> On 3 Mar 2022, at 16:35, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Mar 3, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 3 Mar 2022, at 16:25, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[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 > > Thanks for continuing to think about this. Here are the steps I took: > > * Copy PDF (works; doesn't hang BibDesk) > * Open Preview > * File|New from Clipboard (works; I see the bib entry) > > * Quit everything > * Reopen BibDesk > * Copy PDF > * Open PowerPoint > * Paste (works; I see the bib entry) > > So Copy PDF seems to work just fine for both copying AND pasting. > > Note that Copy Rich Text hangs BibDesk on the copy action. It doesn't get > past the "Generating data. Please wait" step. > > > Any other thoughts? I'm beginning to fear that I'm the only one with this > problem, which would be a real bummer! > > > Cheers, > > Matt >
There is also an open bug report on this, but you two are the only ones I heard this about. And I certainly cannot reproduce it. And I also cannot understand why it would happen. As, again, the Copy as RTF is exactly the same as Copy as PDF, with a further generation of RTF from the resulting PDF. So the problem must be in that last conversion step. Hence probably in PDFKit. but I have no idea what that could be, and why specifically for you. Is there anything appearing in Console.app? And what OS system are you using? Christiaan
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