Re: [Bibdesk-users] have people seen c2bib?

2007-11-02 Thread Alexander H. Montgomery
On Nov 2, 2007, at 6:57 PM, James Howison wrote: >> >> One problem is that many PDF's from professionally published journals >> seem to be locked and so don't permit extracting their text. > > Yes, I've written to a few publishers about that. It's really silly, > honestly who makes money out of u

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Formatting of drag-and-drop citations

2007-11-02 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I see, finally. You mean that if I use a template that is a plain .txt file, there is by definition no formatting. Thanks. On 11/2/07 5:39 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3 Nov 2007, at 12:24 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> When I drag-and-drop a temporar

Re: [Bibdesk-users] have people seen c2bib?

2007-11-02 Thread James Howison
On Nov 2, 2007, at 9:39 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > I mentioned this on this list quite a while ago, when it was in its > really early stages. ah, me need to pay attention :) > Used with PDF-to-text, you can process a PDF and then have cb2bib > import the references. Yeah, strangely you can

Re: [Bibdesk-users] have people seen c2bib?

2007-11-02 Thread Adam M. Goldstein
I mentioned this on this list quite a while ago, when it was in its really early stages. Used with PDF-to-text, you can process a PDF and then have cb2bib import the references. It didn't work so well when I tried it before, but it sounds like it's improving. It looks like people submit reg

[Bibdesk-users] have people seen c2bib?

2007-11-02 Thread James Howison
It takes plain text references and uses Regexes to turn them into BibTeX. http://www.molspaces.com/d_cb2bib-overview.php It has some built in regexes (eg JSTOR and PubMeb), but it is more useful once you get into writing your own regexes. The interface is very, shall we say, linux quirky,

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Formatting of drag-and-drop citations

2007-11-02 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 3 Nov 2007, at 12:24 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > Hello, > > When I drag-and-drop a temporary citation from BibDesk into my word > processor (Mellel), a font comes with the text. Is there any way to > get > unformatted text? > > Thanks, > Ingrid What format are you dragging? If it is Text, th

[Bibdesk-users] Formatting of drag-and-drop citations

2007-11-02 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Hello, When I drag-and-drop a temporary citation from BibDesk into my word processor (Mellel), a font comes with the text. Is there any way to get unformatted text? Thanks, Ingrid - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splu

Re: [Bibdesk-users] input managers on Leopard

2007-11-02 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Nov 2, 2007, at 3:24 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > On 02.11.2007, at 23:19, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> BibDesk's input manager is really handy, but it's been a huge hassle >> to maintain, and uses some nasty hacks. If you'd like to see the >> functionality incorporated into your favorite Coco

Re: [Bibdesk-users] input managers on Leopard

2007-11-02 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 02.11.2007, at 23:19, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > As a recent post pointed out, there are issues with input managers on > Leopard. Apple's official position is that input manager bundles have > never been supported: > > http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2006/Mar/msg01106.html > > http://

[Bibdesk-users] input managers on Leopard

2007-11-02 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
As a recent post pointed out, there are issues with input managers on Leopard. Apple's official position is that input manager bundles have never been supported: http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2006/Mar/msg01106.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2007/Oct/msg01622.html

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Compatibility of BibDesk

2007-11-02 Thread Mathias Lösch
If you want to use autocompletion you should consider this workaround. http://blog.macromates.com/2007/inputmanagers-on-leopard/ Mathias Am 02.11.2007 um 22:47 schrieb Niels Kobschätzki: > On Nov 2, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Paul Calamai wrote: > >> Does anyone happen to know if BibDesk is Leopard com

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Compatibility of BibDesk

2007-11-02 Thread Niels Kobschätzki
On Nov 2, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Paul Calamai wrote: > Does anyone happen to know if BibDesk is Leopard compatible? 'Til now I have no problems with it under Leopard Niels - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Compatibility of BibDesk

2007-11-02 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Nov 2, 2007, at 2:34 PM, Paul Calamai wrote: > Does anyone happen to know if BibDesk is Leopard compatible? Yes, BibDesk is Leopard compatible. -- adam - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping t

[Bibdesk-users] Compatibility of BibDesk

2007-11-02 Thread Paul Calamai
Hi Does anyone happen to know if BibDesk is Leopard compatible? - 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 AJ

Re: [Bibdesk-users] RIS import from Wiley InterScience not working

2007-11-02 Thread Christiaan Hofman
Of course I fully disagree with their remark that "the developer should be familiar with Wiley". In fact, the problem is not about knowing their quirks. The problem is that their broken format does not give a way to recognize it as RIS, and distinguish it from some similar formats, such as

Re: [Bibdesk-users] RIS import from Wiley InterScience not working

2007-11-02 Thread Bertolt Meyer
Hi Christian, thanks for your answer. I just chatted with a support guy named Peter Phillips at Wiley, I thought you'd might be interested in their not so supportive attitude (my favorite is the bit on the software vendor supposed to be familiar with wiley): --snip-- [I explain the problem]

Re: [Bibdesk-users] RIS import from Wiley InterScience not working

2007-11-02 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
In addition, point them to the public RIS specification at http://www.refman.com/support/risformat_intro.asp , which is what we used in developing that criteria. adam On Nov 2, 2007, at 7:20 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > The RIS from that site is incomplete, it misses a TY entry > (publicatio

Re: [Bibdesk-users] RIS import from Wiley InterScience not working

2007-11-02 Thread Christiaan Hofman
The RIS from that site is incomplete, it misses a TY entry (publication type). And that is precisely what we use to recognize RIS, so BibDesk cannot identify it as RIS. If you can I'd file a bug report with them and ask them to correct it in the future (but don't hold your breath, as they'r

[Bibdesk-users] RIS import from Wiley InterScience not working

2007-11-02 Thread Bertolt Meyer
Hi all, I am having trouble with importing RIS-formatted citations from Wiley InterScience into bibdesk. For example: On this page: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112417957/ABSTRACT I click on "Download Citation". On the following page, I select Plain Text/Citation/Mac a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk z39.50

2007-11-02 Thread Stephan Kurz
Ben, > Everybody posts, that you can setup any online database which the z39.50 > protocol via file->New Search Group. This item is not existent in my file > menu. > I hope somebody can help me solving this problem. > I'm using BibDesk version 1.2.11 running on Mac OS 10.3.9. This is already the

[Bibdesk-users] BibDesk z39.50

2007-11-02 Thread Benjamin Thiemecke
Hello, I'm a newbie in using BibDesk and think it is great tool organising literature. Everybody posts, that you can setup any online database which the z39.50 protocol via file->New Search Group. This item is not existent in my file menu. I hope somebody can help me solving this problem. I'm using