I raised this issue several months ago, but don't think I made myself clear.
A problem I've run into is that if I import a reference with non-plain-text (Unicode?) character (an en-dash, an em-dash, an open or closed quote) in the abstract, it will require a "save as" in a different file format with a different file name. This occurs when using the default Western ASCII file format. I frequently recommend BibDesk to students and fellow scholars. However, I am loath to do so with anyone but the most technical -- this is a serious frustration for the average user, who will be confused by the issue. I typically cut the abstract, paste it into BBEdit and run the "Zap Gremlins" command to replace/remove the offending characters. I've tried to manually remove these characters from the abstract in BibDesk, but I find that sometimes they can be invisible. It would be great to have a "strip out gremlins" option to automatically convert these. I typically use EBSCO to retrive citations, and I'd guess this problem arises in about 20 percent of the time. Thanks again to all who work on development and support for BibDesk -- it really is an amazing tool. -c ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
