Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local-Url field

[Christiaan H. <cmh...@gm...>]

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