You may have some problem with your data. The logs seem to be nil, so you may
look into the log files themselves (the paths are given in the message you see,
as below). My guess is that you have an encoding problem. So check the encoding
of your data.
Christiaan
On Dec 26, 2011, at 18:29, John Harpur wrote:
> I have just begun using Bibdesk to manage my references and associated
> papers, so forgive me if I ask a very elementary question
> When I choose an entry for 'Tex Preview' I expect to see a pdf of the entry
> as it would look formatted in a bibliography (sample APA). Instead I get a
> an error. Have i misunderstood something? Both pdflatex and bibtex are in the
> /usr/texbin directory.
>
> Error message:
> ++++++++++++++++
> TeX preview generation failed. Please review the log below to determine the
> cause.
>
> ---------- TeX log file ----------
> File:
> "/var/folders/Dd/DdhRGWEdGLSN35Fowb2SMk+++TI/-Tmp-/bibdesk.hNyVl1/bibpreview/bibpreview.log"
> (null)
>
> ---------- BibTeX log file -------
> File:
> "/var/folders/Dd/DdhRGWEdGLSN35Fowb2SMk+++TI/-Tmp-/bibdesk.hNyVl1/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg"
> (null)
>
> ---------- BibDesk info ----------
> <BDSKTeXTask: 0x7fb3a0> {
> ivars:
> delegate = "(null)"
> file name = "bibpreview"
> template = "/Users/jharpur/Library/Application
> Support/BibDesk/previewtemplate.tex"
> TeX file =
> "/var/folders/Dd/DdhRGWEdGLSN35Fowb2SMk+++TI/-Tmp-/bibdesk.hNyVl1/bibpreview/bibpreview.tex"
> BibTeX file =
> "/var/folders/Dd/DdhRGWEdGLSN35Fowb2SMk+++TI/-Tmp-/bibdesk.hNyVl1/bibpreview/bibpreview.bib"
> TeX binary path = "/usr/texbin"
> Encoding = "Western (ASCII)"
> BibTeX style = "apalike"
> Helper files = (
> )
>
> environment:
> SHELL = "/bin/bash"
> BIBINPUTS = "(null)"
> BSTINPUTS = "(null)"
> PATH = "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/texbin" }
>
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