Dear Adam, The more I read about your suggestion, the more I think it looks like a good idea. But it also makes me think that having better Autofiling would really help.
I am thinking in particular of some sort of multiple selector. For instance, Journal|Booktitle would try to Autofile using Journal initials, or Booktitle if Journal is non-existent. What do you think? On 30/08/2007, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 30, 2007, at 08:20, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > > > > On 30 Aug 2007, at 5:10 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > > >> > >> On Aug 30, 2007, at 02:43, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> > >>> Wouldn't that lead to conflicts, as you now have several files with > >>> the same bibliography info. > >> > >> How so? If you're referring to Autofile, a unique specifier would be > >> mandatory. > > > > But it isn't. > > Right now it isn't, but "would be" is future tense. > > >>> Also, how would you want to include the alias data in bibtex? > >> > >> Use base64 encoding, similar to what Apple does for NSData in XML > >> plists. Ugly and long, but won't conflict with BibTeX. > >> > >> -- > >> adam > >> > > > > But it is dependent on the file encoding, and that is variable. In > > particular if the file is edited or imported from outside bibdesk. > > Everything in the file is dependent on encoding, though. Base64 uses > a subset of ASCII alphanumeric characters, though, which is writable > in all encodings I'm aware of. > > I'd prefer to use a binary file or a file wrapper, but there have been > objections to that in the past. > > -- > adam > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
