(Largely redundant with what has been said) My own strategy for both merging and duplicate-search goes through keywords:
- Merging: each file got a file:Cancer / file:Health / etc. keyword. - Duplicates: select all duplicates, assign them a "Duplicate" keyword, and spend a few minutes deleting what has to be. Fr. On 24/08/07, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 24 Aug 2007, at 10:05 PM, Chris Goedde wrote: > > > On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > > >> The reason is very simple: I don't have Category as a default field, > >> so on my side this field is ignored for comparison for equivalence, > >> while with your settings the category field is compared because it is > >> a default field. As I mentioned in an earlier mail, BibDesk compares > >> required, optional *and* default fields to determine equivalence. > >> > >> If you don't want the Category field to be taken into account you > >> should not include it as a default field. You can still add the > >> Category field or set it by adding it to a field group by drag&drop. > >> You can also temporarily disable the default status when merging. > > > > Okay, what about fields like Local-Url, which is greyed-out in the > > preferences? Does that mean that two other-wise identical records > > with different local urls will always be judged as non-duplicates? If > > so, is there an alternative to manual scanning for identifying such > > records? I guess "Select Duplicates by Cite Key"? > > > > Chris > > > > Yes, that was my suggestion in an earlier mail. BTW, if you do that > with an external group selected it compares the external items to the > items in your Library. > > Christiaan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
