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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:20 am
by Guest
Hi there!
Devonthink is definitely a very good app to take notesl, quotes etc.
Thinking about the new hyperlink feature in Bookends I'm wondering if the same (linking in bookends to an entry in DT) can be possible. I posted a topic at DT forum...let's see what they say
http://www.devon-technologies.com/phpB ... t=bookends
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:39 am
by Jon
Hi,
Hm, sorry, but while taking out the trash I inadvertently removed your registration -- please re-register.
As for putting hypertext links in Bookends, that's not possible at this time, because Bookends fields don't support it.
Jon
Sonny Software
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:00 am
by danzac
Jon wrote:Hi,
Hm, sorry, but while taking out the trash I inadvertently removed your registration -- please re-register.
As for putting hypertext links in Bookends, that's not possible at this time, because Bookends fields don't support it.
Jon
Sonny Software
plain text URL's do work though
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:20 am
by danzac
I responded to the guest's post (nestor) on the DT forum, but since some BE users might find it useful, I post this here as well.
nestor,
I can't remember where I read it but I think DT is planning a similar hyperlinking ability, maybe with DT 2.0. But I may have just been dreaming.
If you are really in a bind for this type of ability, there are some workarounds that aren't nearly as slick as what you (and I) are hoping for.
1. You can paste the exact title of the DT file anywhere you want. then when you need to, you can highlight the title, and use the Services menu to look it up in DT.
2. If you aren't picky about the file being opened in DT, then you can use this handy little
quicksilver script (if you are a quicksilver user) to get the hyperlink of any file on your computer. (put it in library>app support>quicksilver>actions and be sure to enable advanced feature in QS).
Having done that and relaunching QS, you can invoke QS, find your DT database file, enter into it and go to the file folder and then find the file you want to link to. Then tab to the action pane of QS and type PURL for the new script and execute it. The resulting URL for the file will open that file in
the default app. Pics and PDFs in Preview, html pages in Safari, RTF's in textedit, etc.
This QS action will work for any file on your computer.
Obviously not ideal, but it may work for you for the the time being.