Re: [Bibdesk-users] Copy Rich Text hangs

[Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users]

> On Mar 2, 2022, at 5:56 PM, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2 Mar 2022, at 19:59, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users 
>> <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> 
>> All:
>> 
>> When I copy a bib entry as rich text (via contextual menu and via the Edit 
>> menu), BibDesk hangs. I see the following message at the bottom of the 
>> BibDesk window:
>> 
>> "Generating data. Please wait..."
>> 
>> Does anyone else see this problem?
>> 
>> Trying to paste into another application hangs the destination application, 
>> too.  Steps to replicate:
>> 
>> * Select one row (one reference) in the main BibDesk window.
>> * Right click to choose "Copy Rich Text"
>> * Switch to MS Word (or other application, like TextMate)
>> * Paste
>> 
>> Now both applications (BibDesk and Word or other destination app) are 
>> beachballing.  The only way to recover is to force quit both BibDesk and the 
>> destination app.
>> 
>> If it matters, I'm on a 14-inch MacBook Pro (M1 Pro).  I'm using BibDesk 
>> 1.8.8 (5799).
>> 
>> Any suggestions for how to work around this bug?  
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Matt
> 
> 
> This message is normal. You should be able to wait till it finishes. This may 
> take a little while, depending on your environment and your tex installation. 
> You should realize that it needs several tex runs to generate the data.
> 
> 
> Christiaan
> 



Thanks for your response.  I just tried again.  I let it go 10 minutes, but it 
still didn't complete the copy.  Should I wait longer?  


Cheers,

Matt





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