Re: [Bibdesk-users] Edit Source window in Bibdesk

2011-12-26 Thread Chris Goedde
On Dec 26, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Dec 26, 2011, at 22:17, Chris Goedde wrote: Hi all, In the errors window in Bibdesk (1.5.6), I see a lot of lines like: Master.bib 366 warning found at brace-depth zero in string (TeX accents in BibTeX should be inside braces

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Edit Source window in Bibdesk

2011-12-26 Thread Chris Goedde
On Dec 26, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: You are editing master-1.bib. The text file you edited in step 4 is just some auxiliary text data, that only exists in memory, it is not associated with a document in the sense of the document architecture, so it is also not savable

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Chris Goedde
On Oct 22, 2011, at 6:45 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: And I'm probably getting something wrong here, but from what I understand, technically, iCloud files are still local files. From Apple's docs: All documents must be created on a local disk initially and moved to a user’s iCloud account

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Chris Goedde
Apropos of this discussion, an article in Macworld re: iCloud on the Mac. http://www.macworld.com/article/163173/2011/10/bugs_and_fixes_losing_iwork_documents_in_icloud.html Chris -- The demand for IT networking

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Lion?

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Goedde
On Aug 19, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: Actually, I don't. Skim doesn't really have 10.7 support, it just has some fixes to problems that may occur on 10.7 (based on inference from documentation and testing by users). What I've heard and seen from Lion doesn't really make

[Bibdesk-users] Can't delete empty entries

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Goedde
Hi all, I seem to have acquired a couple of empty entries in my database, and I can't delete them. I select them and hit delete (or use Edit-Delete) and nothing happens. (No beep or any apparent response.) One entry seems to be completely empty, the other appears to have only a cite key. Any

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Can't delete empty entries

2011-04-29 Thread Chris Goedde
On Apr 29, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Fischlin Andreas wrote: What is your current selection on the left? Library or something else? If the latter, try option-delete. Ah, that did it, thanks. Chris -- WhatsUp Gold -

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Broken PDF links

2010-12-07 Thread Chris Goedde
On Dec 7, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Dec 7, 2010, at 22:17, Chris Goedde wrote: Hi all, I opened up BibDesk for the first time in a while, and all the links to PDF files are broken. Some point to nothing, but others seem to point to random files on my drive. As far

[Bibdesk-users] A few interface nitpicks

2010-04-16 Thread Chris Goedde
Hi all, A few quick interface nitpicks/questions. (Don't you love developing for Mac users?) (1) I'm entering a bunch of books, and I added a field ISBN. Actually, I didn't, because BibDesk wouldn't let me. The field is actually Isbn. I know this is trivial, but it bugs me. Is there a reason

Re: [Bibdesk-users] A few interface nitpicks

2010-04-16 Thread Chris Goedde
On Apr 16, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: (3) Suppose I click New to create a new entry but then decide that's not what I want to do. If I click the close button I get a dialog box with only two choices, Edit and Keep. I know this was discussed extensively, and I don't want to

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Google Scholar Problem

2009-05-20 Thread Chris Goedde
On May 19, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: Probably not...I'd be happy to help if you want to try and add it, though :). Do you log in through a web page? Yes, from home I go through a web page. (Now that I think about it, we probably have IP-based access on campus.) There's

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Google Scholar Problem

2009-05-19 Thread Chris Goedde
On May 19, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: On 05/19/09 09:20, Chris Goedde cgg.li...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't used this feature before, but I see the same thing. I also see this with web of science. (Not clear on how it's supposed to work, since I haven't used it.) Couple

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

2008-10-24 Thread Chris Goedde
, but when it tries to auto complete local, it will come up as an option. On 2008-10-24, at 10:26 AM, Alex Hamann wrote: 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

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question for Autofile in BibDesk 1.3.14

2008-01-29 Thread Chris Goedde
On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: I say that because there is a choice: do you want %u, %U, %n, and how many characters and where? We can't know, because we can't readUsersMind. Doing something arbitrary is wrong. Moreover just sticking it at the end would be wrong because

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question for Autofile in BibDesk 1.3.14

2008-01-29 Thread Chris Goedde
On Jan 29, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 29 Jan 2008, at 5:16 PM, Chris Goedde wrote: On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:58 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: I say that because there is a choice: do you want %u, %U, %n, and how many characters and where? We can't know, because we can't

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem using Bibdesk

2008-01-02 Thread Chris Goedde
tex first, then bibtex. Typically, to get everything right when starting from scratch, you need to run the sequence: latex, bibtex, latex, latex. Bibtex uses the aux file that is created by running latex on your original tex source. -- Chris Goedde

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem using Bibdesk

2008-01-02 Thread Chris Goedde
On Jan 2, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Ian Thompson wrote: I have tried. I think I am messing up the bibdesk step. Do I have to do something extra to generate the Cite Key or is it done automatically? When you open your bib file in BibDesk, the cite key should be displayed in one of the columns. If

Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF preview

2007-10-05 Thread Chris Goedde
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.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Best way to merge bib files?

2007-08-24 Thread Chris Goedde
On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Goldstein, Adam wrote: Are the records identified as identical if you drag-and-drop them into the same bib file, if you use the select duplicates function from the menus? This also might narrow down the source of the problem---is it in the external file

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Best way to merge bib files?

2007-08-24 Thread Chris Goedde
On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: The reason is very simple: I don't have Category as a default field, so on my side this field is ignored for comparison for equivalence, while with your settings the category field is compared because it is a default field. As I mentioned

[Bibdesk-users] Importing citations from Wiley publication

2007-08-23 Thread Chris Goedde
I have a bunch of papers from the Journal of Research in Science Teaching that I want to enter in Bibdesk. This is a Wiley journal. I can download the citations in one of two formats, text or endnote. Neither one imports quite corrrectly into Bibdesk, and I wonder if they are malformed or

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Best way to merge bib files?

2007-08-23 Thread Chris Goedde
Probably the duplicates are not really duplicates, in that there is some difference. We check whether the standard fields (required, optional, or default fields) are the same to check for duplicates. We don't check the cite key. So it may also depend on how far they differ. Does checking for

Re: [Bibdesk-users] using aliases to a central bib file? and other newbie issues

2007-06-15 Thread Chris Goedde
subsystem that needs to find the bib file.) -- Chris Goedde - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click