"Main file directory" should be relative to the bib file

[vogler]

If I set "Preferences > File> Main file directory" to "lit", then the default "Link" after "Look up full text document" will be "/Applications/JabRef.app/Contents/java/app/lit/some.pdf" instead of "/path/to/bib/lit/some.pdf"

Version 3.3

[Siedlerchr]

I can not really reproduce this in the current master: 1aa2145
Please try again with v3.3 or the latest development snapshot from http://builds.jabref.org/master/

My settings are as follows:

1. Open bib databse e.g . \JabRef\Data\myBibs\test.bib
2. Set Main file directory to "lit" (so the relative path is myBibs\lit )
3. Check "Allow file links relative to bib" <- Maybe you did not check that?
4. Auto ink files with names starting with bibtex keys
5. Select an entry in the database -> File -> Auto

And now the file is attached using its relative path:

[vogler]

Same settings, same behavior with the current snapshot.
Linking files works. The only problem is that the path-prefix in the "Look up full text document" dialog is set to wherever the jar-file is, instead of where the bib-file is. E.g. now it is "/Users/voglerr/Downloads/lit/foo.pdf" instead of "/Users/voglerr/paper/lit/foo.pdf".

[Siedlerchr]

@vogler Ah yes. Now I understand what you mean. You are referring to the Quality-> Lookup fulltext document dialog.
Yes, I could reproduce that behavior. I will look into that. I think I know where to look.

Could someone add bug label and assign it to me?

[JabFabi]

Hi, I'm not sure if this is related to the issue you are working on, but as you mentioned the option "Allow file links relative to bib":
I would like to enable this option (as I had in an older version) but whenever I do so, it gets reset to the disabled state after restarting JabRef 3.3.
I had a look into the exported settings XML file and compared it to the old one; the corresponding entry is simply missing and it seems to be missing in the Windows registry as well. Also, I didn't find any entry for this option in the "View settings" dialog.
Let me know if you need further details.

Greetings and thanks for the great job!
Fabi

[stefan-kolb]

@JabFabi Please open a new issue for this behavior.

[koppor]

@vogler Work around: Set the relative directory for each bibtex database. Please report if that works for you.

[Siedlerchr]

@koppor This issue is fixed in #1336 (Working directoy)

[Siedlerchr]

@vogler Fixed. Please try out the latest dev build from:
http://builds.jabref.org/master/