On 6 Nov 2007, at 4:58 PM, Justin C. Walker wrote:
> Thanks for your response.
>
> On Nov 6, 2007, at 02:15 , Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
>> Indeed, it's not possible to crossref between .bib files, and will
>> never be possible. Bibtex would also never be able to do it, and
>> BibDesk's implementation is implement to support this bibtex feature,
>> without it in bibtex it would never have been a feature in BibDesk.
>
> It was worth asking, and the feature isn't on my must-have list.
> FWIW, it works fine, once I tell bibtex about all of the .bib
> files :-}.
>
>> Also we think that generally it is preferable to have a single
>> database (this is one of the reasons), and organize them using the
>> groups.
>
> Well, my arrangement predates BibDesk; also, I get one of the files
> from another app ('Books'), so it is *much* easier to keep those
> files separate. Going from two to three separate files is just a
> small step :-} If I'd happened on BibDesk first, I might do it your
> way (if I could figure out how to merge the 'Books' output into that
> single .bib file).
>
> In any case, thanks for a great app.
>
> Justin
Merging should be pretty easy. You can use external file groups and
import from there (you can then also merge without duplicates). Or
you can simply drag/drop between two windows.
Christiaan
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