Re: [Bibdesk-users] Way to make Skim default only in Bibdesk?

[kbostroem <bo...@ki...>]

> I suspect it's because there is a system-wide setting, and that if people
> were to change this just for BD, it would conflict with that setting.
> 
I have the system-wide default set to Preview.app and in BibDesk to
Skim.app. It works as expected. No conflict.



> In contrast with TeXShop, whose PDF viewer is built in, BibDesk relies on
> an external program, and changing the preference for it in BD would take
> over a system function.
> 
Yes but who cares? That's typical for the difference between developers and
ordinary users. Ordinary users just want the software to simplify their
workflow in a logical and transparent manner. The software should just work.
They absolutely do not care if internally, in the guts of the Cocoa
framework, some comfortable and much beloved preference setting actually
takes over a system function. Honestly: Is there (or will there ever be) any
true problem with taking over a system function from within BibDesk
preferences (besides, perhaps, violating some programmer's dogma)?



> Also I am pretty sure you can right-click on a PDF icon or image and
> choose "open with" as a way of opting out of the system-wide setting.
> 
Yes, of course. It's right-click/cmd-click, then go down the context menu to
"open with", wait for the extension menu to unfold, scroll down a list of
about 20 items and then click on the item near the very bottom (in case of
"Skim", at least). That makes 4 operations instead of one simple
double-click every time you want to view a paper! I assume nobody here among
the proponents truly claims that it's impossible to do so. It's just very
... tedious. Tedious enough to explain many user's otherwise unexplainable
desire for a default setting in the preference pane.--
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