Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

Here is another variant of the AppleScript. if you run this, the fields with more file names will be split into fields like File1, File2, etc. If you run the Convert File and URL Fields action after running this script, and after you have registered these extra fields also as Local File fields

Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

Dear Ronald, And I forgot to mention that there is also the AppleScript 'Inspect Linked Files’ available. That script should work fine in your case and provide you with helpful information to diagnose the status of your PDF’s and the current meta data in your BibTeX file. Andreas ETH Zurich

Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

Dear Ronald, On my website you find a link to Software I offer where you find BIbDesk AppleScripts. There I offer the AppleScript 'Fix PDF and URL Links’. This script deletes first all current links and reconstructs them from the existing files for the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

Correct! A hack for sure to get up and running with bibdesk. Sincerely, Dr. Ronald D. Haynes Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics Chair, MSc and PhD Scientific Computing Programs Memorial University of Newfoundland We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s 

Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

That looks like it just drops the second file. Also problematic when anything else, like a title, has a semicolon in it. Christiaan > On 28 Dec 2020, at 22:09, Ronald Haynes wrote: > > Hi folks, I was able to conjure up a little vi magic to handle this: > > :%s/;.*/}/ > > Sincerely, > >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

Hi folks, I was able to conjure up a little vi magic to handle this: :%s/;.*/}/ Sincerely, Dr. Ronald D. Haynes Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics Chair, MSc and PhD Scientific Computing Programs Memorial University of Newfoundland We acknowledge that the lands on which

Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

Hi - thanks for the information, I will give it a shot. Sincerely, Dr. Ronald D. Haynes Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics Chair, MSc and PhD Scientific Computing Programs Memorial University of Newfoundland We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses

Re: [Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

> On 28 Dec 2020, at 17:15, Ronald Haynes wrote: > > Hi folks, so I have made some progress with links to attachments using a .bib > file generated by zotero/better-bibtex. All entries work except for entries > with multiple attachments. Several of my .bib entries have file fields that >

[Bibdesk-users] importing links to attachment - a step further

Hi folks, so I have made some progress with links to attachments using a .bib file generated by zotero/better-bibtex.  All entries work except for entries with multiple attachments.  Several of my .bib entries have file fields that look like: