And of course there's nothing anyway can say other than "you obviously have invalid bibtex" based on this info. You can look at the bibtex source and try and fix it yourself by double-clicking the entry in the error panel.
Christiaan On 19 Jun 2008, at 5:51 AM, James Howison wrote: > Just to be clear; another program is generating something it calls > BibTeX that BibDesk can't import? > > Probably helpful if you paste in the text it purports is bibtex, it > sounds like Bookends might be generating faulty bibtex? > > On Jun 18, 2008, at 11:38 PM, Shane Eastwood wrote: > >> I am getting this error, when exporting Bookends bibliograph in >> Bibtex >> format and then dragging to Bibdesk 1.3.12 (v940) window. i am not >> sure where the problem is coming from. Do you know how to fix the >> problem? >> >> By manually removing the first ',' on the first line of each >> reference >> entry, and then dragging into Bibdesk main window resolves the >> problem >> it appears. However how can i make it run properly? >> >> Please see below: >> >> bibliography 26 syntax error found ",", expected one of: >> number, >> name (entry type, key, field, or macro name), end of entry ("}" or >> ")") or quoted string ({...} or "...") >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Shango. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users