Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
On 22.05.2008, at 23:42, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> This may not be a bad idea in general, seeing as different BibTeX >> replacement systems that rely on the same format but different or >> expanded fields and types could be more easily set. >> >> -AHM >> > > But are there many different system

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 22 May 2008, at 10:46 PM, Alex Montgomery wrote: > I think the point is that in order for some templates to work > properly, certain Custom BibTeX fields have to be set up, which are > normally configured in Preferences->Default Field Preferences. Simon > was looking for a way of setting these

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Alex Montgomery
I think the point is that in order for some templates to work properly, certain Custom BibTeX fields have to be set up, which are normally configured in Preferences->Default Field Preferences. Simon was looking for a way of setting these default fields in the templates. One way of doing this

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Adam M. Goldstein
I am pretty sure this won't satisfy Simon, but how about an "export template" button somewhere? If the templates really are just text files, then someone wanting to share templates could export them to the desktop or somewhere else, and then someone else could drop it into his or her BD con

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 22 May 2008, at 9:38 AM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > >>> I know that the template doesn't contain this information – yet. But >>> how about putting the template files and a plist file with the >>> needed >>> information in a package ... Doubleclick it and everything gets >>> installed a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-22 Thread Simon Spiegel
>>> >>> >> I know that the template doesn't contain this information – yet. But >> how about putting the template files and a plist file with the needed >> information in a package ... Doubleclick it and everything gets >> installed as it should ... > > Which makes it even more of a hassle for a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On May 21, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 21 May 2008, at 7:18 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > >> On 05/21/08 10:03, "Simon Spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I know that the template doesn't contain this information – yet. But >>> how about putting the template files

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 21 May 2008, at 7:18 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > On 05/21/08 10:03, "Simon Spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On 21.05.2008, at 16:57, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> >>> On 21 May 2008, at 3:53 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote: >>> > [...] In a perfect world, adding a template woul

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Maxwell, Adam R
On 05/21/08 10:03, "Simon Spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 21.05.2008, at 16:57, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On 21 May 2008, at 3:53 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote: >> [...] >>>In a perfect world, adding a template >>> would already set up BibDesk in the desired way. I know this is >>>

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 21 May 2008, at 7:03 PM, Simon Spiegel wrote: > > 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

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 >> software. It certainly beats Endnote et al.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Alex Montgomery
On 2008-05-21, at 7:57 AM, 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 >> software. It certainly beats Endnote et a

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Christiaan Hofman
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 > software. It certainly beats Endnote et al. in terms of fexibility. > > There's just one area which I th

[Bibdesk-users] Simplyfying Template setup

2008-05-21 Thread Simon Spiegel
Hi, recently I fiddled again with my templates. Much kudos from me, BibDesk's templating system is now among the most powerful of any software. It certainly beats Endnote et al. in terms of fexibility. There's just one area which I think could be improved and this is exchange. I use biblate