On 3 Nov 2007, at 12:12 PM, Holger Frauenrath wrote: > > On Nov 3, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> AFAIK there is not simple way to automatically remove duplicates. The >> problem is that duplicate entries are not necessarily identical >> entries, so a decision has to be made as to which of the duplicates >> is retained. And an automatic system cannot make this choice (apart >> from making a random choice). So the easiest is to put the selected >> duplicates in a temporary (static) group and delete duplicates >> manually. Make sure you use Option-Delete to delete the items, >> otherwise they are merely deleted from the group. If you sort by an >> appropriate column it should not be too hard to identify the >> duplicates. >> >> Christiaan > > > Hi, > > just as a question/suggestion: would it not be possible to let the > "select duplicates" command (or a new similar command) *display* all > duplicates (like a filter) but *select* all duplicate copies except > for one by default? Then, if the user does not care for the problem > you mentioned, removing duplicates would amount to choosing this > command and hitting delete. > > Best regards > Holger
Displaying: no, as there is no UI reason why items are not displayed (and to reverse that). But what we can do is show a sheet and let the user decide how duplicates are selected. 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
