That’s not it either. The template looks like this at the moment (resulting in an empty preview):
\documentclass[man, biblatex]{apa7} \usepackage[american]{babel} \usepackage{csquotes} % \usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex} \addbibresource{<<File>>} \pagestyle{empty} \textwidth = 6.5in % \voffset = -105pt % \hoffset = -120pt \begin{document} \nocite{<<CiteKeys>>} \printbibliography \end{document} And gives (now using the BibTeX output): ---------- BibTeX log file ------- File: "/var/folders/rd/njfhjmlx6wnbvgr0wl6zvv2h0000gn/T/bibdesk.sWm61C/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg" [0] Config.pm:307> INFO - This is Biber 2.19 [0] Config.pm:310> INFO - Logfile is 'bibpreview.blg' [30] biber-darwin:340> INFO - === Thu Jun 22, 2023, 14:50:19 [38] Biber.pm:419> INFO - Reading 'bibpreview.bcf' [80] Biber.pm:979> INFO - Found 1 citekeys in bib section 0 [91] Biber.pm:4419> INFO - Processing section 0 [96] Biber.pm:4610> INFO - Looking for bibtex file 'bibpreview' for section 0 [184] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable' [184] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized' [184] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/apasortcite//global/global' of type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US' [184] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US' [187] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized' [187] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable' [187] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/global//global/global' of type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US' [187] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US' [187] bbl.pm:660> INFO - Writing 'bibpreview.bbl' with encoding 'UTF-8' [187] bbl.pm:763> INFO - Output to bibpreview.bbl [187] Biber.pm:131> WARN - Data source './bibpreview.tex' contains no BibTeX entries/macros, ignoring [187] Biber.pm:131> WARN - I didn't find a database entry for 'Mandl:2023ab' (section 0) [187] Biber.pm:133> INFO - WARNINGS: 2 > Am 22.06.2023 um 14:45 schrieb Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>: > > Perhaps there is a problem with loading bib latex twice, once as an option to > \documentclass and once using \usepackage? > > Christiaan > >> On 22 Jun 2023, at 14:25, Prof. Bertolt Meyer >> <bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote: >> >> Hmmm, that re-introduces an error and oddly the log says this (I swear I >> only changed the one line like you suggested to include the .bib): >> >> AED endfloat: Processing end Figures and Tables >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> <inserted text> \@shorttitle >> >> l.15 \end{document} >> >> The control sequence at the end of the top line >> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have >> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct >> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, >> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. >> >> [1{/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}{/usr/l >> ocal/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc} >> >> >> ] (./bibpreview.aux) >> >> LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references. >> >> Package rerunfilecheck Info: File `bibpreview.out' has not changed. >> (rerunfilecheck) Checksum: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E;0. >> >> Package biblatex Warning: Please rerun LaTeX. >> (biblatex) Page breaks have changed. >> >> Package logreq Info: Writing requests to 'bibpreview.run.xml'. >> \openout1 = `bibpreview.run.xml'. >> >> >>> Am 22.06.2023 um 14:16 schrieb Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> I think for fiber you need the full filename with extension. So replace the >>> \addbibresource command by >>> >>> \addbibresource{<<File>>.bib} >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>>> On 22 Jun 2023, at 14:00, Prof. Bertolt Meyer >>>> <bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote: >>>> >>>> Alan, >>>> >>>> thanks so much for your help. It now compiles without error, but the file >>>> is empty, this seems to be the relevant bit: >>>> >>>> (/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/tex/latex/apa7/config/APA7american.txt >>>> File: APA7american.txt 2020/12/02 v1.02 apa7 configuration for American >>>> English >>>> >>>> ) >>>> Package caption Info: Begin \AtBeginDocument code. >>>> Package caption Info: End \AtBeginDocument code. >>>> >>>> LaTeX Warning: Citation 'Mandl:2023ab' undefined on input line 13. >>>> >>>> >>>> LaTeX Warning: Empty bibliography on input line 14. >>>> >>>> AED endfloat: Processing end Figures and Tables (./bibpreview.aux) >>>> >>>> LaTeX Warning: There were undefined references. >>>> >>>> Package rerunfilecheck Info: File `bibpreview.out' has not changed. >>>> (rerunfilecheck) Checksum: D41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E;0. >>>> >>>> Package biblatex Warning: Please (re)run Biber on the file: >>>> (biblatex) bibpreview >>>> (biblatex) and rerun LaTeX afterwards. >>>> >>>> Package logreq Info: Writing requests to 'bibpreview.run.xml'. >>>> \openout1 = `bibpreview.run.xml’. >>>> >>>> >>>> Any idea how to get around this? >>>> >>>> Best greetings, >>>> Bertolt >>>> >>>>> Am 21.06.2023 um 23:01 schrieb am...@gmx.com: >>>>> >>>>> In the TeX preview panel of the preferences you need to use >>>>> /Library/TeX/texbin/biber instead of bibtex in the “Full path to bibtex” >>>>> part of the preference. >>>>> >>>>> Alan >>>>> >>>>> Sent using the mobile mail app >>>>> >>>>> On 6/21/23 at 15:26, Prof. Bertolt Meyer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello fellow bibdesk users, >>>>>> >>>>>> I’m trying to get a formatted latex preview in the preview pane in apa7 >>>>>> style. However, the apa7 document class requires going through biblatex >>>>>> to do proper apa7 formatting. Here is my attempt for a corresponding >>>>>> preview template (I’m running MacTex 2023): >>>>>> >>>>>> \documentclass[man, biblatex]{apa7} >>>>>> \usepackage[american]{babel} >>>>>> \usepackage{csquotes} >>>>>> \usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex} >>>>>> \addbibresource{<<File>>} >>>>>> \pagestyle{empty} >>>>>> \textwidth = 6.5in >>>>>> \voffset = -105pt >>>>>> \hoffset = -120pt >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> \begin{document} >>>>>> \nocite{<<CiteKeys>>} >>>>>> \printbibliography >>>>>> \end{document} >>>>>> >>>>>> However, this throws an error in the preview log: >>>>>> >>>>>> Package biblatex Info: Trying to load bibliographic data... >>>>>> Package biblatex Info: ... file 'bibpreview.bbl' not found. >>>>>> No file bibpreview.bbl. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any idea how to fix this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you and best greetings, >>>>>> Bertolt >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Prof. Dr. Bertolt Meyer >>>>>> Professor for Work and Organizational Psychology >>>>>> Vice Dean of Student Affairs, Institute of Psychology >>>>>> >>>>>> Speaker of the CRC 1410 „Hybrid Societies“ >>>>>> https://hybrid-societies.org >>>>>> >>>>>> Chemnitz University of Technology >>>>>> >>>>>> Wilhelm-Raabe-Str. 43 >>>>>> 09120 Chemnitz >>>>>> Germany >>>>>> >>>>>> Tel. +49 371 531 30587 >>>>>> bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users