Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-13 Thread Jan Jakob Bornheim
> > > It looks like you haven't declared the Local-Url field as a local file field > in the Default Fields preferences. Make sure it's added to the custom fields > table with that type. > > Christiaan Thank you. That was it. Surprisingly simple in the end.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-12 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Oct 13, 2012, at 1:36, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: > > On 2012-10-13, at 1:02 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On Oct 13, 2012, at 0:32, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: >> >>> On 2012-10-12, at 11:30 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> On Oct 12, 2012, at 18:44, Jan Jakob Bornheim w

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-12 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Oct 13, 2012, at 0:32, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: > On 2012-10-12, at 11:30 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On Oct 12, 2012, at 18:44, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: >> >>> On 2012-10-12, at 6:26 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >>> On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:03, Jan Jakob Bornheim

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-12 Thread Jan Jakob Bornheim
On 2012-10-12, at 11:30 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Oct 12, 2012, at 18:44, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: > >> On 2012-10-12, at 6:26 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:03, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: >>> Local-Url = {file://localhost/Users/janjak

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-12 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Oct 12, 2012, at 18:44, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: > On 2012-10-12, at 6:26 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> >> >> On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:03, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: >> >>> Local-Url = >>> {file://localhost/Users/janjakobbornheim/Dropbox/Juranote/Sources/BGH-2012-09-19-XII-ZR.pdf}, >> >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-12 Thread Jan Jakob Bornheim
On 2012-10-12, at 6:26 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > > On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:03, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: > >> Local-Url = >> {file://localhost/Users/janjakobbornheim/Dropbox/Juranote/Sources/BGH-2012-09-19-XII-ZR.pdf}, > > Been a while since I looked, but I think that should be okay. Hav

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-12 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:03, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: > Local-Url = > {file://localhost/Users/janjakobbornheim/Dropbox/Juranote/Sources/BGH-2012-09-19-XII-ZR.pdf}, Been a while since I looked, but I think that should be okay. Have you tried using a path instead, with no scheme and host?

[Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field conversion

2012-10-12 Thread Jan Jakob Bornheim
Hello, I have, painstakingly, set up an AppleScript that reads my selected Evernote notes (for what it's worth, I have to maintain the Evernote project because Evernote allows a tag hierarchy), and based on certain criteria, will write the content of the note into a bib file. The relevant part

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread FZiegler
Christiaan Hofman wrote: > 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|~

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread Christiaan Hofman
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

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread FZiegler
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'

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Nov 29, 2011, at 22:57, FZiegler wrote: > Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 21:30, FZiegler wrote: >> >>> Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:58, FZiegler wrote: > 1) The line `set value of field "Bdsk-File-1" to ""' has no effect. It is > meant to

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread FZiegler
Christiaan Hofman wrote: > On Nov 29, 2011, at 21:30, FZiegler wrote: > >> Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:58, FZiegler wrote: >>> 1) The line `set value of field "Bdsk-File-1" to ""' has no effect. It is meant to erase that field, but it seems it either doesn't or th

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Nov 29, 2011, at 21:30, FZiegler wrote: > Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:58, FZiegler wrote: >> >>> 1) The line `set value of field "Bdsk-File-1" to ""' has no effect. It is >>> meant to erase that field, but it seems it either doesn't or the field gets >>> regenerated on

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread FZiegler
Christiaan Hofman wrote: > On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:58, FZiegler wrote: > >> 1) The line `set value of field "Bdsk-File-1" to ""' has no effect. It is >> meant to erase that field, but it seems it either doesn't or the field gets >> regenerated on every save. Is there a better way that would actual

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-29 Thread FZiegler
Christiaan Hofman wrote: > On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:58, FZiegler wrote: > >> 1) The line `set value of field "Bdsk-File-1" to ""' has no effect. It is >> meant to erase that field, but it seems it either doesn't or the field gets >> regenerated on every save. Is there a better way that would actual

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-19 Thread FZiegler
Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >> I don't intend to ever have an entry with more than one linked file, >> btw. To me this contradicts the whole spirit of bibliography: if we have >> two different documents, then they should each have its own entry. >> > > It doesn't matter what you do. I am talking

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-19 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Nov 19, 2011, at 0:32, FZiegler wrote: > Thank you so much for taking the times to educate me; I've happily > adopted all your suggestions. > >> When you use a path in a shell script, you should always quote the path. In >> AppleScript you can conveniently do that by using "quoted form of t

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-18 Thread FZiegler
Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> On the other hand, I *do* often have several entries linking to the same >> file, for practical reasons. (E.g., I've got volumes of collected works, >> or Encyklopädie, from archive.org. Each has its own entry under the >> editor's or collectee's name; but I often have

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-18 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Nov 18, 2011, at 15:32 , FZiegler wrote: > I don't intend to ever have an entry with more than one linked file. > btw. To me this contradicts the whole spirit of bibliography: if we have > two different documents, then they should each have its own entry. Sometimes you have supporting infor

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-18 Thread FZiegler
Thank you so much for taking the times to educate me; I've happily adopted all your suggestions. > When you use a path in a shell script, you should always quote the path. In > AppleScript you can conveniently do that by using "quoted form of thePath". > > Also, there can be multiple linked fi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-18 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:58, FZiegler wrote: > Following your advice, I produced the following as my first applescript ever, > and would like your help improving it. > > using terms from application "BibDesk" > on perform BibDesk action with publications thePubs for script hook > theScriptH

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-17 Thread FZiegler
Fischlin Andreas wrote: > Yes, AppleScript and check out my AppleScript "Inspect Linked Files" you can > download at http://www.sysecol.ethz.ch/people/afischli/software > > Regards, > Andreas Thanks Andreas! (And on second thought, I think I missed the "Replace All Scope" in Database Find and R

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-17 Thread Fischlin Andreas
Yes, AppleScript and check out my AppleScript "Inspect Linked Files" you can download at http://www.sysecol.ethz.ch/people/afischli/software Regards, Andreas ETH Zurich Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischlin Systems Ecology - Institute of Integrative Biology CHN E 21.1 Universitaetstrasse 16 8092 Zurich SW

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-17 Thread FZiegler
Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> That was instant to do with find & replace in a text editor. > > Note that BibDesk has that same feature, that you can use for specific fields. I probably missed something, but I could not see how to do it at one stroke for all 6000+ entries in my database. ("Replace

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-17 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Nov 16, 2011, at 21:50, FZiegler wrote: > Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >>> 2. Subsidiary question: while at it, would it be possible for me to >>> switch from having, *written in the .bib file* a Local-Url like >>> >>> file://localhost/Volumes/Home/FZ/Documents/Archive/, (**) >>> >>> to so

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-16 Thread FZiegler
Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> 2. Subsidiary question: while at it, would it be possible for me to >> switch from having, *written in the .bib file* a Local-Url like >> >> file://localhost/Volumes/Home/FZ/Documents/Archive/, (**) >> >> to something more portable > > The local URL fields accept al

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-16 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Nov 16, 2011, at 4:24, FZiegler wrote: > I must admit first that I have stayed at Bibdesk 1.3.12 because I'm > sharing my .bib file with others who don't want Mac aliases in it. So > far this hasn't caused problems, but I am beginning to think I should > get on with the program... So, > >

[Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

2011-11-15 Thread FZiegler
I must admit first that I have stayed at Bibdesk 1.3.12 because I'm sharing my .bib file with others who don't want Mac aliases in it. So far this hasn't caused problems, but I am beginning to think I should get on with the program... So, 1. Main question: is there a simple edit I could make to

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local url

2008-06-15 Thread Daniele Pontillo
Well, i fixed the problem with find and replace. Thanks Il giorno 15/giu/08, alle ore 23:56, Alex Hamann ha scritto: Am 15.06.2008 um 23:39 schrieb Daniele Pontillo: After messing around with the app, I noticed I had wrong links to some of my papers. I started dragging and dropping pdf fil

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local url

2008-06-15 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 15.06.2008 um 23:39 schrieb Daniele Pontillo: > After messing around with the app, I noticed I had wrong links to > some of my papers. I started dragging and dropping pdf files in the > pane, but I wondered if this would update the local-url field as > well. Seems it is not the case. >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local url

2008-06-15 Thread Christiaan Hofman
Details are in the archives of this list. Christiaan On 15 Jun 2008, at 11:39 PM, Daniele Pontillo wrote: After messing around with the app, I noticed I had wrong links to some of my papers. I started dragging and dropping pdf files in the pane, but I wondered if this would update the local

[Bibdesk-users] local url

2008-06-15 Thread Daniele Pontillo
After messing around with the app, I noticed I had wrong links to some of my papers. I started dragging and dropping pdf files in the pane, but I wondered if this would update the local-url field as well. Seems it is not the case. Thanks Dan Daniele Pontillo Chief, Echo Lab, Cardiology, Bel

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local-url

2008-02-27 Thread chael
many thanks for your responses. it's working now. michael. I wrote the original script; I've attached it for easy reference (Script Hook Did Auto File.scpt). Additionally, I've modified it slightly to run manually as well (Local File to Local-URL.scpt), so if you can't get the script hook one wor

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local-url

2008-02-27 Thread Alexander H. Montgomery
I wrote the original script; I've attached it for easy reference (Script Hook Did Auto File.scpt). Additionally, I've modified it slightly to run manually as well (Local File to Local-URL.scpt), so if you can't get the script hook one working, you can try the manual version (it runs on the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local-url

2008-02-27 Thread Christiaan Hofman
That explains it. This is raw AppleScript text, and a .scpt file is supposed to be compiled AppleScript. You should paste it into Script Editor and save it as a .scpt file instead. Christiaan On 27 Feb 2008, at 7:28 PM, chael wrote: Yes, I'm using auto-file. I now tried to hook it to "Add F

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local-url

2008-02-27 Thread chael
Yes, I'm using auto-file. I now tried to hook it to "Add File or URL", and it didn't work either (just to be clear what i did: i saved the code from the post linked to below in a .scpt file and hooked it in the preferences file). > Are you even using auto-file? Otherwise you should add it to the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] local-url

2008-02-27 Thread Christiaan Hofman
Are you even using auto-file? Otherwise you should add it to the "Add File or URL" script hook. Christiaan On 27 Feb 2008, at 3:22 AM, chael wrote: hi, I've been using bibtex2html to share files with others, relying on the local-url field to create relative links to files. Even though local-

[Bibdesk-users] local-url

2008-02-26 Thread chael
hi, I've been using bibtex2html to share files with others, relying on the local-url field to create relative links to files. Even though local-url is deprecated and no longer used when filing papers, I would still like a relative link in that field for that purpose (just the file name would do). I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-URL from Yojimbo

2008-01-03 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
>> On Jan 3, 2008 9:51 PM, Niels Kobschaetzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Then I have to hope that 1.3.13 gets released soon because I need the >> > remote URL-field for the original remote URL. ^^ It's unlikely that 1.3.13 will see any significant improvements from the current nightly bu

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-URL from Yojimbo

2008-01-03 Thread Niels Kobschaetzki
On Jan 3, 2008 9:56 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Jan 3, 2008 9:51 PM, Niels Kobschaetzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Jan 3, 2008 9:48 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 3 Jan 2008, at 9:11 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-URL from Yojimbo

2008-01-03 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Jan 3, 2008 9:51 PM, Niels Kobschaetzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2008 9:48 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 3 Jan 2008, at 9:11 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thursday, January 03, 2008, at 12:08PM, "Niels Kobschaetzki" > > > <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-URL from Yojimbo

2008-01-03 Thread Niels Kobschaetzki
On Jan 3, 2008 9:48 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3 Jan 2008, at 9:11 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > > > > On Thursday, January 03, 2008, at 12:08PM, "Niels Kobschaetzki" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I'm using Yojimbo to archive web-pages and it gives

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-URL from Yojimbo

2008-01-03 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 3 Jan 2008, at 9:11 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Thursday, January 03, 2008, at 12:08PM, "Niels Kobschaetzki" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I'm using Yojimbo to archive web-pages and it gives me as a link >> to an >> item something that looks like: >> x-yojimbo-item:/DA553

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-URL from Yojimbo

2008-01-03 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Thursday, January 03, 2008, at 12:08PM, "Niels Kobschaetzki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi! > >I'm using Yojimbo to archive web-pages and it gives me as a link to an >item something that looks like: >x-yojimbo-item:/DA5535B4-9538-4007-9618-8E5056A44283 >Bibdesk doesn't recognize it and makes

[Bibdesk-users] Local-URL from Yojimbo

2008-01-03 Thread Niels Kobschaetzki
Hi! I'm using Yojimbo to archive web-pages and it gives me as a link to an item something that looks like: x-yojimbo-item:/DA5535B4-9538-4007-9618-8E5056A44283 Bibdesk doesn't recognize it and makes LOCATION-OF-THE-BIB-FILE/x-yojimbo-item:/DA5535B4-9538-4007-9618-8E5056A44283 out of it and therefo

[Bibdesk-users] local-url (was: [OT] Workflow for handling reference-materials)

2007-06-22 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 22.06.2007 um 20:14 schrieb Adam R. Maxwell: > > On Friday, June 22, 2007, at 10:04AM, "Alex Hamann" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Am 22.06.2007 um 17:03 schrieb Adam R. Maxwell: >> >>> You can also associate multiple files with >>> a single reference. >> >> follow up question here sinc