Dear all, sorry for my apparent stupidity, but I still cannot get bibdesk to render a TeX preview of a selected reference in apa7 style (NOT „apalike“). Can someone who managed this please share their preview tex template with me? I’m running MacTex 2023.
Thank you and best greetings, Bertolt > Am 22.06.2023 um 23:05 schrieb Alan Munn <am...@gmx.com>: > > If you're using an up-to-date biblatex, and load it with the style=apa option > it will format things according to the APA7 specfiications in any document > class. You can get APA6 by using the apa6 package option. The apa7 document > class is for producing APA conforming manuscripts or preprints, it doesn't do > any formatting of the bibliography. So I'm not sure what you mean by it not > working with article: > > Here's a simple example: > > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage[american]{babel} > \usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex} > \usepackage{csquotes} > \addbibresource{/usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-apa/biblatex-apa-test-references.bib} > \begin{document} > \textcite{10.15:105c} > \printbibliography > \end{document} > > Notice that if you change the style to apa6 the formatting of the entry > changes. > > Alan > > > > I thought this was the only way to get APA 7th - formatted references? Is > there a way to get APA 7 style to work with article? I only managed to get > article to work with APA 6, not 7. > > > Bertolt > > > Am 22.06.2023 um 15:39 schrieb am...@gmx.com: > > > > Why are you using the apa7 document class? For preview this makes very > > little sense. Just use article. The class has no effect on the bibliography > > formatting. > > > > Alan > > > > Sent using the mobile mail app > > > > On 6/22/23 at 09:13, Prof. Bertolt Meyer wrote: > > > >> Still not working. With the .bib extension, BibDesk throws an error, so > >> this preview template > >> > >> \documentclass[man]{apa7} > >> \usepackage[american]{babel} > >> \usepackage{csquotes} > >> \usepackage[style=apa,backend=biber]{biblatex} > >> \addbibresource{<<File>>.bib} > >> \pagestyle{empty} > >> \textwidth = 6.5in > >> % \voffset = -105pt > >> % \hoffset = -120pt > >> > >> \begin{document} > >> \nocite{<<CiteKeys>>} > >> \printbibliography > >> \end{document} > >> > >> gives this log: > >> > >> ---------- 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' > >> [33] biber-darwin:340> INFO - === Thu Jun 22, 2023, 15:08:31 > >> [41] Biber.pm:419> INFO - Reading 'bibpreview.bcf' > >> [86] Biber.pm:979> INFO - Found 1 citekeys in bib section 0 > >> [96] Biber.pm:4419> INFO - Processing section 0 > >> [102] Biber.pm:4610> INFO - Looking for bibtex file 'bibpreview' for > >> section 0 > >> [195] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable > >> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable' > >> [195] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults > >> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized' > >> [196] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/apasortcite//global/global' > >> of type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US' > >> [196] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US' > >> [198] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable > >> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable' > >> [198] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults > >> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized' > >> [198] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/global//global/global' of > >> type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US' > >> [198] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US' > >> [199] bbl.pm:660> INFO - Writing 'bibpreview.bbl' with encoding 'UTF-8' > >> [199] bbl.pm:763> INFO - Output to bibpreview.bbl > >> [199] Biber.pm:131> WARN - Data source './bibpreview.tex' contains no > >> BibTeX entries/macros, ignoring > >> [199] Biber.pm:131> WARN - I didn't find a database entry for 'Mandl_2023' > >> (section 0) > >> [199] Biber.pm:133> INFO - WARNINGS: 2 > >> > >> Without the .bib, the above template results in an empty preview without > >> error with this log: > >> > >> > >> ---------- 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, 15:12:39 > >> [37] Biber.pm:419> INFO - Reading 'bibpreview.bcf' > >> [79] Biber.pm:979> INFO - Found 1 citekeys in bib section 0 > >> [89] Biber.pm:4419> INFO - Processing section 0 > >> [93] Biber.pm:4610> INFO - Looking for bibtex file 'bibpreview' for > >> section 0 > >> [174] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults > >> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized' > >> [174] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable > >> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable' > >> [174] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/apasortcite//global/global' > >> of type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US' > >> [174] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US' > >> [177] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults 'variable > >> = shifted' with 'variable = non-ignorable' > >> [177] UCollate.pm:68> INFO - Overriding locale 'en-US' defaults > >> 'normalization = NFD' with 'normalization = prenormalized' > >> [177] Biber.pm:4239> INFO - Sorting list 'apa/global//global/global' of > >> type 'entry' with template 'apa' and locale 'en-US' > >> [177] Biber.pm:4245> INFO - No sort tailoring available for locale 'en-US' > >> [177] bbl.pm:660> INFO - Writing 'bibpreview.bbl' with encoding 'UTF-8' > >> [177] bbl.pm:763> INFO - Output to bibpreview.bbl > >> [178] Biber.pm:131> WARN - Data source './bibpreview.tex' contains no > >> BibTeX entries/macros, ignoring > >> [178] Biber.pm:131> WARN - I didn't find a database entry for > >> 'Mandl:2023ab' (section 0) > >> [178] Biber.pm:133> INFO - WARNINGS: 2 > >> > >> > >> > >>> Am 22.06.2023 um 15:06 schrieb Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>: > >>> > >>> Oh, and I don’t see you added the .bib extension to <<File>>. > >>> > >>> Christiaan > >>> > >>>> On 22 Jun 2023, at 15:05, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> What if you remove the biblatex from the document class option instead? > >>>> > >>>> Christiaan > >>>> > >>>>> On 22 Jun 2023, at 14:54, Prof. Bertolt Meyer > >>>>> <bertolt.me...@psychologie.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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