Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk 1.8.12: No auto-generated citekey

2022-09-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
> On 18 Sep 2022, at 15:59, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > > >> On 18 Sep 2022, at 13:35, Simon Spiegel wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 16 Sep 2022, at 14:21, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> >>> I think I finally found the problem. It

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk 1.8.12: No auto-generated citekey

2022-09-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
for tomorrow’s > nightly (BibDesk-20220916.dmg or later). Could you test that? This seems to fix the problem on the AirBook. I will later check with the Mac Studio. Thanks a lot Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://ww

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk 1.8.12: No auto-generated citekey

2022-09-15 Thread Simon Spiegel
of just one particular setup. Best Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia2016.ch „Everybody needs money! That’s why they call it money!“ David Mamet

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk 1.8.12: No auto-generated citekey

2022-09-15 Thread Simon Spiegel
> On 15 Sep 2022, at 15:37, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > > >> On 15 Sep 2022, at 11:58, Simon Spiegel > <mailto:si...@simifilm.ch>> wrote: >> >> Not sure if any of this means anything. >> >> Something else I noticed: When I got t

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk 1.8.12: No auto-generated citekey

2022-09-14 Thread Simon Spiegel
> On 15 Sep 2022, at 08:27, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > Hi, > > I’m having issues after updating to version 1.8.12. > > First, when I create a new entry with Cmd+N, the entry gets created, but the > window won’t pup up as it used to. > > Second, although I di

[Bibdesk-users] BibDesk 1.8.12: No auto-generated citekey

2022-09-14 Thread Simon Spiegel
appreciated Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia2016.ch „Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall down an open sewer and die.“ (Mel Brooks

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk slowdowns

2021-02-03 Thread Simon Spiegel
one of them is brand new, I think they should all be capable of handling a database of this size. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia20

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk slowdowns

2021-02-03 Thread Simon Spiegel
is something over 9mb, and according to Activity Monitor, BibDesk uses ~410mb of memory, which isn’t a lot compared to many other common programs. Simon-- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch ht

[Bibdesk-users] BibDesk slowdowns

2021-02-03 Thread Simon Spiegel
, whether it happened with the update t a new version or after reaching a certain number of entries. What I can say is that I see this on machines of quite different ages. Any suggestions? Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039

[Bibdesk-users] Move from Dropbox to iCloud

2020-10-09 Thread Simon Spiegel
. Thanks in advance Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia2016.ch „In a world getting more and more democratic, film directing is the last resort for dictators.“ Francis Ford Coppola

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk not opening bib files

2018-12-10 Thread Simon Spiegel
> On 9 Dec 2018, at 20:20, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > > >> On 8 Dec 2018, at 19:39, Antonio Fortin via Bibdesk-users >> wrote: >> >> I'm on macOS 10.13.6. Could it be that although the offending bibliography >> wouldn't open,

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk not opening bib files

2018-12-09 Thread Simon Spiegel
he same behaviour on 10.14.2. Haven’t identified the problematic entries, but it’s a .bib file which has been working flawlessly for years. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia2016.ch

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk and ISBN Number

2018-09-14 Thread Simon Spiegel
Field … If you want add fields permanently for all further entries, go the „Fields“ section in the prefs. You can either add fields globally for all types, or you can, under „Advanced“ costumize each entry type. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Adding field for bibliography output

2018-09-13 Thread Simon Spiegel
our style files like any other field. HTH Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia2016.ch „Goethen getroffen. Beeindruckt.“ Unbekannt __

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Adding field for bibliography output

2018-09-13 Thread Simon Spiegel
h/studies/news/events/biblatex.pdf HTH Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia2016.ch „If there's one thing I've learned, it's that life is one crushing defeat after another u

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Adding field for bibliography output

2018-09-12 Thread Simon Spiegel
easier to costumize than traditional BibTeX. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Maneggplatz 18 8041 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch http://www.utopia2016.ch „The first rule of Tautology Club is the first ru

Re: [Bibdesk-users] v1.6.1 crashes on 10.9

2013-11-14 Thread Simon Spiegel
p by the OS upgrade and a simple reinstall would have > worked, but just wanted to let suggest that you put out a new stable version, > which should then run well on 10.9. If that's of any help: I don't see any problems with BibDesk on Mavericks. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhalde

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Citing reprinted works

2012-11-19 Thread Simon Spiegel
mware, > SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > _______ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge

Re: [Bibdesk-users] MARC21 XML import

2012-02-27 Thread Simon Spiegel
> > > Apparently the extra part before the makes it too long to recognize. > Fixed for tomorrow. Works perfectly now. Thank you Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch „If you ev

Re: [Bibdesk-users] MARC21 XML import

2012-02-25 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 23.02.2012, at 13:37, Adam Maxwell wrote: > > > On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:31, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> Excellent. Thank you. >> >> BTW: I see that there hasn't been a nigthly since February 18, is this >> planned? > > Not planned. I'm aw

Re: [Bibdesk-users] MARC21 XML import

2012-02-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
ord element. I'll modify the regex > so this is recognized. > > Christiaan > > > On Feb 22, 2012, at 14:18, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> is BibDesk supposed to import MARC21-xml from files? I see that it is >> available as an option fo

[Bibdesk-users] MARC21 XML import

2012-02-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
g. (DE-588a)152657355 (DE-101)152657355 Gruszewska-Blaim, Ludmiła edt Hrsg. (DE-588a)1013528239 (DE-101)1013528239 B:DE-101 application/pdf http://d-nb.info/1012422267/04 Inhaltsverzeichnis ra

Re: [Bibdesk-users] biber and tex preview

2012-02-21 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 21.02.2012, at 09:01, Christian Pleul wrote: > > On 20.02.2012, at 22:17, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> >> On 20.02.2012, at 19:07, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> I don't use biber myself. But isn't it possible to use biber for the tex >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] biber and tex preview

2012-02-20 Thread Simon Spiegel
on that it should just > use pdflatex + biber + pdflatex from the command line. Absolutely no problem using biber in BibDesk. BibDesk doesn't support some of the more advanced biblatex features, but biber itself is no problem. Simon > -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Tele

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Entry type for encyclopedia entry

2012-01-29 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 29.01.2012, at 11:45, Christian Pleul wrote: > What would be the correct entry type for an encyclopedia entry when using > biblatex? In the end, this does of course depend on your needs and the specific style you use, but I use 'collection' for encyclopedias. Simon

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dropping aux file and biblatex

2012-01-11 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 11.01.2012, at 11:29, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Jan 11, 2012, at 10:04, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> >> „Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.“ General Buck Turgidson > > Does .bcf contain the same type of information, that is what I said in an &

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Dropping aux file and biblatex

2012-01-11 Thread Simon Spiegel
neral rule: although BibDesk works with biblatex, unfortunately, no biblatex-specific additions are actively supported ATM). Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.c

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-11-10 Thread Simon Spiegel
te to the version on the disk automatically. Well, this is, at least in theory, exactly what proper iCloud support would do for you. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch „Everybody needs money! Tha

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
> > On Oct 22, 2011, at 07:00 , Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> On 22.10.2011, at 15:31, Chris Goedde wrote: >> >>> the references to sandboxing and entitlements, is that it applies to App >>> Store apps, e.g. for an app to access iCloud from the desktop it ne

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 22.10.2011, at 15:31, Chris Goedde wrote: > 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 >&g

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
ndencies on the > reference, namely your user folder. Well, it's the exact setup I've been using for something like three or four years. So far, without any hiccup. But as I said: If everything could be moved to iCloud, then BibDesk could take care of all the files anyway. Si

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 22.10.2011, at 13:29, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Oct 22, 2011, at 13:06, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> >> On 22.10.2011, at 11:57, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> >>> On Oct 22, 2011, at 10:37, Simon Spiegel wrote: >>> >>>

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 22.10.2011, at 11:57, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Oct 22, 2011, at 10:37, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> a similar topic has already been discussed on the OSX TeX Mailing list, but >> I'm interested how the BibDesk developers see this issu

[Bibdesk-users] iCloud support BibDesk

2011-10-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
eady does with apps like Address Book or iCal (I'm actually quite surprised that the iOS version of the iWork suite already allow synching to iCloud while OSX applications haven't been updated yet). Any insights? Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44

[Bibdesk-users] stringByConvertingDoubleHyphenToEndash broken?

2011-10-11 Thread Simon Spiegel
of course. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch „It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.“

Re: [Bibdesk-users] full biblatex support

2011-09-02 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 02.09.2011, at 10:49, Christian Pleul wrote: > On 02.09.2011, at 10:13, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> >> On 02.09.2011, at 10:05, Christian Pleul wrote: >> >>> On 01.09.2011, at 23:07, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > [snip] > >>> >&g

Re: [Bibdesk-users] full biblatex support

2011-09-02 Thread Simon Spiegel
fo.plist belongs to your personal prefs and shouldn't normally be touched during an update. > > 3) What happens when I change the TypeInfo.plist and afterwards open an > already existing bib file. Does field names convert in some way? Or which > steps would you suggest to move

Re: [Bibdesk-users] full biblatex support

2011-09-01 Thread Simon Spiegel
are other ways how the biblatex support could be improved: For example offer biblatex as a default style for TeX Preview by default and/or biber as a possible default program Preview. Or crossrefs: biblatex/biber has a much more logical approach than BibTeX on how the different fields are mapped

Re: [Bibdesk-users] J App Phys bibtex not recognized by bibdesk

2011-08-17 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 17.08.2011, at 20:12, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > On Aug 17, 2011, at 10:34 , Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> But honestly I don't really understand your criticism. About every bibtex >> style which is more advanced than the original ones has had its own >> ext

Re: [Bibdesk-users] J App Phys bibtex not recognized by bibdesk

2011-08-17 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 17.08.2011, at 19:22, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2011, at 09:17 , Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> Biblatex actually has a type @journal > > I don't see that in its documentation, You're right I was mistaken. > though I see there are other ways it&#x

Re: [Bibdesk-users] J App Phys bibtex not recognized by bibdesk

2011-08-17 Thread Simon Spiegel
exporter? > > Yes, this is terribly broken; @article is the correct type. There is no > @journal, and there must be no space in the type. Biblatex actually has a type @journal, but @journal article is definitely broken. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telepho

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Finding or customising styles

2011-08-15 Thread Simon Spiegel
t into your working directory which you can call normally. And one last advice: I see that you're always using those ugly LaTeX commands for umlauts and other special characters. This is really not necessary anymore in this day and age. Save your .tex and .bib files in

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Finding or customising styles

2011-08-11 Thread Simon Spiegel
"). It takes a bit of time and experimenting to see which types and fields you actually need, since this highly depends on the field you're working in (for example, I never use patent, periodical, proceedings or report, but I very often need fields like bookauthor, translator, ori

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Finding or customising styles

2011-08-08 Thread Simon Spiegel
nd it. So, if you have questions, please ask. Just one piece of advice: In my experience, the first LaTeX are best undertook under the guidance of someone experience with LaTeX. Two or three hours with someone in the know can replace a lot of reading and experimenting. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Stein

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Finding or customising styles

2011-08-05 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 05.08.2011, at 17:33, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > On Aug 5, 2011, at 07:37, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> On 05.08.2011, at 16:26, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> Unless you're a TeXpert, those look worse than .bst files. >> >> Well, no, for two reasons:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Finding or customising styles

2011-08-05 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 05.08.2011, at 16:26, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 07:04 , Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> if you need to make changes for your special needs, biblatex is pure joy, >> while changing .bst files is dark magic. > > What files do you change for biblate

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Finding or customising styles

2011-08-05 Thread Simon Spiegel
ut .bst files or custom-bib. It's really not worth bothering, you wont achieve what you need with those tools. There are already several very good biblatex styles which should come close to what you need, and if you need to make changes for your special needs, biblatex is pure joy, while chan

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Where does BibDesk store autocomplete values?

2011-07-13 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 13.07.2011, at 09:59, Simon Spiegel wrote: > Hi, > > BibDesk offers the nice ability to remember values that have been entered > into fields for autocompletion. I wonder where this values are stored. > Because BibDesk even seems to remember values that aren't used anym

[Bibdesk-users] Where does BibDesk store autocomplete values?

2011-07-13 Thread Simon Spiegel
d the different variations are still offered although only one exists now in the .bib file. I restarted the app – it still remembers. I couldn't find anything the prefs file nor in the Application Support folder. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 533

Re: [Bibdesk-users] DOI and URL handling

2011-05-26 Thread Simon Spiegel
TeX world)? Well, it's hard to measure these things, but judging from posts on newsgroups et al I'd say it definitely does. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http://www.simifilm.ch „Selbst in der Sphäre de

Re: [Bibdesk-users] DOI and URL handling

2011-05-20 Thread Simon Spiegel
nal BibTeX. Adding the needed fields to BibDesk is perfectly easy, just define them in the "Fields" prefs. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 6039 http:/

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Synchronization libraries

2011-03-29 Thread Simon Spiegel
tions' in my Dropbox and set '~/Dropbox/Publikationen' as the fixed location for Autofile in BibDesk. Since the paths are identical on the different machines, this works flawlessly. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 45

Re: [Bibdesk-users] umlaut

2010-04-29 Thread Simon Spiegel
fication of the format and any program or website that produces a cite key with an umlaut is simply buggy. BibTeX (the program) will not be able to process such an entry. If you change Stöber196862 to Stoeber196862, the problem is gone. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Z

[Bibdesk-users] Hyperlinks in RTF templates

2010-04-26 Thread Simon Spiegel
es to open a location with the address %3C$pubFields.Url/%3E which of course doesn't work. Is this doable? TIA Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsd

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Two computers

2010-04-20 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 20.04.2010, at 19:21, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > 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 >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Two computers

2010-04-20 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 20.04.2010, at 17:19, Jung-Tsung Shen wrote: > 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 D

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Two computers

2010-04-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
hard drive, but comes from the Unix side. Symlinks are created in the shell, aliases in the Finder. The main difference between symlinks and aliases is that a symlink is completely transparent, meaning that the file system handles the symlink exactly like the place it refers to which is not the cas

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk for iPad?

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Spiegel
an of think of scenarios where it would make sense to edit your bibliographic data on your iPad. If I read a PDF with the hypothetical PDF viewer, I probably also want to be able to change things for this specific entry like keywords or marking it as read and so on. Being able to edit the Bib

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk for iPad?

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 28.01.2010, at 11:34, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:53, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >>> >>> >>> >>>> This is an interesting discussion. For me the most critical requirement is >>>> to have an annotation ap

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk for iPad?

2010-01-28 Thread Simon Spiegel
esktop app for various reason, I see how useful such an app could be for the iPad. But, of course, I would prefer BibDesk on the iPad. ;) Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41

Re: [Bibdesk-users] German Users

2009-08-29 Thread Simon Spiegel
who would prefer a German version. HTH simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.“ General Buck

Re: [Bibdesk-users] ISBN

2009-04-28 Thread Simon Spiegel
ult (and to be honest, I very rarely see printed bibliographies where the ISBN number is included). Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „In a world getting more and more democratic, film di

Re: [Bibdesk-users] iphone app

2009-04-13 Thread Simon Spiegel
rtunately, someone has to code it. So the important question is not what you, me or anyone else thinks, but whether someone is willing to write such an app). simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch

[Bibdesk-users] Template bug

2009-03-16 Thread Simon Spiegel
n operator is broken (or I'm completely boneheaded, which isn't unlikely). SImon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „Was soll aus mir mal werden, wenn ich

Re: [Bibdesk-users] OT: Startup with web + desktop reference management app

2009-03-05 Thread Simon Spiegel
le clients, they also offer web access to your data. This is still a bit rudimentary, but it works and is geared in a similar direction like Zotero. BTW, the UI of Mendely's OSX is ok. It wont win a beauty price, but there's also nothing fundamentally wrong or ugly. Simon -- Simon Sp

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Optimizing files for quicker response

2009-01-30 Thread Simon Spiegel
shed light on this: Could this be problem of Dropbox? On a related note: I'm not sure whether I got something wrong, but is it correct that BibDesk will only read Skim annotations in the PDF but not when they are in a seperate .skim file? simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Intro / biblatex

2009-01-29 Thread Simon Spiegel
I can easily add myself (in the prefs or ad hoc). YMMV, of course, but as I said I doubt that anyone actually needs all of biblatex's fields. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „It will ta

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Foreword to a book

2009-01-26 Thread Simon Spiegel
ex because this case occurs quite often in humanities and can't be solved properly without bookauthor. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „It will take time to restore chaos.“ Geor

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Advice

2008-12-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
emplate for those in one file the same way BibDesk already does for different entry types? simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobop

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Advice

2008-12-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
ant to bother with this, can work away, but anyone with more advanced needs can edit the citation styles. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „I'

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Advice

2008-12-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
s whether other users would need much more for productive work. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.“ General B

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk <-> Word

2008-12-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
and BibDeskToWord, is much lower IMO than that he discovers just one app. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „I know that human beings and fis

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk <-> Word

2008-12-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
mats for citations. Something else I noticed (though this may be a Word problem): Small caps are ignored. While BibDesk displays fields with small caps correctly and italics are displayed in Word, small caps are simply ignored in Word (tried it with several fonts, among them Hoefler T

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk <-> Word

2008-12-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
ed my question, I'll repeat here: Any reason not to integrate this kind of functionality directly into BibDesk? And if this isn't possible, directly accessing the registered templates certainly seems like a good idea. Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telep

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk <-> Word

2008-12-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
nload it and give feedback. I found a bug (or at least a problem): BibDeskToWord gets confused when Word 2004 and 2008 are installed at the same time. When Word 2008 is opened, BibDeskToWord will still try to launch Word 2004 on startup. Later, when both are open or even when Word 2004 is cl

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk <-> Word

2008-12-17 Thread Simon Spiegel
it would be possible to control the appearance of the first and following citations. I do of course reallize that some of these things are tough, but since the templating is already so powerful, I got greedy. ;) Keep up the good work. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Teleph

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk <-> Word

2008-12-17 Thread Simon Spiegel
. The doc is at http://rguha.ath.cx/~rguha/junk.doc > > > I'm using Word 2008 - could this be an issue? No, it works with Word 2008. Be sure to select a template where all template formats are in *one* file. BibDesk allows both, to have the template in or in seveal files, but for th

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk <-> Word

2008-12-17 Thread Simon Spiegel
think this would widen BibDesk's appeal tremendously. With the template editor already in place and the GUI you now came up with, I think we have reached a state where an out of the box combination of BibDesk and Word becomes interesting beyond a small circle of geeks (especially,

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problems with vonPart in Templates

2008-12-02 Thread Simon Spiegel
; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <$firstName/> <$vonPart.stringByAppendingSpaceIfNotEmpty/><$lastName/> > > Thanks a lot, after I figured out, there was a typo in the last line, everything worked fine. ;) Thanks simon > Christiaan > > On 2 Dec 2008, at 10:5

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Problems with vonPart in Templates

2008-12-02 Thread Simon Spiegel
; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <$firstName/> <$vonPart.stringByAppendingSpaceIfNotEmpty/><$lastName/> > > Thanks a lot, after I figured out, there was a typo in the last line, everything worked fine. ;) Thanks simon > Christiaan > > On 2 Dec 2008, at 10:5

[Bibdesk-users] Problems with vonPart in Templates

2008-12-02 Thread Simon Spiegel
. I address it the same way like FirstName and LastName, still it behaves strangely when there is no vonPart. There is no problem when a vonPart exists, but this is strange because nothing at all should happend if this part is empty. Any ideas? Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Z

Re: [Bibdesk-users] sltightly OT: conversion to biblatex

2008-10-03 Thread Simon Spiegel
t see many scenarios where this is actually needed (maintitle, on the other hand, did fill a need for me). So again: concentrate on the areas which actually concern you, there's absolutely no need to use all the fields biblatex provides. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zü

Re: [Bibdesk-users] changing requirements for NIH

2008-05-31 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 31.05.2008, at 19:58, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > On 31.05.2008, at 18:56, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> >> On May 31, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: >> >>> On 31.05.2008, at 17:39, Robert Sekuler wrote: >>> >>>> I use apacite.sty (

Re: [Bibdesk-users] changing requirements for NIH

2008-05-31 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 31.05.2008, at 18:56, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > > On May 31, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> On 31.05.2008, at 17:39, Robert Sekuler wrote: >> >>> I use apacite.sty (and BibDesk) to prepare reference lists for >>> articles, NIH progress report

Re: [Bibdesk-users] changing requirements for NIH

2008-05-31 Thread Simon Spiegel
xtremely flexible and well though out. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „Was soll aus mir mal werden, wenn ich mal nicht mehr bin?“ Robert Gernhardt --

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Styles v Templates

2008-05-26 Thread Simon Spiegel
com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ > ___ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users -- Simon Spie

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
y the case), and leave other settings to the user, in the > Advanced section of the prefs. I think that could cover it for most > users, while allowing the current flexibility for advanced users. That sounds like a good idea to me. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
clusive way to edit templates? How it would be technically solved, I don't know. I also wouldn't mind if it was a bit complicated to create such a template package. I'm really more thinking about giving users who are not very tech savy a way to easily use already existing templa

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 21.05.2008, at 16:57, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 21 May 2008, at 3:53 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> recently I fiddled again with my templates. Much kudos from me, >> BibDesk's templating system is now among the most powerful of any >>

[Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Simon Spiegel
late? I do see a potential conflict on which settings should be set globally for the app and which are template specific, but I think at least some settings could easily be template specific. What do you think? simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Skim notes in export templates

2008-03-30 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 30.03.2008, at 12:11, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Can't reproduce this with the latest source (which is equivalent with > todays nightly). Don't really know what happened here. I opened and re-saved the pdf file I did my tests with and suddenly it worked ... simon

[Bibdesk-users] Skim notes in export templates

2008-03-30 Thread Simon Spiegel
latest nightly. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „I know that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully.“ George W. Bush -

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk and workflow

2008-03-20 Thread Simon Spiegel
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 make Zotero's data detectors >> work in WebKit (Safari's engine). See http://hubl

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk and workflow

2008-03-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
e use of all the clever website scrapers Zotero has. And there also is a tool which connects Zotero with BibDesk (http:// mackerron.com/ ). Add an entry to Zotero and it magically appears in BibDesk as well. This seems to be a bit flaky at the moment, it'

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk and Papers

2008-03-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
nice way. If you work only with the search engines supported by Papers you're probably better off with it. That said, Papers is definitely geared toward hard sciences, knows nothing about different document types (it basically only handles journal articles) and isn't

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Sparkle-integration

2008-02-04 Thread Simon Spiegel
as the argument previously against it) There is a feature request for this as well http://sourceforge.net/ tracker/index.php? func=detail&aid=1682848&group_id=61487&atid=497426 , but nothing much has happened here. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44

Re: [Bibdesk-users] The BibDesk input manager – a question and a plea

2008-01-28 Thread Simon Spiegel
sensitive. It only reacts with lowercase \cite commands. Biblatex introduces \Cite command with a capital letter. they're meant for names with a prefix ('von part') at the beginning of the sentence, so that biblatex knows that it has to capitalize this specific case. BibDesk'

[Bibdesk-users] Questions/suggestions for preview display

2008-01-21 Thread Simon Spiegel
ailable). I don't really see a negative effect in making more templates available more easily. Keep up the good work simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „I have never been certain that the

[Bibdesk-users] The BibDesk input manager – a question and a plea

2008-01-18 Thread Simon Spiegel
that BibDesk loses much of its strength without the input manager. So this is my plea: Please think again about re-enabling this functionality. At least don't disable it if the input manager is enabled under Leopard. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon:

[Bibdesk-users] Crash in latest nigthly

2008-01-08 Thread Simon Spiegel
bit around with this and it doesn't seem to matter which .bib file I use (I also tried with a completely new one) nor what the Clipboard actually contains. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.

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