On Nov 29, 2011, at 23:14, FZiegler wrote:
> Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>> On Nov 29, 2011, at 22:57, FZiegler wrote:
>>
>>>> Well, you could. But it could lead to some inconsistencies in how things
>>>> work, because BibDesk assumes that they are data. If you don't want to
>>>> save them, then simply don't have linked files in your database, it's as
>>>> simple as that.
>>> Aha. Now I see that control-clicking a linked file gives me a "remove"
>>> option. So I'll link files to have my script generate Local-Url, then
>>> remember to always immediately "remove" the file and choose not to have
>>> it moved to the trash -- I guess that's the idea? That works for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Francois
>>
>> Doen't the script remove the linked file?
>
> Hmmmm, no, but you're makink me realize that there probably is a way to
> make it do all the operations I spelled out above? This is what it does
> currently:
>
> using terms from application "BibDesk"
> on perform BibDesk action with publications thePubs for script hook
> theScriptHook
> repeat with thePub in thePubs
> set thePub to contents of thePub
> tell thePub
if (count of linked files) > 0 then
> set thePath to quoted form of (get POSIX path
> of linked file 1)
> set thePath to do shell script "echo " &
> thePath & "|sed -e
> \"s|$HOME|~|\""
> set value of field "Local-Url" to thePath
delete linked file 1
end if
> end tell
> end repeat
> end perform BibDesk action with publications
> end using terms from
>
>> And how do you get the linked file in the first place?
>
> By dropping it from the Finder onto the "Drop Files Here" well. (So far
> as I can tell, dropping a file onto the "Local-Url" field creates a link
> to where it is, but no longer autofiles it as it used to in 1.3.12.)
>
> Thanks again,
> Francois
An alternative is to auto-file through a script hook.
Christiaan
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