On 1 Feb 2008, at 3:54 PM, Etienne Roesch wrote: > > Hi, > > I think you are right, everything points to a bug in the way LyX > handles the bib items. I wonder if it's due to the encoding of the > files. > > Anyway, to wrap up: i converted the local-url files using the macro, > most of my bib items containing such files yielded an error "files or > url cannot be found" (in french). Given that the conversion seemed to > have worked anyway (my old bib items do contain a new link to the > files), I used the find and replace option to remove the local-url > fields in bulk. >
Strange, you get these error messages, it only gives error messages when the URLs in the fields could not be converted to a proper URL. So you say the blue side views contain all the linked fields and URLs? > .. but that did not solve my problem. > > Pdflatex (called by LyX) does not seem to bother and does provide the > ouput I want so I won't bother either for now. > > Thanks! > Also if you use it one-way (BibDesk->LyX) you could export as minimal bibtex (which drops bibdesk's special fields). Christiaan > > Le 1 févr. 08 à 13:08, Christiaan Hofman a écrit : > >> First of all, this sounds more like a problem of LyX than of BibDesk. >> I don't use LyX myself, so I don't know how LyX handles bibtex. If it >> uses bibtex, you should be able to choose a different bibtex style >> and that may solve the problem. Bibtex can contain any number of >> extra fields, those should simply be ignored. Otherwise I'd consider >> that a LyX bug. >> >> In the latest releases, you can easily get rid of the Local-Url >> fields, without losing the linked files. You're advised to use >> "Convert File and URL Fields" in the Database menu for this, make >> sure you uncheck "Keep local file fields". >> >> Also you can easily remove the Abstract fields in bulk using >> "Database Search and Replace" in the Edit > Find menu. >> >> hth, >> Christiaan > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
