Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Fernando Pereira
On Oct 21, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > But you *can* do something with that data. You can edit it, using the > highlighting to guide you to the errors, and copy/paset the data > again. I agree, but the expectation when a program pops up a window to allow me fix a problem is

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/21/07 5:27 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 16:12, Fernando Pereira wrote: > >> >> On Oct 21, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >> One more comment: >> >>> The editing window is really designed to work with files, so this is >>> expected

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 22 Oct 2007, at 1:12 AM, Fernando Pereira wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > One more comment: > >> The editing window is really designed to work with files, so this is >> expected behavior. > > I respectfully disagree. If BibDesk gives me an option to "Edit Dat

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Oct 21, 2007, at 16:12, Fernando Pereira wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > One more comment: > >> The editing window is really designed to work with files, so this is >> expected behavior. > > I respectfully disagree. If BibDesk gives me an option to "Edit Data

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
I've removed the warnings completely when importing using New Publications From Clipboard. It is just supposed to be trying to immediately read the pasteboard. If it fails it should just rely on the default behavior and go to the import sheet, rather than go through the warnings and error e

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Fernando Pereira
On Oct 21, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: One more comment: > The editing window is really designed to work with files, so this is > expected behavior. I respectfully disagree. If BibDesk gives me an option to "Edit Data" and pops up a window that allows me to "edit" the data, it's

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Fernando Pereira
On Oct 21, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Well, it's part of the problem. If you choose Cancel you get the > standard text import sheet immediately. Yes, that's confusing too. -- F - This SF.net email is s

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Fernando Pereira
On Oct 21, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > I don't think that's the problem. Try this: > > 1) copy this to clipboard > > @article{testkey, > field = some one > author = "test author"} > > 2) choose New Publications from Clipboard... > > 3) choose Edit Data > > I get two error dialogs.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Fernando Pereira
On Oct 21, 2007, at 6:55 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > You're missing the easy way to add references. Paste or drag the text > directly into BibDesk (this works for any supported data type). When > it fails, you'll get an editing window that allows you to fix the > errors. Since there's no file

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 10/22/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 21, 2007, at 15:52, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > > You should choose Cancel. If you choose Keep Going, it ignores the > > error and tries to import directly anyway, even if it fails. > > I don't think that's the problem. Try this

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Oct 21, 2007, at 15:52, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > You should choose Cancel. If you choose Keep Going, it ignores the > error and tries to import directly anyway, even if it fails. I don't think that's the problem. Try this: 1) copy this to clipboard @article{testkey, field = some one auth

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Oct 21, 2007, at 15:38, Fernando Pereira wrote: > I'm trying to import a BibTeX entry from the clipboard. The entry has > some fields with undefined strings (I don't care about those fields). > When I use "New Publications from Clipboard...", two windows pop up: > an "Errors" table, and a dial

Re: [Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
You should choose Cancel. If you choose Keep Going, it ignores the error and tries to import directly anyway, even if it fails. Christiaan On 22 Oct 2007, at 12:38 AM, Fernando Pereira wrote: > I'm trying to import a BibTeX entry from the clipboard. The entry has > some fields with undefined s

[Bibdesk-users] confusing import error behavior

2007-10-21 Thread Fernando Pereira
I'm trying to import a BibTeX entry from the clipboard. The entry has some fields with undefined strings (I don't care about those fields). When I use "New Publications from Clipboard...", two windows pop up: an "Errors" table, and a dialog "Error Reading String". If I answer the dialog wit

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Collection == proceeding?

2007-10-21 Thread James Howison
I don't use BibLatex, so YRMV, but for 'edited book chapters' in books where there are different authors for each chapter (ie the book is a collection of articles) I've always used 'incollection' and just 'book' without authors but with editors for the container item. Perhaps try that befo

Re: [Bibdesk-users] APA Bibliography and Macros

2007-10-21 Thread Adam M. Goldstein
I wish I could help with this more---I didn't create or develop that template, just remembered where it was. Christiaan's advice in another response on this thread should be of some use, and in fact, is sure to be the last word or nearly so on the matter. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] APA Bibliography and Macros

2007-10-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
Sorry, my mistake. Try to download it again. Christiaan On 21 Oct 2007, at 6:57 PM, Cloy Tobola wrote: > Adam, > > Thanks for the response. > > When I use that template and try to export three records (two journal > articles and a technical report), I get this: > > (() et al., et al., 2006 et a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] APA Bibliography and Macros

2007-10-21 Thread Cloy Tobola
Adam, Thanks for the response. When I use that template and try to export three records (two journal articles and a technical report), I get this: (() et al., et al., 2006 et al., 2006() et al., () et al., et al., 2003) -Cloy On Oct 21, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > On O

Re: [Bibdesk-users] APA Bibliography and Macros

2007-10-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 21 Oct 2007, at 6:27 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: On Oct 20, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Cloy Tobola wrote: 1. Can someone provide an export template for an "APA like" bibliography / reference list? Personally, I find APA Style to arbitrary and inconsistent (so I know I'll need to clean up th

Re: [Bibdesk-users] APA Bibliography and Macros

2007-10-21 Thread Adam M. Goldstein
On Oct 20, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Cloy Tobola wrote: > > > 1. Can someone provide an export template for an "APA like" > bibliography / reference list? Personally, I find APA Style to > arbitrary and inconsistent (so I know I'll need to clean up the > list), but it's the standard in my field, so I h

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Collection == proceeding?

2007-10-21 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 21.10.2007, at 12:39, François Briatte wrote: > I asked here because BibDesk does not have a 'collection' type, which > seems the only way to refer to an edited book (example below) with > biblatex. You can easily add and remove bibtex types in the prefs under "Default". simon > > Thanks for

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Collection == proceeding?

2007-10-21 Thread François Briatte
I asked here because BibDesk does not have a 'collection' type, which seems the only way to refer to an edited book (example below) with biblatex. Thanks for the precision though! > > E.g. Smith, John and Smith, Ann (2003) The Typical Collective Book, > > London, Routledge. Fr. On 21/10/2007, A

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Collection == proceeding?

2007-10-21 Thread Alex Hamann
Although this is not the best place to ask questions related to BibTeX (better: the macostex list) in general here is the description from btxdoc.pdf (the guide to bibtex): proceedings: The proceedings of a conference. Required fields: title, year. Optional fields: editor, volume or num