Andreas: Thanks for the suggestion of trying to copy only one reference. In fact, I was trying to copy only a single reference.
The rest of this email is further debugging and a summary. Spoiler: problem not fixed. * I note that the problem happens on a different machine (2017 iMac Pro) running macOS 12.2.1. * I wondered if the problem is with the .bib file. So I stripped the .bib file to a single reference. Copy Rich Text still fails with message "Generating data. Pleas wait." Here is entirety of the simple .bib file: > %% This BibTeX bibliography file was created using BibDesk. > %% https://bibdesk.sourceforge.io/ > > %% Created for Matt at 2022-03-03 08:08:11 -0500 > > > %% Saved with string encoding Unicode (UTF-8) > > > > @article{Semieniuk:2021aa, > author = {Gregor Semieniuk and Lance Taylor and Armon Rezai and Duncan > K. Foley}, > date-added = {2021-01-29 20:57:42 -0500}, > date-modified = {2021-01-29 21:01:07 -0500}, > doi = {10.1038/s41558-020-00975-7}, > journal = {Nature Climate Change}, > month = {25 January}, > pages = {1-14}, > title = {Plausible energy demand patterns in a growing global economy > with climate policy}, > year = {2021}} * Trying all of the other contextual menu "Copy ..." commands: Copy Cite Command Copy BibTeX Record Copy Minimal BibTeX Record Copy RIS Record Copy PDF Copy LaTeX Copy AMSrefs LaTeX Copy Item URL Copy Using Template All work as expected. The only Copy command that fails is "Copy Rich Text". So to summarize: * Copying a single reference as rich text causes beachball * For at least 10 minutes * With message "Generating data. Please wait ..." * On 2 different systems * With a very simple .bib file (only one entry, see above) * All other "Copy ..." commands in the contextual menu succeed I'm wondering if anyone can reproduce this problem with the simple .bib file above? If not, any ideas for how I can work around it? Thanks to those who have already sent ideas. And thanks in advance to those who will send ideas in the future. Cheers, Matt > On Mar 3, 2022, at 3:23 AM, Fischlin Andreas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is likely to vary a lot with the amount of data you wish to process. > Have you tried with a single reference selected? > > ETH Zurich, Prof. em. Dr. Andreas Fischlin, IPCC Vice-Chair WGII, Systems > Ecology, CHN E 24, Universitaetstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zurich, SWITZERLAND > Tel: +41 44 633-6090 Mobile: +41 79 595-4050 Mail: > [email protected] > www.sysecol.ethz.ch/people/andreas.fischlin.html > >> On 3 Mar 2022, at 02:05, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>> On Mar 2, 2022, at 5:56 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 2 Mar 2022, at 19:59, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users >>>>> <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
