Yes you can automate it with applescript, but I'm not very familiar with that system so I can't offer more advice.
-k. * On 2014-09-26 at 07:21, Antonio Fortin wrote: > Thanks Ken. I’d like to be able to automate the importing of PDFs into > BibDesk. I’m on a Mac, so what I do to add files to other apps is have > Hazel (an automation assistant) monitor a folder and, depending on the > tag a file has, it will open it in a specific app. That’s usually > enough to import it into that app. However, with BibDesk, this doesn’t > work - I get an error saying that the file isn’t a text file. I assume > that this is because when one opens a file in BibDesk, it expects a > library (.bib) rather than a binary file. Is there a different command > I could use, or even an AppleScript, that would allow me to add a PDF? > > I’m currently migrating from Papers to BibDesk, so this would also be helpful > for that. > > Antonio > > > On 26 Sep 2014, at 13:01, Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Drag and drop does this. Just drop between entries, not on a entry. >> >> Please excuse brevity. Sent from pocket computer with tiny non-haptic >> feedback keyboard. >> >>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 6:44, Antonio Fortin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Is there any way to import PDFs that don’t already have an entry in >>> BibDesk? The idea would be that, if the PDF has no metadata (or that >>> metadata is junk, which is usually the case, that this would just create a >>> blank entry with the PDF attached to it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Antonio >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer >>> Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports >>> Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper >>> Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer >>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bibdesk-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer >> Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports >> Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper >> Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer > Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports > Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper > Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
