On 9 Nov 2007, at 11:00 PM, Hendrik wrote: > > On 9-Nov-07, at 12:54 PM, Christiaan Hofman cmhofman-at-gmail.com | > Sourceforge| wrote: > >> >> On 9 Nov 2007, at 9:26 PM, Hendrik wrote: >>> >>> To get all entries changed from absolute to relative paths take >>> these >>> steps: >>> 1) Change the auto-file preference settings to relative. >>> 2) Select all papers and choose Publication->Consolidate Linked >>> Files >>> If the path for some or all papers would stay the same (that is, the >>> location of the files on >>> disk does not need to change to match the new Auto-file settings) >>> you >>> will have to >>> temporarily change the auto-file settings (for example by >>> prepending a >>> 'temp' to all file >>> names), select 'Consolidate Linked Files', change the auto-file >>> setting back, consolidate again. >>> That will ensure that all absolute links actually get converted to >>> relative links. >>> >>> Actually, since the developers are reading here too: It would be >>> nice >>> to change this behaviour >>> and automatically convert all links to relative or absolute >>> depending >>> on the preference setting. >>> >>> Hendrik >>> > >> No, that's bad behavior. We should never just automatically change >> things like that. >> >> Christiaan >> > > I think you probably misunderstood. What I meant is the following: > If you change your auto-filing preferences from absolute to relative > paths and then afterwards > select one (or all) paper(s) and choose 'Consolidate Linked Files', > then the Local-Url path should IMO > be changed from an absolute to a relative one. Even when the location > of the file on disk remains > the same. Currently the path only gets converted to relative when the > location of the file on disk changes. > > Hendrik
Yes, I understood you correctly. However we check the path for autofile, not the value of the Local-Url field. There are many reasons for this, and the code is far to complex to easily be more intelligent. We could of course change the local-url anyway, but it would mean we'd change the local-url anytime even when it is not necessary. That is bad, IMHO worse. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
