Re: [Bibdesk-users] App icon

[Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users]

Yes, that works too. Thanks!

> On Feb 10, 2024, at 7:05 PM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> Perhaps you can use <https://skim-app.sourceforge.io/Skim-bleak.icns>.
> 
> Christiaan
> 
> 
>> On 7 Feb 2024, at 22:45, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> That works — thanks!
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2024, at 8:53 AM, Nathan  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Themis: What do you think of the old icon of Skim 1.4? You could download 
>>> the older version of the app, copy the icon from the old version, and paste 
>>> it onto the latest version of Skim in your Applications folder.
>>> 
>>> Here is Apple's instructions for how to copy and paste icons (it's very 
>>> easy):
>>> 
>>> https://support.apple.com/lv-lv/guide/mac-help/mchlp2313
>>> 
>>> Here is the download link for Skim 1.4 with the old icon:
>>> 
>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app/files/Skim/Skim-1.4.41/
>>> 
>>> That would be a much easier solution than redesigning the current icon.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 7, 2024, at 8:43 AM, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>>>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t know if this qualifies as a request, but...
>>>> 
>>>> ...I use both Bibdesk and Skim and have them permanently on the dock but 
>>>> the color of the apps is very similar and I have to think (yeah, I know…) 
>>>> each time I need to choose one or the other. Could the art department come 
>>>> up with a color scheme that complements the two apps so they look like 
>>>> siblings but not like twins?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks regardless,
>>>> 
>>>> Themis
>>>> 
>>>> PS To distinguish them a bit better I have them to the left and right of 
>>>> sublime text, which I use for latexing.
>>> 
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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Some times bib files are grayed out in Bibdesk's Open window

[Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users]

It sounds very similar. Anyway, not a big problem — Thanks

Themis

> On Feb 10, 2024, at 6:12 PM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
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> I wonder if it is related to this problem 
> . It sounds more like an OS 
> bug to me.
> 
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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Some times bib files are grayed out in Bibdesk's Open window

[Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users]

Do you see it on your machine too?

> On Feb 10, 2024, at 4:40 PM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> I have reallyno idea why Finder would gray out a file.
> 
> hrristiaan
> 
>> On 10 Feb 2024, at 20:59, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> I noticed this behavior some time ago and just now I was able to reproduce 
>> it reliably a couple times. After I save and close a bib file, the file 
>> looks grayed out in Bibdesk’s Open window and cannot be selected to open. In 
>> the first example the file is StatMech.bib. I then opened particles.bib, 
>> saved and closed it. Now  particles.bib is grayed out and StatMech.bib 
>> behaves normally. 
>> 
>> Bibdesk Version 1.8.20 (6109)
>> OS Sonoma 14.3.1 (23D60)
>> 
>> Themis
>> 
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Re: [Bibdesk-users] App icon

[Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users]

That works — thanks!

> On Feb 7, 2024, at 8:53 AM, Nathan  wrote:
> 
> Themis: What do you think of the old icon of Skim 1.4? You could download the 
> older version of the app, copy the icon from the old version, and paste it 
> onto the latest version of Skim in your Applications folder.
> 
> Here is Apple's instructions for how to copy and paste icons (it's very easy):
> 
> https://support.apple.com/lv-lv/guide/mac-help/mchlp2313
> 
> Here is the download link for Skim 1.4 with the old icon:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app/files/Skim/Skim-1.4.41/
> 
> That would be a much easier solution than redesigning the current icon.
> 
> 
>> On Feb 7, 2024, at 8:43 AM, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> I don’t know if this qualifies as a request, but...
>> 
>> ...I use both Bibdesk and Skim and have them permanently on the dock but the 
>> color of the apps is very similar and I have to think (yeah, I know…) each 
>> time I need to choose one or the other. Could the art department come up 
>> with a color scheme that complements the two apps so they look like siblings 
>> but not like twins?
>> 
>> Thanks regardless,
>> 
>> Themis
>> 
>> PS To distinguish them a bit better I have them to the left and right of 
>> sublime text, which I use for latexing.
> 
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[Bibdesk-users] App icon

[Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users]

I don’t know if this qualifies as a request, but...

...I use both Bibdesk and Skim and have them permanently on the dock but the 
color of the apps is very similar and I have to think (yeah, I know…) each time 
I need to choose one or the other. Could the art department come up with a 
color scheme that complements the two apps so they look like siblings but not 
like twins?

Thanks regardless,

Themis

PS To distinguish them a bit better I have them to the left and right of 
sublime text, which I use for latexing. 

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF preview not showing

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I use auto-file

My PDFs are now located inside Documents, which I also share via iCloud. 
However, I relocated them there relatively recently and as best as I can 
remember I had the same problem even when they were located in a non shared 
folder.

I am on Sonoma 14.2.1
Bibdesk Version 1.8.20 (6109)


…however, in my latest attempt to reproduce the problem I was unable to...



> On Jan 25, 2024, at 10:48 AM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> I wonder, of you use auto-file? And where are the PDFs located, are they in 
> the same file system?
> 
> Christiaan
> 
>> On 25 Jan 2024, at 16:14, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>  wrote:



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Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF preview not showing

[Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users]

I see this all the time. I had not realized the “reload” fixes it — thanks!

> On Jan 24, 2024, at 3:59 PM, Jan David Hauck via Bibdesk-users 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> For a while now, when I drag a PDF onto the side panel of an existing entry 
> in BibDesk, the PDF preview only shows a blank page. 
> It happens both, in the library list view as well as in the individual item 
> view. 
> I have to select “reload” from the context menu and then it correctly shows 
> the first page of the PDF.  
> I thought it might have to do with an old OS but just updated everything to 
> the latest and the issue still persists. 
> On BibDesk 1.8.20, macOS Ventura, Intel Mac. 
> Thanks for any help.
> Jan
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[Bibdesk-users] Autogeneration Format Syntax for %s

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I am trying to figure how %s{}[][][] works. 

1. When I try %s{Journal}[option1][option2][option3], then: if the item is a 
journal article the text "option1" is inserted, otherwise the text "option 2" 
is inserted. I don't quite understand "option3" because it was not inserted in 
any of the test cases I tried.

2. I thought if I replace "option1" with %c{Journal} I would get the acronym of 
the journal instead of "option1", but bibdesk does not allow me to include a 
%-command inside the square brackets. Is there a way to get the journal 
abbreviation in those records that contain the field "Journal" but do something 
else when the field is absent?

Thanks,

Themis

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Accessing PDFs on iPad

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Hi Danushka,

As you say, PocketBib was the perfect tool for this and it is a shame that is 
is no longer available.  When I google PocketBib i get links about possible 
alternatives to it but I have not checked them out. I do wish someone would 
consider developing a new app for this. I would be happy to pay to use it. 

My current workflow is to airdrop individual PDF files from my laptop to my 
ipad, which is  neither sophisticated, nor as practical. I always carry both 
devices around so this is not so bad. 

>  I assume there are many people who use iPads to read/annotate paper PDFs and 
> would greatly appreciate if you could share your workflow for this.

So I would assume as well, which baffles me as to why there has been no effort 
to pick up from where PocketBib left.

Themis




> On Jul 14, 2020, at 4:41 PM, Danushka Bollegala 
>  wrote:
> 
> Dear Bibdesk users
> 
> I am sure this question must have been asked before but I cannot find the 
> answer. I was wondering what tools/apps you use to access your bibdesk 
> library when you read papers on an iPad. 
> It is not a problem if the iPad app cannot edit the bibdesk entries or add 
> new papers to the bibtex library, but what I am looking for is a way to read 
> the linked PDFs from the iPad. For example, I have all my papers and the 
> bibdesk library (.bib file) all in dropbox and synced across Mac and iPad. So 
> the papers are already there in the iPad but what I am looking for is a way 
> to find them via the bibdesk library on the iPad. I used PocketBib (when it 
> was still available and syncing via dropbox) for this purpose and see that 
> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/references/id1481843213 also enables you to 
> copy the bib file from Mac to iPad via dropbox but it does not sync when I 
> add a paper from Bibdesk on Mac. I assume there are many people who use iPads 
> to read/annotate paper PDFs and would greatly appreciate if you could share 
> your workflow for this.
> 
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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Reading Bibdesk files on iOS

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Hi Alessandro,

and thanks for sharing this. I used pocketBib before and found it very useful, 
until its developer abandoned it. There is definitely need for a bibtex app on 
iOS, that's where I do all of my reading. Since the demise of pocketBib I am 
forced to manually upload papers to dropbox, then upload them to the iPad.  I 
will give this app a try but I'm hoping that the developers of Bidesk will take 
the opportunity to develop their own version :)

Themis



> On Dec 15, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Alessandro Piovaccari  wrote:
> 
> A new app that support Bibdesk files including links just appear on the iOS 
> app store.
> 
> It is a little rudimentary but it works quite well. It can open linked files 
> directly if they are local or on iCloud but not available for Dropbox yet. 
> The developer said he is working on it.
> 
> https://apps.apple.com/us/app/references/id1481843213
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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Update to BibDesk 1.7.1

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> On Jun 3, 2019, at 9:14 AM, Vokey, John  wrote:
> 
> I just updated to BibDesk 1.7.1, and it reset all prefs to default (OS X 
> 10.14.5).
> 


Are you using any apps like AppCleaner that do clean removal of other apps?  
Each time I install a new version of bibdesk, my AppCleaner asks whether it 
should remove all of bidesk before installing the new version. I used to click 
"yes" until I realized that this wiped out the preferences as well. I'm 
wondering if something similar is happening in your system. 

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dark mode "bug"

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> On Feb 7, 2019, at 9:22 AM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 7 Feb 2019, at 13:55, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> How do you get dark-mode in bibdesk? I am using Version 1.6.22 (4794) but 
>> don't see where you can select it.
>> 
>> Themis
> 
> It’s not yet enabled in this release, because there are still some problems 
> with it.
> 
> Christiaan

looking forward to the release!

Themis




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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dark mode "bug"

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> On Feb 4, 2019, at 5:34 PM, Nicolás Franz Pattillo  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> I just noticed that the dark-mode font colour in the abstract an annotations 
> section is not changing (black fonts in dark background)
> Best, 
> Nicolas
> 

How do you get dark-mode in bibdesk? I am using Version 1.6.22 (4794) but don't 
see where you can select it.

Themis

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk-IOS

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> On Dec 16, 2018, at 10:33 AM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> Well, if there is anyone who wants to write it ;-) 
> 
> Christiaan

Can you recommend a crash course in iOS programming?  :)

Themis


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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk-IOS

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Cristiaan,

I think there is a need for such an app. I used to use pocketbib, which is no 
longer supported. I would pay for a bibliography reader on the iPad, that's a 
terrific way to read papers on the iPad.  

(I'd also pay for bibdesk, it's among the three apps I can't do without :)

Themis


> On Dec 15, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> No, it is not functional. It was an early and initial attempt to port bibdesk 
> to its, but it never got very far. 
> 
> Christiaan
> 
> Op za 15 dec. 2018 18:10 schreef Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>  I came across BibDesk_iOS on sourceforge 
> (https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/wiki/BibDesk_iOS/). Is it a functioning 
> app? Is this forum the right place for support?
> 
> Themis
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[Bibdesk-users] bibdesk-IOS

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I came across BibDesk_iOS on sourceforge 
(https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/wiki/BibDesk_iOS/). Is it a functioning app? 
Is this forum the right place for support?

Themis

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Sorting of keywords

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> On Dec 12, 2018, at 5:54 PM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 12 Dec 2018, at 23:39, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Somehow the keywords in all of my bibliographies are now sorted in reverse 
>> alphabetical order. I don't see an obvious way to fix that. What is the 
>> trick?
>> 
>> Themis
> 
> Choose  View > Groups Sorting > Sort Groups By Name
> 
> Christiaan
> 

Thanks. I have no idea how this got changed...

Themis



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[Bibdesk-users] Sorting of keywords

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Somehow the keywords in all of my bibliographies are now sorted in reverse 
alphabetical order. I don't see an obvious way to fix that. What is the trick?

Themis

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Bibdesk and calendat

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> On Dec 10, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 10 Dec 2018, at 16:19, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Recently I reported  on this list that bibdesk under mojave asked for access 
>> to my photos. Just now the most recent version bibdesk (Version 1.6.20 
>> (4733)) asked for access of my calendar. I am becoming a bit paranoid, but 
>> is this standard behavior? If not, what exactly is going on?
>> 
>> Themis
>> 
>> PS: Mathematica is another app that  weirdly  asked for access to my photos…
> 
> I really have no idea. BibDesk does not even link against PhotoKit or some 
> calendar related framework (I don’t even know which that is). Do you perhaps 
> have some kind of plugins like input managers installed?
> 
> Christiaan
> 
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> Do you perhaps have some kind of plugins like input managers installed?

I don't think so -- I am not even sure what an input manager is...

I do have AppCleaner, an app that pops up  every time a new version of an app 
is installed and apparently cleans up files related to the older version of the 
updated app. Not sure if this has anything to do with it.

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[Bibdesk-users] Bibdesk and calendat

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Recently I reported  on this list that bibdesk under mojave asked for access to 
my photos. Just now the most recent version bibdesk (Version 1.6.20 (4733)) 
asked for access of my calendar. I am becoming a bit paranoid, but is this 
standard behavior? If not, what exactly is going on?

Themis

PS: Mathematica is another app that  weirdly  asked for access to my photos...

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk requests access to photos

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Very WEIRD...

Mathematica just asked for permission to use my photos! What is going on with 
mojave?

Themis


> On Nov 20, 2018, at 8:12 AM, Themis Matsoukas  wrote:
> 
> I was launching bibdesk for the first time after updating to mojave. I don't 
> believe I have linked any photos to an item in my bibliography, not 
> consciously anyway.




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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk requests access to photos

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I was launching bibdesk for the first time after updating to mojave. I don't 
believe I have linked any photos to an item in my bibliography, not consciously 
anyway.

Themis

> On Nov 20, 2018, at 8:06 AM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> What were you doing when it asked for permission? Perhaps you have added a 
> photo as a linked file to an item? 
> 
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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk requests access to photos

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> On Nov 20, 2018, at 5:29 AM, Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
>  wrote:
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> That's what I thought. And yet, bibdesk shows up in the preferences as having 
> asked for access:
> 

I guess the list does not allow attachments, I had a screenshot of the 
preferences.

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bibdesk requests access to photos

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That's what I thought. And yet, bibdesk shows up in the preferences as having 
asked for access:

Themis

OS 10.14

bibdesk 1.6.18

> On Nov 20, 2018, at 4:40 AM, Christiaan Hofman  wrote:
> 
> I have no idea. As far as I know, bibdesk does not have any features using 
> your photos. 
> 
> Christiaan
> 
> Op di 20 nov. 2018 00:39 schreef Themis Matsoukas via Bibdesk-users 
> :
> Hi,
> 
> After upgrading to mojave, the first time I run bibdesk it asked for 
> permission to access my photos. I don't remember this before. Why would 
> bibdesk want to access my photos?
> 
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[Bibdesk-users] bibdesk requests access to photos

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Hi,

After upgrading to mojave, the first time I run bibdesk it asked for permission 
to access my photos. I don't remember this before. Why would bibdesk want to 
access my photos?

Themis

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Citing reprinted works

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On Nov 19, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Simon Spiegel  wrote:

> 
> On 19.11.2012, at 12:53, "M. Tamer Özsu"  wrote:
> 
>> Could you not put it in the Note field?
> 
> 
> You could, but it would an ugly solution. As a principle: You can always put 
> everything your style doesn't handle in 'note', it's just not the best way 
> because it means that you can't manipulate different kind of data in 'note'.
> 
> Like Jan Jakob, I'd have a look at biblatex; if you're in humanities you 
> might take a look at my style biblatex-fiwi which makes heavy use of various 
> orig-fields.

For general-purpose work that will ultimately be formatted by the author, I 
agree,  biblatex is the way to go. For special purpose work, such as  a  
manuscript  that will eventually be formatted by the styles of a journal, Note 
seems good enough: it saves the relevant information  in the bibtex record, and 
is typeset correctly, at least  by some bst styles (I tried unsrtnat). 

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Citing reprinted works

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Nov 19, 2012, at 6:53 AM, "M. Tamer Özsu"  wrote:

> Could you not put it in the Note field?
> 
> ==Tamer
> 

Thanks - this seems to work.

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[Bibdesk-users] Citing reprinted works

[Themis Matsoukas]

I want to cite the Dover reprint (dated 2000) of a book originally published in 
1963. How do I get a parenthetical comment, something like "(Original work 
published 1963)" as a Bibdesk field that will also appear in the latex output?

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Empty "pub"

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

> 2) the easiest way to get rid of the editor window is to hit cmd-z until it 
> goes away

After so many years of using bibdesk and I never thought of doing a cmd-z…! 
Wouldn't a cancel/save button be more intuitive?

Talking about intuitive, cmd-z is not a standard way for getting rid of 
windows. In mail, for example, typing cmd-z after cmd-n does not get rid of the 
new message window.

Of course, now that I know that the trick works in bibdesk, it *is* intuitive 
:-)

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] merging databases and their pdfs

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Fischlin Andreas wrote:

> 
> 2) (i) choose a new pdf repository (BD prefs); (ii) Select the new 
> publications; (iii) Choose menu command "Publication -> Autofile Linked 
> Files..."


Great! Thanks.

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[Bibdesk-users] merging databases and their pdfs

[Themis Matsoukas]

In my bibliographies use the auto file string

/%b/%a1-%c{Journal}%y%u0%e

so that the pdfs associated with databaseXYZ.bib are stored in sub-folder 
/databaseXYZ of a folder that I have designated in the auto file options. Now I 
want to merge two my databases into one but when I copy records from one bib 
file to another, the pdfs are not transferred to the corresponding subfolder. 
Is there an automatic way to do the transfer of pdfs? 

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Incorrect citation revtex 4.1 using Bibdesk

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 27, 2011, at 6:14 PM, Christian Greiss wrote:

> just installed TeXLIVE 2011 and now using REVTeX 4.1. When using BiBDesk, 
> citation is incorrect. The title is missing. Only the author and the year 
> appears, but not the title. I can't find any help  so I try this mailing 
> list... 

Many physics journals that require revtex (Phys Rev, Applied Physics) do not 
include titles in the list of references. If you still want titles, use a bst 
style that allows them, for example, \bibliographystyle{ieeetr}. 

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] J App Phys bibtex not recognized by bibdesk

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 17, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Fischlin Andreas wrote:

> Yes, it may be a problem with the APL exporter. You need to teach those web 
> guys proper BibTeX. Unfortunately, in my experience you have to do that with 
> many. I sent feedback on these simple mistakes already to Science, Nature, 
> PNAS and many more. At least that's the only thing I see we can do, and 
> gradually they learn and things get slowly, slowly better.

Well, it is good to know that AIP is responsive:

From: Scitation Help Desk 
Subject: RE: Bibtex downloads are broken
Date: August 18, 2011 10:45:43 AM EDT
To: 'Themis Matsoukas' 

Dear Themis Matsoukas,
 
Thank you for contacting the Scitation Help Desk and providing the below 
information.
 
Our technicial department is aware of the bibtex error and are working 
diligently to have it fixed.
 
If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.
 
Sincerely,
Esther Zirkiev
 
Scitation Online Services Help Desk
American Institute of Physics
Email:  h...@scitation.org
Toll Free US/Canada:  1 800 874-6383
International:  1 516 576-2664
FAX:  1 516 349-9704

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] J App Phys bibtex not recognized by bibdesk

[Themis Matsoukas]

Also, the tag "journal" is missing from the bib record. It's coden = {APPLAB} 
is supposed to be a code for "Applied Physics Letters". The Journal of Applied 
Physics (also by AIP) has similar problems. I can't believe nobody has 
complained yet, unless no one downloads bibtex, anymore...

Themis


On Aug 17, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Fischlin Andreas wrote:

> Yes, it may be a problem with the APL exporter. You need to teach those web 
> guys proper BibTeX. Unfortunately, in my experience you have to do that with 
> many. I sent feedback on these simple mistakes already to Science, Nature, 
> PNAS and many more. At least that's the only thing I see we can do, and 
> gradually they learn and things get slowly, slowly better.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas
> 


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[Bibdesk-users] J App Phys bibtex not recognized by bibdesk

[Themis Matsoukas]

The bibtex export fromApplied Physics Letters looks something like this:

@journal article{10.1063/1.105211, title = {Properties of silicon surface 
cleaned by hydrogen plasma}, publisher = {AIP}, year = {1991}, doi = 
{DOI:10.1063/1.105211}, issn = {00036951}, eissn = {10773118}, coden = 
{APPLAB}, volume = {58}, number = {13}, pages = {1378-1380}, author = {M. Ishii 
and K. Nakashima and I. Tajima and M. Yamamoto}, keywords = {SILICON; SURFACE 
CLEANING; PLASMA; HYDROGEN; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON?RESONANCE; PHOTOELECTRON 
SPECTROSCOPY; RHEED; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; ROUGHNESS; }, 
url = {http://dx.doi.org/doi/10.1063/1.105211}, }

and bidesk does not recognize it. The problem is fixed by changing @journal 
article to @article but I shouldn't have to do this manually. Is this a problem 
with APL's bibtex exporter? I am surprised because physics journals are 
latex/bibtex savvy, usually. Not to mention that I did not use to have this 
problem with APL downloads before.

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] review of Papers 2

[Themis Matsoukas]

On May 16, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote:
> 
>  I don't know if this is what bothers Themis, but what bothers me is the ugly 
> icons in the left-han-pane and also the toolbar and its counterpart below the 
> main table/cover view area. 
> 
> I have always thought that the main icon looks something like a cross between 
> a barn, a bank or courthouse, and a small house. Libraries have red carpets?

That's exactly what I was talking about. The icon has excruciating detail, you 
can look through the windows of the barn and see computers, and if you look 
more closely you might even see what the prof/farmer/librarian ate for lunch... 
Look like Animal Crossings on Wii (my daughter plays it, not me). 

The menu on the left is equally annoying. Reports and references, for example 
shows a spreadsheet with heading rows and columns, and possibly with equations 
in the cells. Such nano-minute detail gives me a headache. 

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] review of Papers 2

[Themis Matsoukas]

On May 15, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote:

> On May 15, 2011, at 1:13 PM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Haven't tried nor plan to try papers -- and just looking at the graphics of 
>> this app  makes me nauseate.  However, the idea that you can flip through 
>> papers in cover flow mode sound interesting. Can this be implemented in 
>> bibdesk?
> 
> 
> It does look interesting and cool, but how is it different than scrolling 
> through the main table with the down arrow, and having the attached paper 
> show up in the side or bottom pane? Unless you can make the attached file 
> display size really large, it's hard to tell what most will say by looking at 
> them in a preview or cover flow view. I have this problem when I look at 
> PDF's using cover flow in the Finder. Having the record show up in one of the 
> preview panes is most informative,especially when there are abstracts.

True, functionally it is the same, but it is more convenient to flip back and 
forth than it is to scroll with the cursor one pub each time. Also, you'll have 
to be sure that the pdf is always the first item in the pane.

For this to be practical, the magnification would have be enough to show the 
top half of the title page of a pdf. Usually that's enough to recognize a paper.

I am not saying that I am missing this functionality in bibdesk. However, many 
people fall for these bells and whistles, and that's one that's not entirely 
useless.

Themis


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Re: [Bibdesk-users] url problem

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Sep 21, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Andreas Fischlin wrote:

> However, this depends according to "hyperref" package documentation on the 
> driver used. Here an excerpt from 
> http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/hyperref/doc/manual.html:
> 
> breaklinksboolean false   
> Allows link text to break across lines; since this cannot be accommodated in 
> PDF, it is only set true by default if the pdftex driver is used. This makes 
> links on multiple lines into different PDF links to the same target.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Note for option breaklinks: The correct value is automatically set according 
> to the driver features. It can be overwritten for drivers that do not support 
> broken links. However, at any case, the link area will be wrong and displaced.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas

I am not sure how to understand this -- I am using pdflatex but I had to 
explicitly set the breaklinks option.

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] url problem

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:46 PM, JiHO wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 16:39, Themis Matsoukas  wrote:
>> This is not a bibdesk problem (I think) but it happens in citations: if a 
>> url is hyphenated, then clinking on it does not work because it is 
>> interpreted to end at the hyphenated point. I am attaching a bibdesk record 
>> and a screenshot that shows that the url (on the TeX preview) is highlighted 
>> only up to the hyphen. The same happens when the url appears in a regular 
>> latex document. It seems to be a conflict int he url package, but I though 
>> tI'd run it by this list first.
> 
> I use the package "hyperref" with the option "breaklinks" which, I
> think, solves this problem.

Unfortunately, hyperref conflicts with something else in my document that I 
can't quite resolve: 

./proposal.tex:366: pdfTeX error (ext4): \pdfendlink ended up in different nest
ing level than \pdfstartlink.
\atbeg...@output ...ipout \box \AtBeginShipoutBox 
  \fi \fi 
l.366 F
   igure \ref{fig_icNMC}b shows preliminary results from application of ...

./proposal.tex:366:  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on proposal.log.


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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problematic BiBTeX record

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Sep 8, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> Correction, it does not seem to be related to the "#" character. It is really 
> a problem in the way we try to escape special characters. Though I don't see 
> why that actually should give a problem, because in the end we do escape 
> them. Anyway, this should be fixed in tomorrow's nightly.

As always, I am impressed with the speed of the development team!

>> BTW, the autofile format is supposed to be a relative path so it should NOT 
>> start with "/". Perhaps that's the problem.

Christiaan, 

can you elaborate? I have the following settings:
   File papers in fixed location: 
~/WorkStuff/Research/Bibliography/eLibrary
   Format String: /%b/%a1-%c{Journal}%y%u0%e

Then, if file xyz.pdf is linked to a record in foo.bib, it  will be saved as 
   ~/WorkStuff/Research/Bibliography/eLibrary/foo/xyz.pdf

I use several different bib databases and this allows me to organize the pdfs 
in a way that makes sense (to me).  It has worked without problems. Are you 
saying this is not the proper way to do this?
How should I do it then?

Themis



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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problematic BiBTeX record

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Sep 8, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> The citation record shown below gives me several problems that I cannot 
> explain:
> 
> 1. On the the main bibdesk window, the url (@) is empty, even though the url 
> field contains a valid address.
> 2. In the TeX preview window,  I get the message "TeX" preview generation 
> failed, but a preview *IS* produced (the log is atatched).
> 3. When I close the record I get the warning:
> 
> AutoFile did not have enough information to file this paper.  Would you like 
> to continue editing, or close the window and keep this entry as-is?


After some experimentation I isolated the problem in the url field. If I remove 
it, all other problems go away. The url is

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=106&sid=87b6a52e-623b-482f-b74c-85b9630ed343%40sessionmgr112&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=7429233%23db=buh&AN=7429233%23db=buh&AN=7429233


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Re: [Bibdesk-users] [BibDesk:] Separation of authors by comma?

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Sep 4, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Lucas Müller wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Most times the authors of a paper are separated by commas. When I copy and 
> paste the lists of authors from a paper to BibDesk's author field, BibDesk 
> does not recognize the separation of authors by comma but assumes that the 
> comma is a separation between given and family name and only takes "and" in 
> account for separation of author names. How can I change BibDesk that it as 
> well recognizes commas as separation for author names as well as commas?

Most journals now export citations in various formats that bibdesk can 
understand. I no longer enter references by hand. I go online and download the 
reference.

Themis


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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bib with missing cite key

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Sep 1, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Fischlin Andreas wrote:

> In these cases I always try to take the time send feedback to the editors 
> and/or web masters and ask the journal publisher to fix the problem, e.g. 
> cite keys with blanks in them and other syntax errors as they are so 
> widespread in download citation services offering the alleged BibTeX format. 
> ;-)   Not only will others profit from this, but also yourself when you visit 
> the journal the next time.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas

Good point -- I just submitted a report.

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] bib with missing cite key

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 31, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote:
> 
> Incidentally, this is part of the reason I recommend RIS over BibTeX when 
> importing from online sources; we put a lot of work into ensuring that 
> BibDesk's conversion from RIS to BibTeX gives syntactically and semantically 
> correct data.  Publishers' so-called BibTeX output is often lacking on both 
> counts!

That's good to know because I would have guessed quite the opposite, i.e.,  if 
I want BibTeX citations and the publisher provides them, why bother with RIS... 
Obviously, in this case the fault is with acs for providing an incomplete 
bibtex record, including a raw & in the journal title. 

Thanks

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[Bibdesk-users] bib with missing cite key

[Themis Matsoukas]

The attached bib, downloaded from 
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie901407x, refuses to open in bibdesk when 
double-clicked. It seems the problem is the missing cite key. Nonetheless, if I 
copy/paste the contents of the file (below) onto bibdesk, bibdesk accepts the 
record, after asking what to do about the missing cite key. It seems to me that 
double-clicking should give you the option to read the file with or without a 
cite key just as copy/paste does. Incidentally, if the reference is downloaded 
as ris, it is imported properly. 

A minor thing:  when I double-click on this bib, I am given the option to edit 
the source. If I choose to edit, I still have to dismiss a window with the 
warning "The document “achs_iecred49_5222-1.bib” could not be opened." The 
extra click to get this window out of the way is only a minor inconvenience but 
it would be nice not to have to do it. 

Themis

file achs_iecred49_5222-1.bib downloaded from 
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie901407x

@article{,
author = {Strumendo, Matteo and Arastoopour, Hamid},
title = {Solution of Population Balance Equations by the Finite Size Domain 
Complete Set of Trial Functions Method of Moments (FCMOM) for Inhomogeneous 
Systems},
journal = {Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research},
volume = {49},
number = {11},
pages = {5222-5230},
year = {2010},
doi = {10.1021/ie901407x},
URL = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie901407x},
eprint = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ie901407x}
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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Failed Tex preview

[Themis Matsoukas]

On May 6, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> Including a naked "&" in a field is indeed an error for TeX. The Log in the 
> preview will also tell you this.

I guess you did not understand that the & was a test to reproduce the error 
message.

> If you don't understand that this is wrong in TeX you probably should not 
> even be using the TeX preview.

Thank you for the kind suggestion. 

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Failed Tex preview

[Themis Matsoukas]

On May 5, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> Use the tex preview panel and select the Log tab.


I had not thought about that. Thanks. 

On May 5, 2010, at 9:25 PM, David Nicholls wrote:

> I struck problems with the Latex preview a while back.  One of the 
> problems had to do with the character encoding.  Try changing the Tex 
> preview character encoding eg to UTF-8 via Preferences > Tex Preview.

That's a preference I never knew it existed. I will give it a try next time I 
run into a problem. 


On May 6, 2010, at 6:05 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
> BTW, all this does not indicate a failure in the TeX preview. Quite to the 
> contrary, it shows that the TeX preview is working perfectly. The main 
> purpose of it is to preview the generated TeX and check whether the bibtex is 
> correct to be used for TeX. So if it fails, it indeed shows that the bibtex 
> is not suited for TeX and therefore the preview performs it's task of warning 
> you about that.

This must be a semantic distinction. When there's a problem, the tex preview 
window reports "TeX preview generation failed"


Thanks to all.

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[Bibdesk-users] Failed Tex preview

[Themis Matsoukas]

I run into the problem that a particular bibdesk record would not produce a 
latex preview.  I retyped every field of the record by hand but preview still 
failed. As it turned out, the problem was in the abstract field. After deleting 
the abstract, the preview was fine. Which brings me to my questions: 

(a) would it be possible for bibdesk to give some hint as to where the problem 
is when preview fails? Checking each field by hand is tedious. 

(b) how is it that the abstract can cause latex preview to fail, even though 
the abstract field is not typeset?

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] umlaut

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

> BibTeX itself will choke on non-ASCII characters in the cite key, so this is 
> the problem; non-ASCII characters elsewhere should be just fine.  This is one 
> of the reasons I generally prefer to download RIS citations instead of 
> BibTeX, since they're more likely to be correct.


I just tried that but the ris produced by science direct is not any 
user-friendlier. The file does not open automatically in bibdesk, I have to 
paste into a text fil, and then copy/paste into bibdesk. Even then some manual 
tweaking is needed (Stöber was read as Stˆber). 

Themis


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[Bibdesk-users] umlaut

[Themis Matsoukas]

If the downloaded citation has special characters (in the example below, 
umlaut), bibdesk refuses to read the record when I paste it. I usually paste to 
a text editor, change the umlaut and then ccopy/paste to bibdesk. Is there a 
simpler way around this problem?

@article{Stöber196862,
title = "Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size 
range",
journal = "Journal of Colloid and Interface Science",
volume = "26",
number = "1",
pages = "62 - 69",
year = "1968",
note = "",
issn = "0021-9797",
doi = "DOI: 10.1016/0021-9797(68)90272-5",
url = 
"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WHR-4CV917V-1Y/2/27dbfaeaa8011d03a304887c8a5d89a6";,
author = "Werner Stöber and Arthur Fink and Ernst Bohn"
}

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

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Apr 28, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Adrian Boeing wrote:

> 3. Can I import a Springer-Link result directly, if so, how?

On the Springer-Link page, choose "Export this article as RIS". This will 
download a .ris file that you can open with bibdesk. You can then copy-paste 
the record into your bibliography. 

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[Bibdesk-users] Wiley biblio exports

[Themis Matsoukas]

I have trouble importing citations from Wiley. I can download the citations as 
either endnote or text files (see below), but bibdesk does not recognize either 
format. Is there a way around this?

Here is an example:

Choosing EndNote format, the ris file reads:

%0 Journal Article
%A Haiyan Liu
%A Xiaodan Su
%A Xuefei Tian
%A Zhen Huang
%A Wenbo Song
%A Jingzhe Zhao
%T Preparation and Electrocatalytic Performance of Functionalized Copper-Based 
Nanoparticles Supported on the Gold Surface
%J Electroanalysis
%V 18
%N 21
%P 2055-2060
%D 2006
%@ 1521-4109
%+ Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 
Changchun 130012, P.†R. China; Department of Physical Chemistry, College of 
Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P.†R. China
%1 10.1002/elan.200603598
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.200603598

Choosing Plain Text format, the ris file reads:

AU: Haiyan Liu
AU: Xiaodan Su
AU: Xuefei Tian
AU: Zhen Huang
AU: Wenbo Song
AU: Jingzhe Zhao
TI: Preparation and Electrocatalytic Performance of Functionalized Copper-Based 
Nanoparticles Supported on the Gold Surface
SO: Electroanalysis
VL: 18
NO: 21
PG: 2055-2060
YR: 2006
CP: Copyright © 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
ON: 1521-4109
PN: 1040-0397
AD: Department of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 
Changchun 130012, P.†R. China; Department of Physical Chemistry, College of 
Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P.†R. China
DOI: 10.1002/elan.200603598
US: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.200603598

Thanks,

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[Bibdesk-users] Problems with some SD downloads

[Themis Matsoukas]

Bibdesk refuses to open this citation (below) from Science Direct with  
error message:

Unable to Interpret - There was a problem reading the file.  Do you  
want to give up, edit the file to correct the errors, or keep going  
with everything that could be analyzed? If you choose "Keep Going" and  
then save the file, you will probably lose data.

"Keep Going" brings up an empty file
"Edit File" gives "Unable to interpret data as Unicode (UTF-8).  Try a  
different encoding."
If I remove the abstract, BiBDesk reads the file properly. However, I  
like to download abstracts so if there is a direct workaround, I'd be  
happy to know about it.

Below is the problem record:


TY  - JOUR
T1  - Plasma polymerization using a constricted anode plasma source
JO  - Surface and Coatings Technology
VL  - 179
IS  - 2-3
SP  - 193
EP  - 200
PY  - 2004/2/23
T2  -
AU  - Nema, S. K.
AU  - Raole, P. M.
AU  - Mukherjee, S.
AU  - Kikani, P.
AU  - John, P. I.
UR  - 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVV-49M6SG8-2/2/171772cf0152d9e2929a653b15141090
KW  - Plasma polymerization
KW  - Photoelectron spectroscopy
KW  - Corrosion
AB  -
This paper investigates plasma polymerization of hexamethyl disiloxane  
(HMDSO) using a constricted anode plasma source (CAPS). The CAPS uses  
a new electrode configuration i.e. a small anode surrounded by a large  
cathode, which allows a plasma to be sustained at low pressure of  
1◊10-3 mbar. Using CAPS, polymerization of HMDSO in the presence of  
oxygen was carried out, which resulted in the formation of pinhole  
free glass-like coating on aluminum substrates. The coating was  
analysed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which confirmed the  
presence of the Si---O---C and the SiOx. Near the coating surface more  
oxygen was obtained than in the bulk of the coating. With the increase  
in the deposition temperature, the carbon content in the coating  
decreased. The corrosion resistance also increased with the increase  
in deposition temperature. The results establish that the new  
electrode configuration used in the present investigation can produce  
good quality coatings by polymerization of a precursor.
ER  -


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Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX Preview generation failed

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> Choose the "Log" tab in the TeX preview window. It shows the tex and  
> bibtex logs.
>
> Christiaan
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Themis Matsoukas <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > wrote:
> For some bibliographic records I get the message "TeX Preview
> generation failed" but a TeX is in fact generated in the preview
> window. Where should I look for the source of this problem?
>
> (Version 1.3.18 (1202)).
>
> Themis

Thanks. A stray comma after the last author caused the problem...



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[Bibdesk-users] TeX Preview generation failed

[Themis Matsoukas]

For some bibliographic records I get the message "TeX Preview  
generation failed" but a TeX is in fact generated in the preview  
window. Where should I look for the source of this problem?

(Version 1.3.18 (1202)).

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Wiley-Export

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 20, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> On 20 Aug 2008, at 6:33 PM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:
>
>> On Aug 20, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote:
>>
>>> Are you using Panther?  1.2.11 has the same features as 1.2.10,
>>> which was
>>> released on 7 October 2006.  I added Refer parsing support on 10
>>> January
>>> 2007, so it never made it into a 1.2.x release.
>>
>> I am on OS 10.5.4 and I believe I downloaded the latest bibdesk  
>> only a
>> couple days ago. Should I upgrade, or downgrade, if I want to get  
>> this
>> to work?
>>
>> Themis Matsoukas
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> You should definitely upgrade! You can get it from the web site, 
> http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net

I upgraded and now everything works as it supposed to. I have no idea  
how I ended up with such an old version...

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Wiley-Export

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 20, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote:

> Are you using Panther?  1.2.11 has the same features as 1.2.10,  
> which was
> released on 7 October 2006.  I added Refer parsing support on 10  
> January
> 2007, so it never made it into a 1.2.x release.

I am on OS 10.5.4 and I believe I downloaded the latest bibdesk only a  
couple days ago. Should I upgrade, or downgrade, if I want to get this  
to work?

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Wiley-Export

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 20, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

>
> On 20 Aug 2008, at 4:24 PM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:
>
>> %0 Journal Article
>> %A Patrick T. Spicer, Sotiris E. Pratsinis,
>> %T Coagulation and fragmentation: Universal steady-state particle- 
>> size
>> distribution
>> %J AIChE Journal
>> %V 42
>> %N 6
>> %P 1612-1620
>> %D 1996
>> %@ 1547-5905
>> %+ Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati,
>> Cincinnati, OH 45221
>> %1 10.1002/aic.690420612
>> %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690420612
>
> When I paste this, it's accepted. Only the special custom tags
> (starting from %@) are not properly parsed.
>
> Perhaps you added some stuff at the beginning of the string?

Did not add anything else... Maybe I am not pasting at the right  
place? I copied the text, then went to the main pane of a bib file and  
pasted (apple-V). I'm using Version 1.2.11 (v485).

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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Wiley-Export

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 18, 2008, at 5:18 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote:

> On 08/18/08 05:17, "Daniel Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> wrote:
>
>> Dear BibDeskers,
>>
>> now that Wiley took over Blackwell, many of the papers I am reading
>> are hosted on their website. Hence using their citation export
>> "feature" is diffcult to avoid. I think there was a discussion about
>> Wiley on this list a while ago, and about their ignorance to export
>> proper RIS or BiBTeX.
>>
>> I know it is all their fault, but would it be possible to have a
>> filter for Wiley? Or what are other user's workflows?
>
> Their "Endnote" option is actually readable by BibDesk directly, but  
> the
> .ris extension forces BibDesk to read it as RIS (which it obviously  
> is not).
> Copy the text from that file and paste it into BibDesk, and things  
> will
> mostly work; you still need to edit the author field to replace the  
> comma
> separator with "and" and remove the trailing comma.  That cleanup  
> may be
> AppleScript-able.

I tried to follow your advice: I downloaded the endnote formatted  
citation, read it as text, and tried to paste into BibDesk but I get  
"BibDesk couldn't find bibliography data in this text." What am I  
missing? Below is the endnote text of the citation:


%0 Journal Article
%A Patrick T. Spicer, Sotiris E. Pratsinis,
%T Coagulation and fragmentation: Universal steady-state particle-size  
distribution
%J AIChE Journal
%V 42
%N 6
%P 1612-1620
%D 1996
%@ 1547-5905
%+ Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati,  
Cincinnati, OH 45221
%1 10.1002/aic.690420612
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690420612


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Re: [Bibdesk-users] Drop File Window

[Themis Matsoukas]

The (small) inconvenience with this is that older records that have  
local-url filled could have it displayed on the main window. That way,  
I can tell which records have an associated file and which don't. Now,  
I have to open a record individually to see whether there is an  
attachment for it or not. That's an extra click. I know... I'm getting  
lazy.

Themis Matsoukas



On May 28, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> File/URL fields are deprecated.
>
> Christiaan
>
> On 28 May 2008, at 2:54 PM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:
>
>> When I drop a pdf to the "drop files here" pane, the local url is not
>> updated, even though the pdf file is filed correctly according to the
>> autofile rules. Similarly, if I drop a web address, the url field is
>> not updated. In previous versions, if I remember correctly, dropping
>> files on a record created entries for the url or local url fields.  
>> How
>> do I get these fields to recognize the dropped files in the current
>> bibdesk?
>>
>> Version 1.3.17 (1125)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Themis Matsoukas
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
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[Bibdesk-users] Drop File Window

[Themis Matsoukas]

When I drop a pdf to the "drop files here" pane, the local url is not  
updated, even though the pdf file is filed correctly according to the  
autofile rules. Similarly, if I drop a web address, the url field is  
not updated. In previous versions, if I remember correctly, dropping  
files on a record created entries for the url or local url fields. How  
do I get these fields to recognize the dropped files in the current  
bibdesk?

Version 1.3.17 (1125)

Thanks

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