If you have set ASCII as the default encoding in the Files prefs, you can change that to UTF-8. If you get a warning when opening a file that was saved with ASCII encoding, you can safely ignore that.
BibDesk could try to guess the encoding of the file, but that would be wrong and lying to you. With lots of bad consequences, including files that may not save. Note that being able to open a file with a particular encoding is no guarantee that that's the right one. And if it isn't, you will have messed up text without knowing it, and you probably won't be able to save the file. That's why BibDesk always either fails or warns. Also note that, unlike TextMate, you don't really see the plain text that's downloaded. Note that you can also use the Open... menu item to open a file with a particular encoding. Christiaan On 21 Aug 2008, at 9:34 PM, James Howison wrote: > Hi, > > PLOS is publishing their bibtex in utf8 (as a downloaded .bib file). > Which is fine, if one opens the file with utf8 encoding. However when > I double click it, BibDesk (1.3.18) gives the "Unable to parse string > as BibTeX" error, which suggests editing, but not trying a different > encoding. > > I just wondered whether bibdesk ought to be able to assess the > encoding of the file (TextMate seems to be able to), or whether this > error message might suggest trying a different encoding? > > The example bibtex downloads from here (download citation) > > http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000108 > > Thanks, > James ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
