JabRef
Allow relative paths in Recent Libraries
My bibliography folder is synced across several machines (work, laptop, and home; Windows and Linux) and looks like:
./Jabref-x.x.jar
./jabref.xml (memory stick mode enabled)
./bib/*.bib (with relative paths for "file directories" to point to ../files/)
./files/*.pdf
In File / Recent Libraries, however, the same bib file has multiple entries because it was opened in different machines, e.g:
- C:\Users\username\Documents\Synced_Folder\bib\mylibrary.bib
- C:\Users\username\Synced Folder\bib\mylibrary.bib
- /home/username/synced_folder/bib/mylibrary.bib
Suggestion: It would be helpful to provide an option that if an opened library is in a relative path specified by the user for this purpose (e.g., ./bib/), then JabRef will remember the relative path of the library (./bib/mylibrary.bib) instead of its absolute path.
This seems a duplicate of #3138 (I should have searched better before posting!).
Refinement: If in "memory stick mode" (org.jabref.logic.InternalPreferences#memoryStickMode), then store recent files relative to location of JabRef executable.
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Hi! I would like to work on this issue. I will start implementing the relative path storage as described above.
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