Re: [Bibdesk-users] Can't import some of the Nature citations

2010-07-10 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
Adam, On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > Hi JT, > > If I click the "Export Citation" link on the right, it takes me to this > page: > > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v417/n6890/ris/nature00791.ris > > This is an RIS citation, but you only want the lines inclusive o

[Bibdesk-users] Can't import some of the Nature citations

2010-07-10 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
I have found out that some of the citations exported from Nature were not recognizable by BibDesk. I typically manually typed in the data, but for the following particular one: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v417/n6890/abs/nature00791.html the number of authors discouraged me to do so. I fi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Two computers

2010-04-20 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > I'm not sure I understand. The whole point of my setup is that you put your > files into the Dropbox and that your various computers only point to that > folder. I might not have stated clearly: I meant to create a symlink but not the file

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Two computers

2010-04-20 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
Timothée, Fischlin, and Simon, On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > The solution I use is Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com ). I have my complete > personal tree (~/Library/texmf) on my Dropbox and symlinks* on the different > machines point to it. It's perfect for this setup.

[Bibdesk-users] Two computers

2010-04-16 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
I recently purchased an imac for my home so I can leave my macbook in my office and don't have to haul it back and forth between my home and my office. I managed to have most crucial programs to be installed on this new imac, but am now puzzling over what I should do to make the bib databases of th

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Efficient citation (when autocompletion is not available)?

2010-02-11 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 2/11/10, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > In addition, I should note that you can use BibDesk's citation services in > any application that supports them: > > http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/manual/BibDesk%20Help_55.html > > This is a pretty good solution, and easier than switching apps (in my > opinio

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Efficient citation (when autocompletion is not available)?

2010-02-11 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 2/11/10, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > On 02/11/10 12:43, "Jung-Tsung Shen" wrote: > Try opt-esc instead, or maybe fn-f5. You can set whatever key binding you > want to it (it uses the complete: selector); I typically bind it to esc in > ~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Efficient citation (when autocompletion is not available)?

2010-02-11 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 2/11/10, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > BibDesk autocompletion is available in TeXShop. I submitted a patch to Dick > Koch that was basically a modification of our input manager code, and he > incorporated it a year or two ago. So if you enable it in TeXShop > preferences, you should get reference

[Bibdesk-users] Efficient citation (when autocompletion is not available)?

2010-02-11 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
I understand that autocompletion is not available for OS 10.5 and greater. Just curious, is there any other efficient way to get citation information without switching back and forthe between the windows? I am using TeXShop and have to constantly switch to the BibDesk window to find my reference an

Re: [Bibdesk-users] UTF-8 characters in the author field?

2008-08-21 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 8/21/08, Maxwell, Adam R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://newton.ex.ac.uk/tex/pack/bibtex/btxdoc/node3.html > > See item 4 in the list. Another reason for using the {\`e} idiom is that > BibDesk can convert it to è for display in the interface, and back to {\`e} > when you save. Thanks

Re: [Bibdesk-users] UTF-8 characters in the author field?

2008-08-21 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 8/21/08, Maxwell, Adam R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you mean the actual è (e grave) character, or the TeX sequence \`e? If > the former, you need to open the file using File->Open and choose the > correct encoding. Thanks, Adam. I will remember that. [I only knew double-click a file to

[Bibdesk-users] UTF-8 characters in the author field?

2008-08-21 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
I normally download .ris files from prola.aps.org. Sometimes when the author field (and other field) contains characters such as \`e, BibDesk refuses to open the file and gives me a warning about the coding instead. If I copy and paste to BibDesk (or other equivalent alternatives), then I could ma

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Incorrect encoding warning (v.1.3.16)

2008-05-07 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
> Does the default encoding in the Files preferences say UTF-8 for you > now? If so, you can just choose "Ignore", and then use Save As..., > choosing UTF-8 from the encoding popup in the save panel. You can just > overwrite the old version. After that you should be OK. Alternatively, > you can

[Bibdesk-users] Incorrect encoding warning (v.1.3.16)

2008-05-07 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
I downloaded the latest version v. 1.3.16 to replace v. 1.3.14 just now. Every time I opened the program, a warning message popped up, saying "Incorrect encoding The document will be opened with encoding Unicode (UTF-8), but it was previously saved with encoding Western (ASCII). YOu should cancel

Re: [Bibdesk-users] tex for preview

2007-12-23 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 12/23/07, Rafael Saviolo Moreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello... > Stephan thank you for your help but when I try to visit the the page that > you referred I got this message: > Not FoundThe requested URL > /pub/ctan/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.dmg was not found on > this server. > I trie

[Bibdesk-users] Selection window blocks the text

2007-10-14 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
This might be a very minor issue: when pressing the "apple key + esc" combination, a selection window pops up. However, the selection window blocks some text of the publication data in the editor window, and there are rare situations that this causes a problem. For example, when there are several p

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Outdated version invoked by TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 9/10/07, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First make sure the disk image is ejected (use Disk Utility to be sure), > and then remove the disk image file. Strange it's launching an old version. > > Christiaan > Thanks Adam and Christiaan. I have deleted the failed download file

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Outdated version invoked by TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 9/10/07, Jung-Tsung Shen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the fast reply. Yep. I have just done that after sending out > the message. Interestingly, it pointed to a previous "failed" download! The > icon still shows a Safari icon, with the file name &q

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Outdated version invoked by TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
is "failed" download still functions from the grave! :D Should I go ahead to have it deleted and re-install the plug-ins? That's the first time I've ever encountered such thing ... :-) JT On 9/10/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Monday, Septe

[Bibdesk-users] Outdated version invoked by TeXShop

2007-09-10 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
Adam, Just now I was writing a manuscript using TeXShop. After pressing Apple+Esc keys, BibDesk was invoked. Out of curiosity, I checked the version number, and it says "Version 1.3.4 (v731)". That's very strange, since I have only the latest version, 1.3.10 (v865), installed in my computer. Searc

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Highlight and Drag in Safari 3.03 (Beta)?

2007-08-23 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
s the > mouse and before you move it. > > Christiaan > > On 23 Aug 2007, at 4:26 AM, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > > > > > I downloaded Safari 3.03 (Beta) yesterday, and found out that now I > > almost couldn't highlight and drag the bibtex data to Bibdesk as I >

[Bibdesk-users] Highlight and Drag in Safari 3.03 (Beta)?

2007-08-22 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
I downloaded Safari 3.03 (Beta) yesterday, and found out that now I almost couldn't highlight and drag the bibtex data to Bibdesk as I used to -- the data could still be highlighted, but when I was trying to drag to Bibdesk, most often than not, the highlight region simply got de-highlighted. [I th

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Not able to drag and release?

2007-07-30 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 7/30/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 30, 2007, at 19:00, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > > >>> Here's a sample data that refused to be dragged: > >>> * > >>> > >>> @article{auff\`{

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Not able to drag and release?

2007-07-30 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
Adam, Thanks for the reply. On 7/30/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 30, 2007, at 14:41, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > > > For APS journals (e.g. Physical Review family), I usually have the > > LaTeX bib data for a paper displayed by the

[Bibdesk-users] Not able to drag and release?

2007-07-30 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
For APS journals (e.g. Physical Review family), I usually have the LaTeX bib data for a paper displayed by the web browser (Safari), then highlight the whole block and drag and release to an empty "Publication" entry in BibDesk. Sometimes, however, there were some data simply refused to be dragged

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Preventing some field(s) to show up in Article's reference list?

2007-07-24 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
Adam, Thanks a lot. I commented out the format.url output and format.eprint output, and now the reference list has a cleaner look. That's done in a couple of minutes' work and done beautifully. :-) Andrew, Since we only cut and paste the bib output in the .bbl file, I think that should be fine.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Preventing some field(s) to show up in Article's reference list?

2007-07-24 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 7/24/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2007, at 18:57, Andrew Dawes wrote: > > > Jung-Tsung, > > > > I too am currently writing an article with revtex4 and I noticed the > > same thing. Unfortunately this is a shortcoming of the bibtex style > > file that ships with r

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Preventing some field(s) to show up in Article's reference list?

2007-07-24 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
Andrew, On 7/24/07, Andrew Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jung-Tsung, > > I too am currently writing an article with revtex4 and I noticed the > same thing. Unfortunately this is a shortcoming of the bibtex style > file that ships with revtex4. The two solutions Adam listed are both > good opt

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Preventing some field(s) to show up in Article's reference list?

2007-07-24 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
On 7/24/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2007, at 17:05, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am writing a long paper with about 60+ cited reference. There are > > some fields showing up in the compiled article which I w

[Bibdesk-users] Preventing some field(s) to show up in Article's reference list?

2007-07-24 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
Hi, I am writing a long paper with about 60+ cited reference. There are some fields showing up in the compiled article which I would like to have them removed. Can this be done *within* BibDesk, rather than from the style file? Specifically, I am writing a paper for a journal using revtex4 style

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Locating Physical Copy of Papers?

2007-06-24 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
method is very convenient. Thanks! JT On 6/24/07, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jun 24, 2007, at 16:07, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > I was wondering if there's a quick way to locate the physical copy of > papers that were autofiled? This could be useful when one would l

[Bibdesk-users] Locating Physical Copy of Papers?

2007-06-24 Thread Jung-Tsung Shen
I was wondering if there's a quick way to locate the physical copy of papers that were autofiled? This could be useful when one would like to email a copy of paper(s) to other people. Presently, I have to manually locate the papers through Finder using the "local url" in BibDesk. Dragging the "loca