This is related to an annoying bug on the latest releases, that was already fixed in the nightly builds. The problem is that the Last Import group is not inserted in the correct (first) location. And whenever you import, the code is trying to access the wrong group to update it, and chokes. A way to work around this for now is to rename your smart groups so they are always sorted after the Last import group (make sure the first letter is larger than L). Or download a recent nightly build.
Christiaan > On 7 Oct 2021, at 00:24, Justin C. Walker via Bibdesk-users > <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > I am seeing strange behavior when I try to create a new publication from a > bibtex item in the clipboard. > > I pick up the item, usually from MathSciNet, and occasionally from other > sites. > > Using the shortcut OPT-CMD-L, I normally will see a new pub entered in the > main window, and an “index window” pops up containing the details from the > clipboard. > > However, occasionally, this does not work, as far I am able to tell, from > observing what’s happening on the screen (which is no change: no new entry, > no additional window appearing). > > At first I would try again, and again. eventually, thinking BibDesk was > borked, I would quit and restart. > > To my surprise, the previous attempts had actually worked, and there were new > entries (one for each attempt with the short-cut above). I would delete them > all, and try again, this time with success. > > I normally can’t get useful information from the Console Log, but I took a > quick snapshot around the time this happened. I am attaching this at the end. > > FWIW, this behavior is now quite repeatable, although I can’t “make” it > happen. It seems that, if it happens with previous versions, it was very > infrequent. I am up-to-date, with version 1.8.6. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks for any pointers or suggestions. > > Justin > > <BD.txt> > -- > Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large > Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds > ----------- > Like the ski resort full of girls hunting for husbands > and husbands hunting for girls, the situation is not > as symmetrical as it might seem. > - Alan MacKay > -- _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
