[Bibdesk-users] copy multiple local files

2013-04-23 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, what is the best way to copy the local files from multiple entries? I have my files autofiled using this format string: %b/%p1/%f{Cite Key}%n0%e Say, I want to access all files linked to entires with a specific keyword and put copies in a separate folder. If I select all the relevant

Re: [Bibdesk-users] copy multiple local files

2013-04-23 Thread Alex Hamann
Awesome, thanks a lot. Alex On 23.04.2013, at 13:01, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Apr 23, 2013, at 12:29, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, what is the best way to copy the local files from multiple entries? I have my files autofiled using this format string: %b/%p1/%f{Cite Key}%n0%e Say, I

[Bibdesk-users] crash with 1.6

2013-02-11 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, this crash is reproducible on my system: - open BD with a new or existing bibliography - copy some text (e.g. from Textedit) and chose new publication from clipboard - use the little icon next to the publication type and chose add field - chose editor BD will crash on confirmation

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk help

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, first of all, BibDesk is a frontend for BibTeX. BibTeX is meant to be used with LaTeX. You should probably read up on these two to get an idea what this means. Have a look here: http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/manual/ I think most of your questions are answered on these pages. Alex On

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk help

2012-10-09 Thread Alex Hamann
:49 , Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, first of all, BibDesk is a frontend for BibTeX. BibTeX is meant to be used with LaTeX. You should probably read up on these two to get an idea what this means. Have a look here: http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/manual/ I think most of your questions are answered

Re: [Bibdesk-users] How to add new publication from a hardcopy book

2012-03-25 Thread Alex Hamann
I am not sure I understand correctly what you mean but as far as I can tell, you have 2 books in trigbook with the same citekey. Open either one of dongen2010 and press CMD-K. Or, use the menu at the top of your screen and go Publication - Create Cite Key. This will assign a new cite key to the

[Bibdesk-users] Define separator between keywords

2012-02-04 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, when you drag-drop an item in the main window on a keyword in the keyword list the new keyword will be added using a semicolon and a space. Is there a way to alter this behavior to a comma and possible no space instead? Biber/biblatex require the latter to make the split bib feature work.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Define separator between keywords

2012-02-04 Thread Alex Hamann
thanks Christiaan On 04.02.2012, at 16:28, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Feb 4, 2012, at 16:15, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, when you drag-drop an item in the main window on a keyword in the keyword list the new keyword will be added using a semicolon and a space. Is there a way to alter

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Skim problem with embedded notes

2012-01-15 Thread Alex Hamann
document and try to make a note it still doesn't work. On other files that this has happened with, I did try restarting my computer and also tried saving in different names and nothing worked. Did you change anything? Nicole On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Alex Hamann mailingl...@alex

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Skim problem with embedded notes

2012-01-15 Thread Alex Hamann
Apologies, wrong list. On 15.01.2012, at 19:56, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, all I did was save the pdf under a new name. In any case, I tried again with the pdf you sent me and I can annotate even without saving it first under a new name. I also examined the pdf with Acrobat

Re: [Bibdesk-users] full biblatex support

2011-09-01 Thread Alex Hamann
But there are other ways how the biblatex support could be improved: For example offer biblatex as a default style for TeX Preview by default and/or biber as a possible default program Preview. Or crossrefs: biblatex/biber has a much more logical approach than BibTeX on how the different

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Beginner Q - Book ISBN, Google Books, Springer-Link, O'Reilly

2010-04-29 Thread Alex Hamann
On 29.04.2010, at 02:46, Adrian Boeing wrote: Hi, Hi I have a few beginner questions: 1. How do I enter the ISBN for a book? When you edit a publication click on publication in the menu and then add item you can not easily create an ISBN field for that publication. If you

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New release....

2010-02-07 Thread Alex Hamann
On 07.02.2010, at 00:05, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Feb 6, 2010, at 22:46, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: Andreas wrote to the list saying that a new release is pretty well-warranted. Christiaan, is there anything I should wait on before putting the release together? Yes, the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New release....

2010-02-07 Thread Alex Hamann
, at 10:40, Alex Hamann wrote: On 07.02.2010, at 00:05, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Feb 6, 2010, at 22:46, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: Andreas wrote to the list saying that a new release is pretty well-warranted. Christiaan, is there anything I should wait on before putting the release

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New release....

2010-02-07 Thread Alex Hamann
On 07.02.2010, at 18:39, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Feb 7, 2010, at 5:13 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: I think I've figured out your problem.The problem is just in the nightly builds, but not in BibDesk itself (its sources). Many resources inside the nightly builds have the wrong access

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Optimal use of the .bib database

2010-01-26 Thread Alex Hamann
On 26.01.2010, at 10:50, Daniele Avitabile wrote: Hi all, I would like to know what is your favourite way of using the the .bib database produced by BibDesk. At the moment, I have a large folder containing one large database.bib file and the corresponding archived pdf. When I am

[Bibdesk-users] bibdesk nightly (jan 20) crash

2010-01-21 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi whenever I start BD it instantly crashes. Crash report below. I have set the preferences to do nothing on launch. (Problem also with nightly from jan 19) A. Process: BibDesk [765] Path:/Applications/TeX/BibDesk.app/Contents/MacOS/BibDesk Identifier:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk nightly (jan 20) crash

2010-01-21 Thread Alex Hamann
On 21.01.2010, at 11:24, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Jan 21, 2010, at 9:47, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi whenever I start BD it instantly crashes. Crash report below. I have set the preferences to do nothing on launch. (Problem also with nightly from jan 19) A. That's strange, it works

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibtex style

2010-01-21 Thread Alex Hamann
On 21.01.2010, at 18:45, Daniele Pontillo wrote: Absolutely. Now, I cannot obtain the correct output in the bibdesk preview: I am not using the standard bibdesk styles but i chose my file vancouver.bst (which I never modified in any manner). This happend with regular releases and with

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibtex style

2010-01-20 Thread Alex Hamann
Is it happening only within Bibdesk's preview? Or is it also not working if evoked in a tex file? Also, what do you mean by my vancouver.bst - have you modified it in any way? A. On 20.01.2010, at 21:43, Daniele Pontillo wrote: why isn't my vancouver.bst style working anymore? Daniele

Re: [Bibdesk-users] German Users

2009-08-31 Thread Alex Hamann
On 31.08.2009, at 11:14, Rolf Schmolling wrote: Hi, though personally I have no use for a localized version (my system is in German though), nevertheless I wonder if some users would feel it simpler to switch to the use of LaTeX and BibTeX if there is a german version of Bibdesk around. I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk startup time and file launch time

2009-08-27 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 26.08.2009 um 23:55 schrieb Maxwell, Adam R: On 08/26/09 13:12, Alex Hamann mailingl...@alex-hamann.de wrote: My startup time is now somewhat faster but still close to one minute with the current nightly. However, this does only affect the first startup after a reboot (and possibly

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk startup time and file launch time

2009-08-27 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 27.08.2009 um 15:58 schrieb Adam R. Maxwell: On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:01 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: Am 26.08.2009 um 23:55 schrieb Maxwell, Adam R: On 08/26/09 13:12, Alex Hamann mailingl...@alex-hamann.de wrote: My startup time is now somewhat faster but still close to one minute

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk startup time and file launch time

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 26.08.2009 um 00:46 schrieb Maxwell, Adam R: On 08/25/09 13:54, Alex Hamann mailingl...@alex-hamann.de wrote: Especially when you've stored them (or your database) on a separate volume it may be more dependent on the mount type and your connection than on the computer that you use

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk startup time and file launch time

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 26.08.2009 um 00:46 schrieb Maxwell, Adam R: On 08/25/09 13:54, Alex Hamann mailingl...@alex-hamann.de wrote: Especially when you've stored them (or your database) on a separate volume it may be more dependent on the mount type and your connection than on the computer that you use

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk startup time and file launch time

2009-08-26 Thread Alex Hamann
: On Aug 26, 2009, at 12:43, Alex Hamann wrote: I think so. Is there a way to create a smart group containing only items with attached annotated pdfs? No. Christiaan All files are stored locally in my personal Documents folder. Alex Thanks, I think for this issue I'll go with Adam's

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk startup time and file launch time

2009-08-25 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 25.08.2009 um 22:46 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On Aug 25, 2009, at 22:34, Alex Hamann wrote: A question out of pure curiosity: I am trying to optimize my system. I have recently switched to a MBP 13'' with 4 BG RAM and expect it to outshine my old iBook running Tiger in every way

[Bibdesk-users] bibdesk startup time and file launch time

2009-08-25 Thread Alex Hamann
A question out of pure curiosity: I am trying to optimize my system. I have recently switched to a MBP 13'' with 4 BG RAM and expect it to outshine my old iBook running Tiger in every way. However, I noticed that BibDesk still takes quite long to launch. To start the application after a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] crash

2009-07-30 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 29.07.2009 um 14:57 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On Jul 29, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Am 29.07.2009 um 13:46 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On Jul 29, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Opened bib file created a new custom bibtex type online (one of the field being Auuthor

Re: [Bibdesk-users] crash

2009-07-29 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 29.07.2009 um 13:46 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On Jul 29, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Opened bib file created a new custom bibtex type online (one of the field being Auuthor with the uu typo) added a new item online kept editor window for new item open while correcting

[Bibdesk-users] biblatex: title + subtitle

2009-07-25 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, I am using biblatex and thus frequently have a title consisting of the title field and the subtitle field. My issue here is that the crossref option to automagically have a duplication of the title to the booktitle field does ignore the subtigle field. How are other users dealing with

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Bibdesk evaluated and compared to other bibliographic tools as part of the ECLORE project

2009-06-24 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 24.06.2009 um 15:31 schrieb Alan Schmitt: I just saw an email about this (web page in French): http://eclore.veille.inist.fr/ I haven't had time to explore this in detail, I just thought it may interest you. Alan While BibDesk seems to perform very well the comparison chart sucks

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Feature requests

2009-06-23 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 23.06.2009 um 20:48 schrieb Sumit Narayan: Hi, Hi, First of all, thanks for a wonderful release (1.3.21). It has a great UI. I love the new side bar. In Apple's terms, I think its the best BD released yet. Just a couple of feature request I thought I will push in for debate here:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Organizing the keywords into groups

2009-06-11 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 11.06.2009 um 19:17 schrieb Hooman Javidnia: Hello all, In the new website of the BibDesk, there is a nice picture showing how different things are organized into groups on the left sidebar. I was wondering how one can do this. I have a lot of keywords and all of them show up on the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Release?

2009-05-31 Thread Alex Hamann
It's been a while since the thread was started so I thought that - while downloading the current nightly - I should just throw in that I have not had any problems over the last days. Like the new looks of the website, by the way. Alex

Re: [Bibdesk-users] pdf, from Safari to Bibdesk

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Hamann
On 21.05.2009, at 17:53, Gregory Jefferis wrote: On 2009-05-21 17:39, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 May 2009, at 5:27 PM, Etienne Roesch wrote: I often find myself browsing online for relevant articles and, as much as I like the right-click item Open in Skim.app, I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] crash (Re: Vote for the next release)

2009-05-17 Thread Alex Hamann
On 17.05.2009, at 12:38, Christiaan Hofman wrote: There still seems to be a problem. BD just crashed. there seems to be a problem with smart folders: I can not create a new one (= crash) and also had a crash when I tried to expand the collapsed smart folders group. crashes are

Re: [Bibdesk-users] crash (Re: Vote for the next release)

2009-05-17 Thread Alex Hamann
On 17.05.2009, at 12:48, Alex Hamann wrote: On 17.05.2009, at 12:38, Christiaan Hofman wrote: There still seems to be a problem. BD just crashed. there seems to be a problem with smart folders: I can not create a new one (= crash) and also had a crash when I tried to expand

Re: [Bibdesk-users] crash (Re: Vote for the next release)

2009-05-17 Thread Alex Hamann
On 17.05.2009, at 18:06, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 17 May 2009, at 5:31 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On May 17, 2009, at 4:53 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: Yep, seems related to the new organization of the column on the left. Going back to other nightlies still led to crashes while last

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk website

2009-05-15 Thread Alex Hamann
On 15.05.2009, at 18:24, Di Xiao wrote: Hi, It seems the download link is missing from the bibdesk website. D. not for me A. -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Release?

2009-05-08 Thread Alex Hamann
On 08.05.2009, at 16:18, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: Hello all How are the nightly build tests going? Almost release time? Adam -- Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS -- agoldst...@iona.edu a.m.goldst...@mac.com http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein -- (914) 637-2717 --

[Bibdesk-users] crash when adding item with crossref

2009-03-16 Thread Alex Hamann
today's nightly crashes reproducibly when pressing Alt in main window and then clicking on New with Crossref Tiger OS X Alex Date/Time: 2009-03-16 17:47:38.555 + OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165) Report Version: 4 Command: BibDesk Path:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] crash when adding item with crossref

2009-03-16 Thread Alex Hamann
. Alex On 16.03.2009, at 17:50, Alex Hamann wrote: today's nightly crashes reproducibly when pressing Alt in main window and then clicking on New with Crossref Tiger OS X Alex Date/Time: 2009-03-16 17:47:38.555 + OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165) Report Version: 4

[Bibdesk-users] crash with today's nightly

2009-03-14 Thread Alex Hamann
This is what I did: created a new custom BibTeX Type legal one of the required fields I added was Keyword changed one item in my bib from misc to legal with the editor window still open for this item I noticed my error and opened the preferences again to change the field name from Keyword to

[Bibdesk-users] another issue with today's nightly: default fields prefs

2009-03-14 Thread Alex Hamann
sorry for keeping 'em coming but when I start BD and then go to the default fields preferences I see the following incorrect behavior: the list of the custom bibtex fields does not allow me to scroll through it (The blue bullet of the scrolling column is not displayed) unless it

Re: [Bibdesk-users] another issue with today's nightly: default fields prefs

2009-03-14 Thread Alex Hamann
On 14.03.2009, at 20:24, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 14 Mar 2009, at 8:49 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: sorry for keeping 'em coming but when I start BD and then go to the default fields preferences I see the following incorrect behavior: the list of the custom bibtex fields does not allow me

Re: [Bibdesk-users] small bug in nightly

2009-03-12 Thread Alex Hamann
On 11.03.2009, at 10:01, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 11 Mar 2009, at 10:57 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: On 11.03.2009, at 01:18, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 11 Mar 2009, at 1:23 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi I am on 10.4.11. It happens after right after I press enter to commit the name

Re: [Bibdesk-users] small bug in nightly

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Hamann
On 11.03.2009, at 01:18, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 11 Mar 2009, at 1:23 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: Version 1.3.20 (1429) when I add a new static group I get the warning that this action will change the keyword in 0 item. After clicking ok the first keyword is then selected in the keyword

[Bibdesk-users] small bug in nightly

2009-03-10 Thread Alex Hamann
Version 1.3.20 (1429) when I add a new static group I get the warning that this action will change the keyword in 0 item. After clicking ok the first keyword is then selected in the keyword column on the left. Does no harm but is obviously the wrong warning. Alex

[Bibdesk-users] performance

2009-03-09 Thread Alex Hamann
Am I wrong or has performance improved notably with recent nightlies? On my archaic G4 (1GHz) with 768MB Ram I think loading and saving of files seems faster now. If so, nice job. (If not, well, then I wonder if my iBook decided to make my life easier for once in its last days...) Alex

[Bibdesk-users] RTF preview template (was: Re: default templates)

2009-03-06 Thread Alex Hamann
On 03.03.2009, at 21:32, James Harrison wrote: Also, if there was any thought of including my preview template in BibDesk, I'd want to do a little work on it, perhaps with some help from someone who is deeply knowledgeable about templates. It works well for me now, but there are couple of

Re: [Bibdesk-users] default templates

2009-03-03 Thread Alex Hamann
On 03.03.2009, at 18:25, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 3 Mar 2009, at 7:04 PM, Michael McCracken wrote: Hi, I just discovered James Harrison's RTF preview template [1], and I really like it (nice work James). I have no explanation for why I didn't try it earlier. My first impression was

[Bibdesk-users] adjusting format of multiple citations to biblatex

2009-02-28 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, BibDesk provides some options for adjusting dragdrop of multiple citations in its preferences under the menu Cite Command Style. Would it be possible to add the biblatex style of doing: \cites{key1} {key2}? Note that Biblatex requires an appended s to the cite commands when used to cite

[Bibdesk-users] display error? - minor issue

2009-02-27 Thread Alex Hamann
BD Version 1412 on Mac OS X 10.4.11 click New Publication Shift-Tab backwards through the fields of the new item at one point (no pattern evident) the names of the fields will change in background color Clearly not a major issue or even a decrease in functionality but I thought I should

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Bibdesk-Documentation Workflow

2009-02-21 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi Jirin, I'll try to provide some answers to your questions, more knowledgeable people might correct or amend me. On 21.02.2009, at 00:30, jirin...@centrum.cz jirin...@centrum.cz wrote: Hi, I would like to ask where to look for documentation and some kind of guide for using latest

[Bibdesk-users] crash - or maybe not

2009-02-21 Thread Alex Hamann
BD just went unresponsive for ~20 seconds and I got a crash report. Still, even thought BD supposedly crashed (according to the report) it in fact did not and became responsive after those 20 seconds. I am using the latest release version This happened when I was trying to type something in

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Open PDF on click

2009-02-13 Thread Alex Hamann
On 13.02.2009, at 07:06, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Sumit Narayan sumna...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Not sure if anyone feels this way. I usually edit the Bibtex entries for a PDF/reference once and for all. Very rarely do I have to edit it again. I was

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New group based on latex source

2009-02-11 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, try and drag-drop the aux file on your main BibDesk window. It should then highlight all the items that are used in that aux file. HTH Alex On 11.02.2009, at 04:53, Heitor Ramos wrote: Hello everybody, I don't know if anybody have been faced with this issue before but I would like

[Bibdesk-users] crash (was: Re: Release time again . . .)

2009-02-08 Thread Alex Hamann
crash again with today's nightly (on Mac OS X 10.4.11) Host Name: masters-ibook-g4 Date/Time: 2009-02-08 12:59:50.742 + OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S165) Report Version: 4 Command: BibDesk Path:/Applications/TeX/BibDesk.app/Contents/MacOS/BibDesk Parent: WindowServer [54]

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Building a Bibliography

2009-02-08 Thread Alex Hamann
On 08.02.2009, at 14:57, Stephen D. Scotti wrote: I was looking to make something like this: 1. Young WF Jr. The incidentally discovered adrenal mass. N Engl J Med 2007;356:601–610. 2. Bovio S, Cataldi A, Reimondo G, et al. Prevalence of adrenal incidentaloma in a contemporary

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BD refuses to start up [was: Re: BD crash with nightly {v 1329)]

2009-02-01 Thread Alex Hamann
, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, follow up to my previous post: so my system reported a problem which required Disk Utility to repair the HD. Before doing that I tried to remove BD completely and reinstall different nightlies (28.01.-30.01.). They all refused to start and BD's Dock item bounced once

[Bibdesk-users] BD refuses to start up [was: Re: BD crash with nightly {v 1329)]

2009-02-01 Thread Alex Hamann
not starting up again. Alex On 30.01.2009, at 01:16, Alex Hamann wrote: Replying to my own post: am having major problems with my system since I reported that crash and can not even launch BibDesk anymore Apparently I have a problem with my system here and not with BibDesk. Alex

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BD refuses to start up [was: Re: BD crash with nightly {v 1329)]

2009-02-01 Thread Alex Hamann
On 01.02.2009, at 15:39, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 1 Feb 2009, at 4:11 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Feb 1, 2009, at 4:26 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: BD 1.3.19 works flawlessly! Re-trying todays nightly resulted in BD not starting up again. What does the latest crash report look like

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BD refuses to start up [was: Re: BD crash with nightly {v 1329)]

2009-02-01 Thread Alex Hamann
On 01.02.2009, at 21:56, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 1 Feb 2009, at 8:29 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: On 01.02.2009, at 15:39, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 1 Feb 2009, at 4:11 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Feb 1, 2009, at 4:26 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: BD 1.3.19 works flawlessly! Re-trying

Re: [Bibdesk-users] crash with nightly {v 1329)

2009-01-29 Thread Alex Hamann
Replying to my own post: am having major problems with my system since I reported that crash and can not even launch BibDesk anymore Apparently I have a problem with my system here and not with BibDesk. Alex On 30.01.2009, at 00:31, Alex Hamann wrote: crash report follows. Happened

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Ready for a new release?

2009-01-22 Thread Alex Hamann
On 22.01.2009, at 23:46, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: On 01/22/09 15:40, Adam M. Goldstein a.m.goldst...@mac.com wrote: Also---I wonder, is it time to up the version number by more than . 01, to, say, BD 1.4.0? I think we were only changing the major version number when support for an OS

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Documentation

2008-12-05 Thread Alex Hamann
On 5 Dec 2008, at 7:43 AM, Dan T. Abell wrote: [Starting this as a new thread] On 4 Dec 2008, at 16:06, Christiaan Hofman wrote: ... We have said many times on the list: we developers are not the ones who should write the Help, because for us everything is trivial. It should be

Re: [Bibdesk-users] URLs in formatted citations, deprecated fields, and such

2008-12-04 Thread Alex Hamann
On 04.12.2008, at 22:12, Nathan Paxton wrote: Ah, *that's* what the script hooks pref menu is for! I've never understood that. So I simply go to Script Hooks in the preferences, select Add to File or URL (and Did Auto File), and then select LinkedFilesToFields.scpt for

[Bibdesk-users] crash

2008-12-01 Thread Alex Hamann
BD Version: 1337 Opened bibliography file opened existing item in order to edit preview of attached pdf in the right column did not get displayed right away but only a grey field appeared while the name of the pdf was displayed correctly underneath spinning beachball at that point I took a

[Bibdesk-users] deleting local files

2008-12-01 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, I just tried to clear a small bibliography of all local-files (some attached pdfs). I tried this thought the Database Find Replace - Overwrite or Add Field. Apparently local files can not be accessed this way. What would be the best way to remove all those attached files from the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk 1.3.19 release

2008-11-23 Thread Alex Hamann
On 23.11.2008, at 04:24, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: The BibDesk development team is proud to announce the release of BibDesk 1.3.19. The new release can be downloaded from the BibDesk home page at http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ Hi Adam, the website still links to the 1.3.18

Re: [Bibdesk-users] dropping aux file on main window - prob with biblatex

2008-11-22 Thread Alex Hamann
file. Christiaan On 21 Nov 2008, at 7:25 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, dropping aux file on main window is supposed to select all cited items. Is there a know limitation when using biblatex? The feature works for me when using jurabib but not with biblatex. Attached my aux file

Re: [Bibdesk-users] dropping aux file on main window - prob with biblatex

2008-11-22 Thread Alex Hamann
\bibcite commands. That's why it was not working. What was added in the last release is just a workaround, not a real fix. It's using the citations rather than the bibliography items, because biblatex does not add the latter to the .aux file. Christiaan On 23 Nov 2008, at 1:09 AM, Alex Hamann

[Bibdesk-users] dropping aux file on main window - prob with biblatex

2008-11-21 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, dropping aux file on main window is supposed to select all cited items. Is there a know limitation when using biblatex? The feature works for me when using jurabib but not with biblatex. Attached my aux file. Cheers, Alex Essay1.aux Description: Binary data

Re: [Bibdesk-users] dropping aux file on main window - prob with biblatex

2008-11-21 Thread Alex Hamann
apparently biblatex uses different cite commands in the .aux file. Christiaan On 21 Nov 2008, at 7:25 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, dropping aux file on main window is supposed to select all cited items. Is there a know limitation when using biblatex? The feature works for me when using

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk crash

2008-11-19 Thread Alex Hamann
Just tried with BD build 1323. Still crashes after autofiling from USB. Alex That should have the fix. And I cannot think of anything else. Sounds more and more like a system bug. Christiaan Maybe someone want to double check to make sure it is not my specific setting which

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk crash

2008-11-17 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi are the nightlies down? The most recent dates Nov 13. Alex On 16.11.2008, at 22:50, Christiaan Hofman wrote: Alex, please try to reproduce with the next nightly. Christiaan On 16 Nov 2008, at 6:05 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Nov 16, 2008, at 4:19 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

[Bibdesk-users] bibdesk crash

2008-11-16 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, Just added a few new articles from clipboard. When autofiling the respective pdf file by drag-and-droping it on the new items in the mein window BidDesk crashed on the 4th such operation. I`ve been adding a lot of items recently in just the same way (only that the items I added today

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk crash

2008-11-16 Thread Alex Hamann
On 16.11.2008, at 12:19, Christiaan Hofman wrote: Looks like a crash deep inside Apple's private code. Not much chance we can fix this. Christiaan On 16 Nov 2008, at 1:06 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Ok. Will send a report to Apple, then. Alex

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk crash

2008-11-16 Thread Alex Hamann
Just reproduced it by adding another item from clipboard and then dropping a pdf from USB stick on it. Alex On 16.11.2008, at 12:06, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, Just added a few new articles from clipboard. When autofiling the respective pdf file by drag-and-droping it on the new items

[Bibdesk-users] tex preview oddity

2008-10-28 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, not sure if it is a bug or a limitation: @misc{Europaische-Kommission:2004aa, Address = {Luxemburg}, Date-Added = {2008-10-28 23:33:12 +0100}, Date-Modified = {2008-10-28 23:35:07 +0100}, Editor = {{Europäische Kommission}}, Howpublished = {broschüre},

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Bdsk-Url again

2008-10-26 Thread Alex Hamann
On 26.10.2008, at 21:01, Justin C. Walker wrote: Hi, all, The latest versions of BibDesk happily provide the entry where a failure occurs for this (Bdsk-Url) field occurs. Thanks! My new problem is fixing the warning. The issue seems to be TeX- unfriendly characters in the URL, but I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Release time?

2008-10-26 Thread Alex Hamann
snip 2) Next, a preview glitch: I have 537 entries in my .bib file. If I select them all, a preview is generated in the integrated preview window, without fuss. However, if I have the floating preview window open, it shows a TeX error (the integrated window still makes no complaint).

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk, lyx and chicago (turabian) style in leopard

2008-10-24 Thread Alex Hamann
On 24.10.2008, at 03:56, Karin Kuchler wrote: dear bib desk users I am new to this list, and I have to admit that I subscribed because I have been trying to find an answer for a pressung questions for weeks - I will however stay on to share what I know with others. I hope this is not an

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Determining which records are linked to files

2008-10-24 Thread Alex Hamann
On 24.10.2008, at 20:10, Chris Goedde wrote: Hi all, Under the old Local-URL way of doing things, it was possible to show the Local-URL field as a column in the main display. This made it easy to see at a glance which records had attached files and which did not. (The column displayed a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Format of Bdsk-File field

2008-10-05 Thread Alex Hamann
On 05.10.2008, at 03:21, Justin C. Walker wrote: Hi, all, I notice when I check the errors after opening my .bib file that I have beaucoup errors of the form 8476 warning possible runaway string started at line 8462 These seem to be caused by Bdsk-File fields that have

[Bibdesk-users] bug in find replace?

2008-10-05 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, using today's nightly: make a new bibliography add these two items: @article{Featherstone:1987zr, Author = {Featherstone, Kevin}, Date-Added = {2008-10-05 12:16:31 +0200}, Date-Modified = {2008-10-05 12:17:32 +0200}, Pages = {6-7}, Title = {PASOK and

Re: [Bibdesk-users] bug in find replace?

2008-10-05 Thread Alex Hamann
On 05.10.2008, at 13:34, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 5 Oct 2008, at 12:23 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, using today's nightly: make a new bibliography add these two items: @article{Featherstone:1987zr, Author = {Featherstone, Kevin}, Date-Added = {2008-10-05 12:16:31 +0200

Re: [Bibdesk-users] script for removing fields?

2008-10-04 Thread Alex Hamann
On 27.09.2008, at 22:42, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 27 Sep 2008, at 9:33 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, I am currently importing a large number of entries from Library of Congress. I always have to clear the Annotation field and delete a number of LoC-specific fields like Library ID. As I

[Bibdesk-users] sltightly OT: conversion to biblatex

2008-10-03 Thread Alex Hamann
My apologies for this drift into OT but I feel that my question is best posed here as bibdesk will be involved as a means to the goal. I am strongly thinking about migrating completely to biblatex (coming from jurabib). When one reads the manual it becomes clear that this is a decision

[Bibdesk-users] script for removing fields?

2008-09-27 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, I am currently importing a large number of entries from Library of Congress. I always have to clear the Annotation field and delete a number of LoC-specific fields like Library ID. As I am not good writing Apple Script I have to do that manually. I am just wondering, is there anybody

[Bibdesk-users] external groups

2008-09-25 Thread Alex Hamann
Adding to my previous post: external groups do not display their content correctly for me. Alex - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications

Re: [Bibdesk-users] external groups

2008-09-25 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 25.09.2008 um 21:34 schrieb Maxwell, Adam R: On 09/25/08 11:10, Alex Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to my previous post: external groups do not display their content correctly for me. Can you be more specific? What is not displayed correctly? What is the encoding

Re: [Bibdesk-users] external groups

2008-09-25 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 25.09.2008 um 23:47 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On 25 Sep 2008, at 10:23 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Am 25.09.2008 um 21:34 schrieb Maxwell, Adam R: On 09/25/08 11:10, Alex Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to my previous post: external groups do not display their content correctly

Re: [Bibdesk-users] nightly builds back

2008-08-25 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 24.08.2008 um 07:52 schrieb Adam R. Maxwell: Nightly builds should be functioning again; it looks like they've been down for the last month due to a configuration change on my system. Since no one's mentioned it, maybe nightly builds are no longer needed? I also think nightlies

Re: [Bibdesk-users] template encoding

2008-07-14 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 14.07.2008 um 00:00 schrieb Adam R. Maxwell: On Jul 13, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Ok, let's sort this out: I save all files in Utf-8 and have character conversion disabled. I have modified the TeX-previes style by adding \usepackage{fontspec, xunicode

[Bibdesk-users] template encoding

2008-07-13 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi, playing around with the export templates I ran into the following problem: the default rtf export template does not respect german Umlauts. I tried to change the bib-file's encoding from UTF-8 to ISO Latin 1 and Mac Roman but still the problem persists. James Harrison's preview

Re: [Bibdesk-users] template encoding

2008-07-13 Thread Alex Hamann
copied the export into has UTF-8 set as default. I have reset the standard templates to make sure I have not modified it in any way. Cheers, Alex Am 13.07.2008 um 13:02 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On 13 Jul 2008, at 12:43 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi, playing around with the export

Re: [Bibdesk-users] template encoding

2008-07-13 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 13.07.2008 um 17:18 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On 13 Jul 2008, at 3:35 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi Christiaan, I'll provide an example. In a bib file saved in UTF-8 the following entry is exported with the standard rtf export template: @book{Meyer:2000aa, Address

Re: [Bibdesk-users] template encoding

2008-07-13 Thread Alex Hamann
Am 13.07.2008 um 17:18 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On 13 Jul 2008, at 3:35 PM, Alex Hamann wrote: Hi Christiaan, I'll provide an example. In a bib file saved in UTF-8 the following entry is exported with the standard rtf export template: @book{Meyer:2000aa, Address

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