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 (as many as you
need, the script should return the maximum added number to add that you need),
tell application "BibDesk"
tell front document
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {";"}
set theMax to 0
repeat with aPub in publications
tell (contents of aPub)
set theValue to value of field "File"
if theValue contains ";" then
set theFileNames to text items of
theValue
set i to 0
repeat with theFileName in theFileNames
set theFileName to contents of
theFileName
if theFileName ≠ "" then
set theFieldName to
"File"
if i > 0 then set
theFieldName to theFieldName & i
set value of field
theFieldName to theFileName
set i to i + 1
end if
if i > theMax + 1 then set
theMax to i - 1
end repeat
end if
end tell
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
return theMax
end tell
end tell
Christiaan
> On 29 Dec 2020, at 00:08, Ronald Haynes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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 campuses are
> situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and
> we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the
> Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
> On Dec 28, 2020, 7:35 PM -0330, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>, wrote:
>> 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 <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
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