Ok, thank you very much for your answer. I will proceed this way. Best, Sylvain
> Le 18 déc. 2018 à 14:46, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > >> On 18 Dec 2018, at 12:06, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 18 Dec 2018, at 11:50, Sylvain Loiseau <sylvain.lois...@univ-paris13.fr> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>> 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 >> >> How are these other linked files added to the items? One thing you can do is >> add more local file fields in the default fields preferences. By default >> only Local-Url is recognized as such. As I said, conversion is not done >> automatically once it was already done, but you can always use the >> conversion tool in Database > Convert File and URL Fields, which converts >> the fields if necessary according to the settings you like. Also, you could >> use AppleScript. There are some example scripts linked on the Wiki. >> >> Christiaan > > In a bit more detail, say the other files are linked in files called > Local-Url-1, Local-Url-2, or whatever. Then add these fields to the Custom > BibTeX Fields in the Fields preferences, and set their type to Local File. > Then go to your database, and choose Database > Convert File And URL Fields, > choose the settings you like (i.e. whether you want to convert only files or > also URLs, whether you want the fields to be removed, whether you want to > convert only the selected items), and run it. This will not add linked files > twice, so it also works OK if Local-Url was already converted. > > Christiaan > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ----- Sylvain Loiseau sylvain.lois...@univ-paris13.fr Université Paris 13 Sorbonne-Paris-Cité 99 avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément F-93430 Villetaneuse Laboratoire « Langues et civilisations à tradition orale » (UMR 7107 CNRS) Campus CNRS 7, rue Guy Môquet (bât. D) F-94801 Villejuif Cedex http://lacito.vjf.cnrs.fr _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
