> On 3 Mar 2022, at 16:25, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mar 3, 2022, at 9:54 AM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 3 Mar 2022, at 14:29, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> 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/ <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 >>> >> >> Strange that only this one fails, as it basically does the same as Copy as >> PDF, just in the end getting text from the PDF. Does the TeX preview work? >> And can you copy text from the TeX preview? And have you changed the bibtex >> style, or edit the tex preview template? >> >> Christiaan >> > > Thanks for your email and suggestions. > > (1) The TeX preview works: > > <PastedGraphic-1.png> > > > (2) Yes, I can copy text out of the TeX preview. I pasted that text into > TextMate. > > (3) Here is my TeX - Typeset Preview preference pane: > > <PastedGraphic-2.png> > > > So BibTeX style is abbrv. > > I *have* updated the TeX template, which now looks like this: > >> \documentclass[letterpaper]{article} >> \pagestyle{empty} >> \textwidth = 6.5in >> \voffset = -105pt >> \hoffset = -120pt >> \renewcommand{\refname}{} >> >> % I added this line so that URLs render properly in the LaTeX previews >> % -- MKH, 25 Jan 2017 >> \usepackage{url} >> >> >> % The following command is provided for LaTeX2RTF compatibility with >> amslatex. >> \newif\iflatextortf >> \iflatextortf >> \providecommand{\bysame}{\_\_\_\_\_} >> \fi >> >> \begin{document} >> \nocite{<<CiteKeys>>} >> \bibliography{<<File>>} >> \bibliographystyle{<<Style>>} >> \end{document} > > > > Note that I have added the line > >> \usepackage{url} > > > But I don't think I modified anything else. > > I reset the style file. But that doesn't help. "Copy Rich Text" still > beachballs on the single entry in my .bib file. > > > > Does that provide any additional clues? Thanks again for the help. > > > Cheers, > > Matt >
Not really. Strange, so every part of the process seems to work, but together it hangs. So did you try to copy *and* paste the Copy as PDF? Christiaan
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