BTW, I just tried to change Skim's PDF Bundle file type by using a .pdf extension instead of .pdfd. And both Finder and BibDesk had absolutely no problem with it. Although I expect this won't be working on Tiger, as the only way to declare this properly is through UTIs, and those are not fully supported by Tiger.
So the conclusion is that BibDesk does the right thing. If it does not work for you for Iliad packages it's because Iliad does not properly declare the file type, or you're using Tiger (in which case it's also Iliad's fault, as they're asking for trouble with their setup). Could you send me the Info.plist from Iliad, I wonder how they declare this file type? Anyway, I don't think BibDesk should try and fix this bug from Iliad. Especially as this probably would mean special casing this situation, which almost always is a bad thing to do. I also advice you to send a bug report to irextechnologies. Christiaan On 12 Aug 2008, at 11:29 AM, Tony Sloane wrote: > Hi everyone, > > This message is to see if the Bibdesk developers are interested in > adding some support to Bibdesk to enable better interaction with a > particular e-book reader. Feel free to ignore if this is something > that doesn't interest you. Apologies for the length of the message, > but some detail needs to be explained. > > I'm a long-time BibDesk user on Mac OS X who is now using an iLiad e- > ink device (see http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad) for > reading research papers. I have a master document folder on the Mac > which Bibdesk maintains for me. I synchronise that folder onto a CF > card that the iLiad can use. > > There is a hitch, however, due to the way that the iLiad deals with > documents. Suppose you have an auto-filed document called doc.pdf > (the folder doesn't matter). This file will show up in the file > browser on the iLiad to be selected for reading. When the document is > opened, the iLiad changes the file structure to be as follows: > > doc.pdf/doc.pdf > doc.pdf/manifest.xml > doc.pdf/scribble.irx > > I.e., the file is replaced by a folder with the same name, containing > the original document, plus some extra iLiad-specific files. The > extra files are used by the iLiad to remember reading position, record > annotations, etc. This is all transparent to the user of the iLiad > (i.e., the file browser still just shows doc.pdf). > > Obviously this file structure change causes problems for Bibdesk. It > is no longer possible to open doc.pdf from within Bibdesk since the > link points to a folder. It would be great if Bibdesk knew about this > alternative file structure and was able to transparently present the > linked file whether or not it had been moved. > > I have some patches that seem to be working, but, although I'm a > coder, I wouldn't vouch for my Objective C skills and I'm not at all > familiar with the Bibdesk code base. My changes seem to correctly > handle the redirection when opening a linked file and moving all of > the right things when an entry is refiled. I've been using the > modified version for a few months with no problems that I can see. > > Anyway, please let me know if you are interested in this > functionality. I realise that it's not of mainstream interest, but > the changes are relatively small, I think, so they shouldn't have a > great effect on the rest of Bibdesk. I'm happy to pass over my > patches and work with you to test changes etc. > > I've joined the bibdesk-develop list for the moment, so responses can > just go there. > > regards, > Tony Sloane > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-develop mailing list > Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
