in the table displayed at >> the opening? >> Best, >> Sylvain >> > You add linked files from the side pane on the right of the detail window. > You can add as many as you like. You can use drag/drop, the contextual menu, > or the action menu in the status bar. You can also use the main window when > you have only a single publication selected. > > The conversion of the Local-Url field to a linked file is done once as a > convenience (unless you turn that off in the default fields preferences). It > is not repeated when conversion was already done (i,.e. when the item already > has one or more linked files and URLs). > > Christiaan
Thank you for you answer. Adding file manually by drag and drop is working really fine, even for several files. Just to be clear. I want to use Bibdesk instead of another piece of software. This piece of software I was previously using has exported a bib file. In some cases, there are several PDFs linked to one article or to one book (around 100 such cases, so I looking for an automatic solution). In these cases, I’m not sure how to have Bibdesk « importing » (i.e., converting in Bdsk-File-n fields, or whatever solution Bibdesk may have) these PDFs. When there is only one PDF, I use a « local-url » field and it works just fine. But I have no solution for having bibdesk managing several PDFs in a non-Bdsk-File-n field (and I cannot create this Bdsk-File-n myself — or can I?) Best, Sylvain _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
