Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk Integration with Microsoft Word

2008-05-14 Thread Ingrid Giffin
That's great. I'll be away for the summer but will try it in the fall. (Wish someone could do this for Mellel, which works with Bookends and one other, but not BibDesk.) Ingrid On 5/13/08 11:37 PM, "Colin A. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With no other reference managers currently support

Re: [Bibdesk-users] votes on 1.3.17?

2008-05-10 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Update to my last-- I have changed back to 1.3.15, but exactly the same crashing is still happening. So it's not 1.3.16, obviously. Ingrid On 5/10/08 2:28 PM, "Ingrid Giffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just downloaded 1.3.16 today and am experiencing repeated

Re: [Bibdesk-users] votes on 1.3.17?

2008-05-10 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I just downloaded 1.3.16 today and am experiencing repeated crashes when selecting multiple records in the main window. Reported on SourceForge. I'm reverting to 1.3.15 for now. Ingrid OS 10.4.11 On 5/10/08 1:34 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Once again, 1.3.1

Re: [Bibdesk-users] publisher lookup applescript

2008-05-10 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Great idea! Thanks. Ingrid On 5/9/08 12:17 PM, "Derick Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of the annoying features of google scholar is that it doesn't include > address information for publishers in the BibTex. Following is an Applescript > which will add addresses to publications based on

[Bibdesk-users] Auto backup not happening?

2008-04-30 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I have my preferences set to do an auto-backup every 30 minutes, but this doesn't seem to be happening. The "Autosaved" bib is both created and last modified April 19. Ingrid Giffin - This SF.net email is s

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question

2008-04-22 Thread Ingrid Giffin
The programming gurus can no doubt give a more technical explanation, but I¹m a long-time Filemaker user, and this should not be difficult. BibDesk imports plain text files as long as they are formatted with the proper identifying tags. Filemaker can easily add tags to text by means of calculation

[Bibdesk-users] Static group as criterion for smart group

2008-04-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Hello, I would like to use membership in a particular static group as one criterion for membership in a smart group. For instance, I would like to create a smart group that contains all references that are members of static group X and are also (for example) books, or (for example) have a certain

[Bibdesk-users] (no subject)

2008-04-03 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Apologies if this has been covered before, but I couldn't find anything in the archives. I sometimes have records that are Books with an editor listed but no author, but which have a pdf attached for various reasons (such as that I copied the table of contents for future reference, or the combined

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk and workflow

2008-03-20 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/20/08 2:23 AM, "Simon Spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19.03.2008, at 03:40, Ingrid Giffin wrote: >> >> On 3/18/08 9:07 AM, "Simon Spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> As for Zotero: There is work underway to ma

Re: [Bibdesk-users] array out of bounds

2008-03-19 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I¹ll keep an eye out for it next time. On 3/19/08 6:19 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's not good. If anyone can give steps to reproduce this, that would be > helpful. > > Christiaan > > On 20 Mar 2008, at 1:07 AM, Ingrid Gi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] array out of bounds

2008-03-19 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I get that same message often. On 3/19/08 5:31 PM, "Derick Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just deleting about 10 file attachments from a publication I had just > duplicated, using the delete key (having set the ask about moving to the trash > option to not ask again), and got several "a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk and workflow

2008-03-18 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/18/08 9:07 AM, "Simon Spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for Zotero: There is work underway to make Zotero's data detectors > work in WebKit (Safari's engine). See http://hublog.hubmed.org/ > archives/001560.html . I don't know how far this is and when we can > expect something, but

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Some linked URLs loading incorrectly

2008-03-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/9/08 3:11 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9 Mar 2008, at 9:53 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: >> >> On 2008-03-09, at 1:44 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote:>> >>> >>> On 3/9/08 2:18 PM, "Christiaan Hofman&q

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Some linked URLs loading incorrectly

2008-03-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/9/08 2:18 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9 Mar 2008, at 8:47 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> >> I've been having some trouble with URLs in the "linked documents" pane. The >> URL is correct, but when I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Some linked URLs loading incorrectly

2008-03-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/9/08 2:18 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9 Mar 2008, at 8:47 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> >> I've been having some trouble with URLs in the "linked documents" pane. The >> URL is correct, but when I cli

[Bibdesk-users] Some linked URLs loading incorrectly

2008-03-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
610(1972)14 ii:TAOATH>2.0.CO;2-P I'm running BibDesk Version 1.3.14 (v1008) Thanks, Ingrid Giffin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Newbie applescripter--any help appreciated

2008-03-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
t; set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string > set the item_list to every text item of this_text > set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string > set this_text to the item_list as string > set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldAStid

[Bibdesk-users] Newbie applescripter--any help appreciated

2008-03-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
ublication 8 of document "Anthro Bib" "http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1558-8610%281972%2914%3Cii%3ATAOATH%3E2.0. CO%3B2-P" replaceChars("http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1558-8610%281972%2914%3Cii%3A TAOATH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P", "links.jstor.org", &q

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Crashes involving the document viewing pane

2008-03-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/5/08 5:11 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> >> On 3/5/08 2:00 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 5 Mar 20

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Crashes involving the document viewing pane

2008-03-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/5/08 2:00 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5 Mar 2008, at 9:37 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> >> >> >> On 3/5/08 1:34 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>&g

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Crashes involving the document viewing pane

2008-03-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/5/08 1:34 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Also it's not clear to me really which view you mean, as you refer to >>> "bottom" and "linked documents", while normally the bottom preview >>> displays a text representation of the selected publications. >> >> The bottom p

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Crashes involving the document viewing pane

2008-03-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 3/5/08 12:49 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5 Mar 2008, at 6:52 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> >> On Mar 5, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: >> >>> I frequently crash BibDesk by doing things to the doc

[Bibdesk-users] Crashes involving the document viewing pane

2008-03-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
frequently, but not always, cause a crash. --Ingrid Giffin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Custom URL field not web-usable?

2008-02-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Fantastic! On 2/13/08 3:36 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the next nightly you can also use database find & replace directly for > linked URLs, choose the Remote URL field from the combobox. > > Christiaan > > On 13 Feb

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Custom URL field not web-usable?

2008-02-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Aah! That¹s what I needed. Thank you. On 2/13/08 1:11 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you have them in fields, you can also convert them to linked URLs in the > side pane using the "Convert File and URL Fields" feature from the Database > menu. That can also work

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Custom URL field not web-usable?

2008-02-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
apart from AppleScript. You really need that, you cannot do that > before you add? > > Christiaan > > On 13 Feb 2008, at 8:04 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> So if I copy 50 URLs to 50 My-Remote-URLs, and then fix all 50 en masse, I >> then have to drag each one

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Custom URL field not web-usable?

2008-02-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
field to the side pane. > > Also, fields are not automatically converted to attachments when there > already are attachments, it's only done once to help you get migrated to the > new system. > > Christiaan > > On Feb 13, 2008 7:49 PM, Ingrid Giffin <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Custom URL field not web-usable?

2008-02-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
the linked local files. If > you declared this field as a remote URL field it should have been > moved there initially, but that is not guaranteed if you've used > nightly builds. > > Christiaan > > On 13 Feb 2008, at 7:23 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Well, if

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Custom URL field not web-usable?

2008-02-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
ality has moved to the side pane. > > Christiaan > > On 13 Feb 2008, at 2:20 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a custom URL field called My-Proxy-URL that's set to be a >> Remote URL >> field in preferences. In the previous version of BibDesk,

[Bibdesk-users] Custom URL field not web-usable?

2008-02-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
py all these URLs into the My-Proxy-URL field, then run a search-and-replace to correct the URL to the proxy version that I can actually access. The I (used to) click on the icon by the My-Proxy-URL field to get back to the database, download the article, and link it into Bi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibTeX style file "name" "year-year-year"

2008-02-10 Thread Ingrid Giffin
This one has similarities to yours, and you could adapt it. It has name-year-year-year, but you will need to add the brackets and change other items as needed. --Ingrid Giffin <$publications> <$pubType=book?> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ByCommaAndAnd/> <$pubFields.Year

[Bibdesk-users] Mysterious error message

2008-02-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
idual records. Any suggestions for what the error message means, and what the problem might be? Thanks, Ingrid Giffin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local File column and formats

2008-02-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 2/4/08 2:46 PM, "Adam M. Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:12 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: >> On 1/27/08 5:36 PM, "Adam M. Goldstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Jan 27, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Cloy Tobola wrote:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Local File column and formats

2008-02-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
links column too, and you'd have to > distinguish it from that. By that rationale, every field in every column should be labeled with its header; clearly not normal for a column view. I too wish the paper clip could be removed from each field. Or, if the column is made narrow,

[Bibdesk-users] Conversion dialog message is chopped off

2008-02-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I just downloaded 1.3.14. In the initial dialog box about the local file and URL fields, the message is chopped off. It ends with "Conversion can be". --Ingrid Giffin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsof

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Concept management and writing workflow

2008-01-31 Thread Ingrid Giffin
py the BibDesk CiteKey into the notes for reference. The end result is that I have all my notes in a separate app, and never get around to moving them back into BibDesk as annotations. --Ingrid Giffin On 1/30/08 12:51 PM, "James Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ho

Re: [Bibdesk-users] What is this export?

2008-01-26 Thread Ingrid Giffin
gs they provide such as "availability" etc, and designate which field those will import into. This filter can be saved and reused. Once the info is imported through the filter, it can be exported in a standard format to BibDesk. --Ingrid Giffin On 1/26/08 3:36 AM, "Christiaan Hof

Re: [Bibdesk-users] [OT] How to crossref?

2008-01-07 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 1/4/08 4:10 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Makes sense. Thanks. But then why does the child item copy both >> title and >> booktitle? The title will always need to be replaced by the child's >> specific >> title--at least this has been the rule in my use. >> >> Thanks,

Re: [Bibdesk-users] [OT] How to crossref?

2008-01-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 1/4/08 1:41 PM, "Alexander H. Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2008-01-04, at 12:33 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> >> >>>>> The 'authors' are actually editors but that's how it came from the Library >>>

Re: [Bibdesk-users] [OT] How to crossref?

2008-01-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
.27t_that_be_changed.3F Well, I actually had read that help section several times, but hadn't been able to make sense of it. This is sort of working for me now, but when title gets copied to booktitle in the parent item, the title field is not cleared. Then th

Re: [Bibdesk-users] [OT] How to crossref?

2008-01-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
into the crossref child's title rather than into the booktitle. Is the parent title supposed to be in its booktitle field instead? This I suppose is logical but counterintuitive, since I think of the title field as being the default, and only think of the overarching booktitle when children come

Re: [Bibdesk-users] [OT] How to crossref?

2008-01-03 Thread Ingrid Giffin
e book. If the PDF is one combined file, I link it to both the book and to all the inbooks. This is just what seems most direct to me, though. --Ingrid Giffin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenge

Re: [Bibdesk-users] File migration dialog

2008-01-02 Thread Ingrid Giffin
These suggested changes to the dialog sound good--I opened one of the nightlies to look at another feature, and was quite alarmed by the "migrate" dialog. I wonder if it would be a good idea to include a reminder to make a backup before clicking "ok"? --Ingrid On 1/1/08 7:52 PM, "Adam R. Maxwel

Re: [Bibdesk-users] votes on 1.3.13

2007-12-29 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 12/29/07 5:15 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 30 Dec 2007, at 1:09 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> On 12/29/07 4:27 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 29, 2007,

Re: [Bibdesk-users] votes on 1.3.13

2007-12-29 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 12/29/07 4:27 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > >> On 2007-12-29, at 2:52 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: >> >>> Do I understand correctly, that there will no longer be

Re: [Bibdesk-users] votes on 1.3.13

2007-12-29 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 12/29/07 4:11 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Do I understand correctly, that there will no longer be the file >> icon in the >> column view? > > Yes. > &

Re: [Bibdesk-users] votes on 1.3.13

2007-12-29 Thread Ingrid Giffin
#x27;s really > absolutely necessary, since it implies a single file<->pub > relationship. We could do first file, second file... as with authors, > but that's limited as well. Do I understand correctly, that ther

Re: [Bibdesk-users] master-detail idea (was: things to fix before 1.3.13?)

2007-12-21 Thread Ingrid Giffin
helpful, since different projects have different screen real estate demands--sometimes BibDesk would get priority, sometimes not. Thanks, Ingrid Giffin - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all chall

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dragged web references?

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I've never been able to make the web-drag work, though. I have to copy the URL and do "New Pub from Web Page." When I drag a URL to the ref window, the window highlights but no pub is created. >>> >>> What are you dragging it from? I just tried with OmniWeb and NetNewsWire,

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dragged web references?

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 12/13/07 3:16 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 02:13PM, "Ingrid Giffin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 12/13/07 3:03 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dragged web references?

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
it's > usually a file. That may not be typical though...what do others think? Yes, if you're creating a new ref by dragging a web reference, the URL should be the URL. I've never been able to make the web-drag work, though. I have to copy the URL and do "New Pub from

[Bibdesk-users] New pub from clipboard--font size issue

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
). Is there any reason for BibDesk to keep the styles? Could it just use it as plain text instead? Thanks, Ingrid Giffin - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dragged web references?

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
The HTML title tag is standard of course, so that might be easy to scrape from the page. Additionally, meta-keywords might be brought into the keywords field. Ingrid Giffin On 12/13/07 2:16 PM, "James Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The recent discussion about referen

Re: [Bibdesk-users] appropriate way to add websites

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
ts>> Advanced--Custom BibTex Types and Fields (Edit)>> Then select "webpage" in the left column, click "+" below the right column, and type in your desired fields. It helps to have checked the correct spelling of those field names before you start, since you hav

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Way to un-link crossrefs? (Help!)

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Wow. Flawless, as far as I can see. Thank you very much‹you just saved me hours. Ingrid On 12/13/07 2:59 AM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tell front document of application "BibDesk" > set thePubs to get publications > repeat with thePub in thePubs > set theFields to get fie

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Way to un-link crossrefs? (Help!)

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
AIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 13 Dec 2007, at 9:38 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Is there any way to un-link a child crossref from its parent without losing >> the inherited information? If I delete the crossref key, all the linked >> information disappears. >> &g

[Bibdesk-users] Way to un-link crossrefs? (Help!)

2007-12-13 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Is there any way to un-link a child crossref from its parent without losing the inherited information? If I delete the crossref key, all the linked information disappears. I need to move a group of references into Bookends, which cannot interpret the crossref feature. I have exported a group of re

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Using bibdesk to write an ACTUAL bibliography

2007-11-25 Thread Ingrid Giffin
BibDesk can also be used as a database to feed into other things-- I use BibDesk to manage my references; then I export them into Bookends, which works automatically in conjunction with Mellel (a lovely word processor) or Word. If you are interested in this workflow let me know; I'd be happy to gi

[Bibdesk-users] Edit window pane function?

2007-11-22 Thread Ingrid Giffin
In the individual edit window, there is a resizable pane at the bottom. It is empty except for "Rating" and "Read". I can't find anything in the menus that affects what displays in this pane. Also, I can't find anything in Help that describes the function of this pane. Can someone point me in the r

Re: [Bibdesk-users] How to use Web Groups (JSTOR?)

2007-11-17 Thread Ingrid Giffin
>On 11/17/07 3:58 AM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 17 Nov 2007, at 10:08 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: >>> On 11/16/07 4:10 AM, "François Briatte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> A lot of stuff can be imported through

Re: [Bibdesk-users] How to use Web Groups (JSTOR?)

2007-11-17 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Hello, Could you explain exactly what you mean by creating a "page with a frame"? --and how you get the two to have different contents? Within my browser, I have tried the citeulike routine described on your web page, but if I click the citulike bookmarklet while I am on the JSTOR article page, I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] jstor

2007-11-16 Thread Ingrid Giffin
s feature has specific code for the sites it >>> supports, not just for any site that returns BibTeX. Currently it >>> doesn't support JSTOR, but from the looks of things it would be >>> possible to add it. >>> Look for it in future versions, development t

Re: [Bibdesk-users] How to use Web Groups (JSTOR?)

2007-11-15 Thread Ingrid Giffin
m the looks of things it would be > possible to add it. > Look for it in future versions, development time permitting. > > Thanks, > -mike > > On 11/9/07, Ingrid Giffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Going on the theory that BibDesk is scraping BibTex from Goog

[Bibdesk-users] Small menu correction

2007-11-12 Thread Ingrid Giffin
When you control-click a Group in left-hand pane of the reference window, there is an option to "Remove Smart Group." Since there are actually two kinds of groups (Static and Smart), and this option will remove either kind, I think the option should say simply "Remove Group." Regards, Ingrid --

[Bibdesk-users] How to use Web Groups (JSTOR?)

2007-11-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Going on the theory that BibDesk is scraping BibTex from Google Scholar, I tried a JSTOR experiment. In BibDesk, I ... 1) did a JSTOR search 2) "saved" some citations (JSTOR feature) 3) "viewed citations" 4) chose "View and Save Citations>>BibTex" 5) link didn't load Thinking that this was only

Re: [Bibdesk-users] How to use Web Groups (Google Scholar)?

2007-11-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 11/9/07 11:50 AM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday, November 09, 2007, at 10:17AM, "Ingrid Giffin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 1) Once I have completed a Google Scholar search, I see items showing up in >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] How to use Web Groups (Google Scholar)?

2007-11-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
This is fantastic. Two questions: 1) Once I have completed a Google Scholar search, I see items showing up in the BibDesk pane at the bottom. But when I click to the second page of the search results, the BibDesk list does not change. Is there something I have to do to get the second page's links

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Ideas for quotations manager?

2007-11-04 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Thank you very much! An interesting app. On 11/4/07 7:24 AM, "Silke Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried SlipBox (http://markusguhe.net/slipbox/)? > It's maybe not ideal, but could come close to what you need. And it does > link to BibDesk. >

[Bibdesk-users] Ideas for quotations manager?

2007-11-03 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I have tried a couple of ideas for storing quoted material, but haven't hit on the right thing yet. One was a software package called something like Citations (?), but it was heavily crash-prone. The ideal thing would be linked or linkable to BibDesk, so that each quotation would retain a link to t

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

[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] Template tags

2007-10-27 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I'm not very experienced with this, but don't you just insert a paragraph break in the text? It looks like your example does not have paragraph breaks, since the lines are breaking oddly after the angle brackets. --Ingrid On 10/27/07 8:29 PM, "Cloy Tobola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The temp

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] text editor integration

2007-10-18 Thread Ingrid Giffin
interface is quite extensive. --Ingrid On 10/18/07 1:16 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried the latest nightlies? It contains an editor to create > custom citation templates. > > Christiaan > > On 18 Oct 2007, at 7:28 PM, Ingrid

Re: [Bibdesk-users] text editor integration

2007-10-18 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Just as a Mellel-Bookends user, I know that the workflow below is correct (although I know nothing about the Apple Events portion). The reference manager produces the formatted text, so the ability to produce a wide variety of citation formats is essential. --or an easy-to-use method for the user t

Re: [Bibdesk-users] problems with importing EndNote library

2007-10-14 Thread Ingrid Giffin
The experts will I'm sure give you more help, but as a beginner I've run into some of the same issues. One thing I learned was that double quotes in fields have to be changed to two single quotes next to each other: ''quoted item'' instead of "quoted item". Adam sent me this link, which was helpfu

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Remove item from group?

2007-10-14 Thread Ingrid Giffin
e field names, though not > this particular one as it contains a space. > > Christiaan > > On 15 Oct 2007, at 12:41 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Yes, that is what I am trying to do, if I understand you correctly. >> I am >> trying to search in the citekey fi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Remove item from group?

2007-10-14 Thread Ingrid Giffin
36 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 15 Oct 2007, at 12:26 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Hello again, >> >> Two questions about citekeys. >> >> 1. Is there any way to get the citekey generator to ignore initial >>

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Remove item from group?

2007-10-14 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Yes, that is what I am trying to do, if I understand you correctly. I am trying to search in the citekey field using Find and Replace. But the citekey field does not seem to be available in the Field drop-down menu. Thanks. On 10/14/07 4:36 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Remove item from group?

2007-10-14 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Hello again, Two questions about citekeys. 1. Is there any way to get the citekey generator to ignore initial "The," "A," and "An" in titles? 2. Is there any way to search citekeys? When I use the Find and Replace dialog, "citekey" is not available as a field to search. I want to remove all the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Remove item from group?

2007-10-14 Thread Ingrid Giffin
ught I had the group selected and actually had the Library selected. Thanks anyway. On 10/13/07 5:23 AM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13 Oct 2007, at 7:18 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > The Help file says: > >> > Using the "delete

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Remove item from group?

2007-10-12 Thread Ingrid Giffin
The Help file says: > Using the "delete" key to delete an item while a group is selected will result > in the removal of that item from the present group. To delete the item from > the database while a group is selected, use ⌥ -delete. To see the group > equivalents for "Edit" menu commands, hold

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX coding in Cite Key

2007-10-11 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/11/07 12:31 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, October 11, 2007, at 11:25AM, "Christiaan Hofman" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 11 Oct 2007, at 8:00 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: >> >>&g

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Improvements to imports from library catalogs

2007-10-11 Thread Ingrid Giffin
> On Oct 11, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > If developers and other users really do think they don't want > keywords brought in, let me know, and I won't keep up the effort. I'm just a new user, but from my short experience with BibDesk I'd rather delete a few extra keywords than

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX coding in Cite Key

2007-10-11 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/11/07 11:32 AM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday, October 11, 2007, at 10:28AM, "Ingrid Giffin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I see. I was using coding from the only online information I've been able to >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX coding in Cite Key

2007-10-11 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/11/07 10:54 AM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11 Oct 2007, at 6:42 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> >> I would like to use the CiteKey format "First Author + Year + Short >> Title". >> However, the autogen

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX coding in Cite Key

2007-10-11 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I would like to use the CiteKey format "First Author + Year + Short Title". However, the autogeneration does not filter out coding such as in this title: Review of {\it In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth} by J. P. Mallory The Cite Key generated looks like this: Reid1

Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF import problem--nil argument

2007-10-10 Thread Ingrid Giffin
= {9}, Year = {1988}} Thanks, Ingrid On 10/10/07 12:22 PM, "Christiaan Hofman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you paste the bibtex item for this PDF, in particular the authors > and title. > > Christiaan > > On 10 Oct 2007, at 7:33 PM, Ingrid Giffi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF import problem--nil argument

2007-10-10 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/9/07 11:15 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 9, 2007, at 21:38, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> I'm having trouble with a couple of PDF files: when I attach them to the >> record, there is a BibDesk alert saying "

Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF import problem--nil argument

2007-10-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I'm having trouble with a couple of PDF files: when I attach them to the record, there is a BibDesk alert saying "***-[NSCFString appendString:] nil argument". The file is not renamed, and it is not moved to the storage folder. A local URL is put in the Local-URL field, but it is a link to the or

Re: [Bibdesk-users] what is bibdesk?

2007-10-09 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/9/07 7:20 AM, "Bruce Pourciau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 7, 2007, at 9:47 PM, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> >> I tried looking at MacTex (I think it was), but I really don¹t need the >> heavy typesetting capabilities. I ran screamin

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Format of a drag-and-drop citation

2007-10-08 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Perfect. Thanks. On 10/8/07 9:30 PM, "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 20:12, Ingrid Giffin wrote: > >> Dear BibDesk users, >> >> A newbie question, if you will bear with me. >> >> Is there any

[Bibdesk-users] Format of a drag-and-drop citation

2007-10-08 Thread Ingrid Giffin
Dear BibDesk users, A newbie question, if you will bear with me. Is there any way to get the "copying and dragging" behavior (set in Preferences) to produce a citation that looks like {author:citekey} ? The key element being that it is surrounded only by curly brackets, and not preceded by a back

Re: [Bibdesk-users] what is bibdesk?

2007-10-07 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/7/07 8:36 PM, "P Kishor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mellel + Bookends seems to do exactly what I dream of, but I don't want to use > Mellel because it can't handle South Asian scripts. Possibly veering off topic here, but FYI, there is a thread on this at http://forum.redlers.com/viewto

Re: [Bibdesk-users] what is bibdesk?

2007-10-07 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/7/07 6:52 PM, "Derick Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm not one of the developers but you both know that Bibdesk is a   >> software for generating Bibtex-files which are used in LaTeX-  >> documents.  > > I wonder how many users would agree with this characterization -- I don't use >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] text editor integration

2007-10-07 Thread Ingrid Giffin
I second that. At this point I export my project references to Bookends because of the smooth integration with Mellel. It would be a big improvement to be able to skip that step (which often creates its own problems). --Ingrid On 10/7/07 2:50 PM, "Daniele Pontillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem with citation-information "autocomplete"

2007-10-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
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 Bi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problem with citation-information "autocomplete"

2007-10-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
On 10/5/07 7:06 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 BibD

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Creating new record by dragging PDF

2007-10-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
ound 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

[Bibdesk-users] Creating new record by dragging PDF

2007-10-05 Thread Ingrid Giffin
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 t

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