Hi,
I have been searching for scripts or tools to convert bib file made in Jabref
to Bibdesk. I have ~2000 references in my bib file with PDF links. It seems
that Bibdesk does not convert the PDF links generated by Jabref when it imports
files.
I've searched archives and googled for the
You find AppleScripts doing exactly this on my website:
http://se-server.ethz.ch/staff/af/bibdesk/index.html
but the scripts are very sophisticated and may need some adjustment. Yet,
script 'Fix PDF and URL Links' does exactly what you need.
Regards,
Andreas
ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr.
In these cases I always try to take the time send feedback to the editors
and/or web masters and ask the journal publisher to fix the problem, e.g. cite
keys with blanks in them and other syntax errors as they are so widespread in
download citation services offering the alleged BibTeX format.
Dear Andreas,
Thanks for the answer. I already downloaded 'Fix PDF and URL Links' and tried
but did not work. It should be due to my lack of knowledge on how the script
works.
In preference, I added script hook for the import publication. Then I open the
Jabref bib file from File Open.
Of course may the script require some adjustments before it runs in your
situation. All depends on the naming rules you used for your pdf's. I use cite
key.pdf, cite key_S.pdf, cite key_S2.pdf, cite key_S3.pdf etc. If you
use another naming scheme, you need to adjust the script accordingly. You
On Sep 1, 2010, at 4:10 AM, Sang-Heon Dan Shim wrote:
Hi,
I have been searching for scripts or tools to convert bib file made in Jabref
to Bibdesk. I have ~2000 references in my bib file with PDF links. It seems
that Bibdesk does not convert the PDF links generated by Jabref when it
Sorry, I forgot one other critical thing likely to be different on your system.
In my case pdf's are stored within subfolders using the first character of the
cite key. I.e. the pdf repository folder looks similar to this:
ls -1R */*.pdf
A/AA00Users.pdf
A/AA01Users.pdf
A/Aa001.pdf
A/Aa002.pdf
On Sep 1, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Fischlin Andreas wrote:
In these cases I always try to take the time send feedback to the editors
and/or web masters and ask the journal publisher to fix the problem, e.g.
cite keys with blanks in them and other syntax errors as they are so
widespread in
The BibDesk development team is pleased to announce the release of BibDesk
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