[OS X TeX] Slightly OT: BibDesk + PDF drop

Adam R. Maxwell amaxwell at mac.com
Tue Jun 20 09:02:44 EDT 2006


On Jun 20, 2006, at 04:40, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> On Jun 19, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Christian Heine wrote:
>> Dragging a PDF file from the Desktop to the main publications list  
>> window.
>>
>> I just realised that it only takes very long to respond when a  
>> file is dragged onto the main publications window from a place  
>> that is _not_ set as "Auto file" location. If the file resides  
>> already in the auto file folder, then it's pretty snappy.
>
> I can confirm this problem. It happens when I drag the pdf onto a  
> publication in the publications table. If I drag it to the open  
> record of the publication, the pdf is transferred quickly.

Thanks for letting me know.  If you could send a sample (see my reply  
to Christian), that would be helpful.  In his case, it looks like the  
slowdown is in getting the Spotlight (Finder) comment for files; we  
added that in 1.2.6 to work around an Apple bug that loses them  
whenever you copy/move a file.  Unfortunately, it requires sending an  
AppleEvent to the Finder.

-- Adam

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