> On 3 Mar 2022, at 16:47, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 3 Mar 2022, at 16:35, Matthew Heun via Bibdesk-users >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[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
I wonder if it is some bug in PDFKit in 12.2, it almost must be. I myself man still running 11.6, so I cannot check it.But then it is strange that just copying the preview would not lead to the same problem, as it should top the exact same thing. Christiaan
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