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
