On 16 Apr 2008, at 2:48 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > > On Apr 15, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >> On Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 02:09PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL >> PROTECTED] >>> wrote: >>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:04 PM, Adam M. Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to add URL's to a bunch of records (about 100) and I am >>>> looking for the fastest way to do it. >>>> >>>> I see the following behavior: >>>> >>>> (1) I drag a link from Safari into the attachments well of a >>>> record. >>>> The URL field does not change, even if I bring up the contextual >>>> menu >>>> in the attached files region where there is now an image of the web >>>> page and select "replace URL." But when I save and quit BD, the URL >>>> field is filled in with the link dropped in. This may happen even >>>> without using the contextual menu; I haven't tested that out. >> >> I think "Replace URL" just allows you to edit the URL as a string, >> but it's still stored as Bdsk-Url-x. I'm not sure why the URL field >> would be filled in by this, unless you have a script hook set up for >> that. >> > > > I understand this now---the "replace URL" option is to replace the URL > _in the attached files pane area_. So the URL field should not be > expected to be filled in by this. > >>>> >>> As has been said here many times by now, the old URL fields are not >>> supported anymore. They are treated just as string fields. >>> >>> Again: you should drag to the file icon view in the side pane. >> >> Depending on the bibliography requirements, that may not be >> sufficient. If you're dealing with a type and/or style that >> requires the URL field to be printed out, you'll need to copy the >> link back to the URL field. If you add those frequently, a script >> hook that fires on "Add File or URL" might be worth setting up to >> copy the link to the URL field. > > > Right---this is what I am trying to do, to add to the BT record, not > just to an attached file. But I would like the URL to show up in both > places as well. > > I have about 100 of these that I need to add, and there doesn't seem > to be any really good way to do it by way of a script or other text > processing trick. It is totally unstructured text with no way of > organizing it.
Note that you can use AppleScript or copy/paste to synchronize the linked URL and Url field. This works in both directions. Christiaan > > > ================================= > Adam M. Goldstein PhD MSLIS > Assistant Professor of Philosophy > Iona College > -- > email 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > email 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein/ > tel (914) 637-2717 > post Iona College > Department of Philosophy > 715 North Avenue > New Rochelle, NY 10801 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
