Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF preview
Could it be that you've enterded something in the search field? We pass the search string for opening the PDF, and IIRC Preview then zooms in on the result. Christiaan On 4 Oct 2007, at 10:25 PM, Chris Goedde wrote: Hi all, For some pdfs of papers (not all), if I double-click the PDF in BibDesk, when it opens in preview, it is zoomed in quite a bit, and I only see a portion of the page. If I double-click these same pdfs in the finder, they open in fit-to-page mode (which is what I want). Is this a bug or is there some setting/desired behavior that I'm missing? Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
[Bibdesk-users] Problem with citation-information autocomplete
Hey folks - I'm having a strange problem with BibDesk. It is as follows: I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my BibDesk library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank reference entry that I can complete. Sometimes, though, the new reference entry BibDesk creates is not blank -- many of the fields are auto-magically completed. This would be cool and useful if not for the fact that the information BibDesk supplies is universally and completely incorrect, turning this would-be-useful feature into a headache. I do not want to have to keep cleaning out the mess that BibDesk enthusiastically shoves into these new reference entries. Please, is there a way to disable this feature? I cannot find anything about it in the help file, the website, or BibDesk's settings. (Probably because I do not know what it could possibly be called, beyond some sort of autocomplete.) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much! Best - Chris MacMinn - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF preview
On Oct 5, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: Could it be that you've enterded something in the search field? We pass the search string for opening the PDF, and IIRC Preview then zooms in on the result. Ah, that's it. I have to say I have decidedly mixed feelings about this feature. Here's the problem. Let's say I want to view a paper by a particular author, so I search on the author's name. That nicely identifies all the papers by that author. I now have a dilemma: if I immediately double click the pdf icon, the paper will open in preview, but zoomed into the author's name, which I don't want. However, if I cancel the search so that preview will open the paper the way I want it, I lose the filtering I'm using to find the paper in the first place. I wonder, does anyone actually use this feature? If so, how? -- Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF preview
On Friday, October 05, 2007, at 12:10PM, Chris Goedde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 5, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: Could it be that you've enterded something in the search field? We pass the search string for opening the PDF, and IIRC Preview then zooms in on the result. Ah, that's it. I have to say I have decidedly mixed feelings about this feature. Here's the problem. Let's say I want to view a paper by a particular author, so I search on the author's name. That nicely identifies all the papers by that author. I now have a dilemma: if I immediately double click the pdf icon, the paper will open in preview, but zoomed into the author's name, which I don't want. However, if I cancel the search so that preview will open the paper the way I want it, I lose the filtering I'm using to find the paper in the first place. It has never been passed for searches on author/title; just any field or file content. Due to other user complaints, we now pass it only for file content searches. Most complaints are really about the Preview problem; its zoom behavior when you open a file as a result of a Spotlight search just sucks. See here http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051114175158162 for disabling that. Or use Skim. I wonder, does anyone actually use this feature? If so, how? Yes, I use it. Apple recommends its usage as well. -- adam - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
[Bibdesk-users] Creating new record by dragging PDF
Dear Bib-Desk users, I am a newbie trying to climb the learning curve. I have read in the manual that I should be able to create a new record by dragging a PDF into the reference window. However, when I do this, I do not get a new record. Instead, the PDF is added to whichever record I put it on top of. Am I missing something? The only way I¹ve been able to get the drag-and-drop to create a new record is by dragging it onto a keyword in the left-hand keyword pane. Then a new record is created, with that keyword filled in. This is fine if the right keyword already exists, but a nuisance if it doesn¹t. Thanks, Ingrid - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] Creating new record by dragging PDF
Hi, the table is set up to allow both adding files as new references and updating an existing reference. Try dropping the file between the rows. Move the file around on the table until the entire table is highlighted, not just a single row. Hope this helps, -mike On 10/5/07, Ingrid Giffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bib-Desk users, I am a newbie trying to climb the learning curve. I have read in the manual that I should be able to create a new record by dragging a PDF into the reference window. However, when I do this, I do not get a new record. Instead, the PDF is added to whichever record I put it on top of. Am I missing something? The only way I've been able to get the drag-and-drop to create a new record is by dragging it onto a keyword in the left-hand keyword pane. Then a new record is created, with that keyword filled in. This is fine if the right keyword already exists, but a nuisance if it doesn't. Thanks, Ingrid - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users -- Michael McCracken UCSD CSE PhD Candidate research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] Creating new record by dragging PDF
Yes, that works. So easy! Thanks. On 10/5/07 5:41 PM, Michael McCracken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, the table is set up to allow both adding files as new references and updating an existing reference. Try dropping the file between the rows. Move the file around on the table until the entire table is highlighted, not just a single row. Hope this helps, -mike On 10/5/07, Ingrid Giffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bib-Desk users, I am a newbie trying to climb the learning curve. I have read in the manual that I should be able to create a new record by dragging a PDF into the reference window. However, when I do this, I do not get a new record. Instead, the PDF is added to whichever record I put it on top of. Am I missing something? The only way I've been able to get the drag-and-drop to create a new record is by dragging it onto a keyword in the left-hand keyword pane. Then a new record is created, with that keyword filled in. This is fine if the right keyword already exists, but a nuisance if it doesn't. Thanks, Ingrid - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] Creating new record by dragging PDF
You're welcome. For the list archives: This seemed like a good addition to the FAQ on the wiki, so I added it here: http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Why_can.27t_I_create_a_new_record_by_dragging_a_PDF_file_into_the_reference_window.3F On 10/5/07, Ingrid Giffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that works. So easy! Thanks. On 10/5/07 5:41 PM, Michael McCracken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, the table is set up to allow both adding files as new references and updating an existing reference. Try dropping the file between the rows. Move the file around on the table until the entire table is highlighted, not just a single row. Hope this helps, -mike On 10/5/07, Ingrid Giffin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Bib-Desk users, I am a newbie trying to climb the learning curve. I have read in the manual that I should be able to create a new record by dragging a PDF into the reference window. However, when I do this, I do not get a new record. Instead, the PDF is added to whichever record I put it on top of. Am I missing something? The only way I've been able to get the drag-and-drop to create a new record is by dragging it onto a keyword in the left-hand keyword pane. Then a new record is created, with that keyword filled in. This is fine if the right keyword already exists, but a nuisance if it doesn't. Thanks, Ingrid - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users -- Michael McCracken UCSD CSE PhD Candidate research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem with citation-information autocomplete
I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my BibDesk library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank reference entry that I can complete. Sometimes, though, the new reference entry BibDesk creates is not blank -- many of the fields are auto-magically completed. This would be cool and useful if not for the fact that the information BibDesk supplies is universally and completely incorrect This is not supplied by BibDesk, but by the creator of the PDF file. That is interesting. The PDF info is truly a mess more often than not, and seems to refer to a completely different article. Perhaps I will contact the PDF authors... is there a way to disable this feature? Sounds like you enabled a hidden preference using Terminal and forgot about it. We don't enable this by default because PDF metadata is generally incorrect. defaults write edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata 0 The only hidden setting I have ever changed is BDSKDefaultAnimationTimeInterval (which I set to 0). An attempt to read the current value of the BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata variable fails, as follows: $ defaults read edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata The domain/default pair of (edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk, BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata) does not exist My understanding is that this means the variable is not set at all, and BibDesk will use a default value of 0. I went ahead and set it to 0 manually using the command you suggested, and that did not solve the problem. Any other thoughts? Thanks for your help! Best - Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem with citation-information autocomplete
On Oct 5, 2007, at 18:06, Christopher W. MacMinn wrote: I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my BibDesk library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank reference entry that I can complete. Sometimes, though, the new reference entry BibDesk creates is not blank -- many of the fields are auto-magically completed. This would be cool and useful if not for the fact that the information BibDesk supplies is universally and completely incorrect This is not supplied by BibDesk, but by the creator of the PDF file. That is interesting. The PDF info is truly a mess more often than not, and seems to refer to a completely different article. Perhaps I will contact the PDF authors... It depends on the authoring software. I think you can use pdflatex to set it properly, but the default settings in Acrobat Distiller are usually pretty weird. is there a way to disable this feature? Sounds like you enabled a hidden preference using Terminal and forgot about it. We don't enable this by default because PDF metadata is generally incorrect. defaults write edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata 0 The only hidden setting I have ever changed is BDSKDefaultAnimationTimeInterval (which I set to 0). An attempt to read the current value of the BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata variable fails, as follows: $ defaults read edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata The domain/default pair of (edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk, BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata) does not exist My understanding is that this means the variable is not set at all, and BibDesk will use a default value of 0. I went ahead and set it to 0 manually using the command you suggested, and that did not solve the problem. Any other thoughts? No, this is very peculiar, since the only way this should happen is if that default is set and you drop the file on the main window. Can you send me a PDF (offlist) that exhibits this behavior? Also, does it happen if you drop a file on an editor instead of the main document window? -- adam - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem with citation-information autocomplete
I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my BibDesk library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank reference entry that I can complete. Sometimes, though, the new reference entry BibDesk creates is not blank -- many of the fields are auto-magically completed. This would be cool and useful if not for the fact that the information BibDesk supplies is universally and completely incorrect This is not supplied by BibDesk, but by the creator of the PDF file. That is interesting. The PDF info is truly a mess more often than not, and seems to refer to a completely different article. Perhaps I will contact the PDF authors... If you have Adobe Acrobat, you could open the PDF file and examine the meta-data. (File Document Properties Description.) This would confirm whether the information you are seeing is actually coming from the file's meta-data. I unfortunately do not have Adobe Acrobat, but I agree that this would be a good idea. Is there another way to inspect PDF metadata? Thanks again. Best - Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem with citation-information autocomplete
On 10/5/07 7:30 PM, Christopher W. MacMinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my BibDesk library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank reference entry that I can complete. Sometimes, though, the new reference entry BibDesk creates is not blank -- many of the fields are auto-magically completed. This would be cool and useful if not for the fact that the information BibDesk supplies is universally and completely incorrect This is not supplied by BibDesk, but by the creator of the PDF file. That is interesting. The PDF info is truly a mess more often than not, and seems to refer to a completely different article. Perhaps I will contact the PDF authors... If you have Adobe Acrobat, you could open the PDF file and examine the meta-data. (File Document Properties Description.) This would confirm whether the information you are seeing is actually coming from the file's meta-data. I unfortunately do not have Adobe Acrobat, but I agree that this would be a good idea. Is there another way to inspect PDF metadata? Actually, it looks like Acrobat Reader will let you inspect (although not change) the meta-data. File Document Properties Summary. --Ingrid - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
