>> I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my >> BibDesk library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank >> reference entry that I can complete. Sometimes, though, the new >> reference entry BibDesk creates is not blank -- many of the fields >> are auto-magically completed. This would be cool and useful if not >> for the fact that the information BibDesk supplies is universally and >> completely incorrect > > This is not supplied by BibDesk, but by the creator of the PDF file.
That is interesting. The PDF info is truly a mess more often than not, and seems to refer to a completely different article. Perhaps I will contact the PDF authors... >> is there a way to disable this "feature"? > > Sounds like you enabled a hidden preference using Terminal and > forgot about it. We don't enable this by default because PDF > metadata is generally incorrect. > > defaults write edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata 0 The only hidden setting I have ever changed is BDSKDefaultAnimationTimeInterval (which I set to 0). An attempt to read the current value of the BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata variable fails, as follows: $ defaults read edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata The domain/default pair of (edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk, BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata) does not exist My understanding is that this means the variable is not set at all, and BibDesk will use a default value of 0. I went ahead and set it to 0 manually using the command you suggested, and that did not solve the problem. Any other thoughts? Thanks for your help! Best - Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
