Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question: customise shortcuts?

2020-06-16 Thread Christiaan Hofman
> On 16 Jun 2020, at 12:48, Lindow, Stefan > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Can’t find a way to customise shortcuts, cause there is none? > > Best, > Stefan > Right. Except for the standard way in the system preferences. Christiaan ___ Bibdesk-use

[Bibdesk-users] Question: customise shortcuts?

2020-06-16 Thread Lindow, Stefan
Hi everyone, Can’t find a way to customise shortcuts, cause there is none? Best, Stefan ___ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Craggs, Jason G.
Thanks for the great info. I really appreciate your time and effort. Cheers, Jason Sent from my phone; please pardon any communication catastrophes. On Jul 23, 2018, at 2:36 PM, Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users wrote: > On Jul 23, 2018, at 12:19 PM, "Craggs, Jason G." > wrote: > > Qu

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users
On Jul 23, 2018, at 12:19 PM, "Craggs, Jason G." wrote: Question born of ignorance: is there any sort of cost to using that much metadata in the cite key? Minor cost in storage, dwarfed by the date-added/date-modified and bdsk-file fields BibDesk adds. Generating it is a one-time cost, but

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Craggs, Jason G.
Adam, Thanks for the info. Did the H stand for humble or honest? 😂 - either way, you’re completely correct, sometimes we are a bit anal about things in our workflow. I also agree that the value of the cite key is in its uniqueness and should not be used for grouping. Question born of ignoranc

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Craggs, Jason G.
Adam, I completely agree. By the way, as a BibDesk novice, what does the BibTool do and where can I find a link? Cheers, Jason Sent from my phone; please pardon any communication catastrophes. On Jul 23, 2018, at 1:44 PM, Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users wrote: > On Jul 23, 2018, at 11:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Craggs, Jason G.
Ah, I completely understand. As someone who has used Papers for many years and used BibDesk for use with LaTeX, I know exactly what you are going through, and did the exact same thing recently. if I knew of, or could find, a way to have BibDesk automatically down load the PDFs, I would probably

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users
On Jul 23, 2018, at 11:25 AM, John Clegg wrote: Over the course of writing my dissertation I switched from one means of generating reference information to another (bibdesk to papers). As a result I use two large .bib files in my dissertation, an old one and new one. I treat them both as lib

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users
On Jul 23, 2018, at 11:10 AM, "Craggs, Jason G." wrote: @ Christian, thanks for the information about the cite key. Just so I know, If it’s not a field, how then is it stored? It's stored as a separate attribute of an item, unlike the normal "foo = bar" fields, but that's only part of the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread John Clegg
Over the course of writing my dissertation I switched from one means of generating reference information to another (bibdesk to papers). As a result I use two large .bib files in my dissertation, an old one and new one. I treat them both as libraries from which I can draw references, so they are

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Craggs, Jason G.
Jan, Sorry for asking the obvious, but why do you need to separate/remove the other entries? Cheers, Jason Sent from my phone; please pardon any communication catastrophes. On Jul 22, 2018, at 3:03 PM, Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users mailto:bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: O

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Craggs, Jason G.
@ Jan, there are a bunch of free text editors available that will allow you to do a find and replace using regular expressions. Given that you can open up your .bib file with any text editor this may be helpful for your particular situation. @ Christian, thanks for the information about the cit

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Craggs, Jason G.
Stephan, That’s great information, and feature I didn’t know about! Cheers, Jason Sent from my phone; please pardon any communication catastrophes. On Jul 22, 2018, at 4:04 PM, Stephan Kurz wrote: Trying to think of possible reasons on what you want/need to achieve, I'm chiming in with ano

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-23 Thread Christiaan Hofman
> On 23 Jul 2018, at 00:01, Jan David Hauck wrote: > > Two quick related questions on this: > > (1) Is there any particular reason why the Cite Key field can't be used in > Smart Groups (as opposed to Search and Replace)? > > (2) In Database Search and Replace I can use regexes to search

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread Jan David Hauck
Two quick related questions on this: (1) Is there any particular reason why the Cite Key field can't be used in Smart Groups (as opposed to Search and Replace)? (2) In Database Search and Replace I can use regexes to search. Any way how to construct a Smart Group using regexes? On Sun, Jul

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread Christiaan Hofman
Another way to do this is using AppleScript. You can select all items with cite key containing a colon: tell document 1 of application "BibDesk" select (every publication whose cite key contains ":") end tell And similar with “does not contain” instead of “contains". You can then put the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread John Clegg
Thanks! That’s not exactly what I need, but it could be really helpful. > On Jul 22, 2018, at 3:51 PM, Stephan Kurz wrote: > > Trying to think of possible reasons on what you want/need to achieve, I'm > chiming in with another suggestion: > If all you need is a bibliography containing all refer

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread Stephan Kurz
Trying to think of possible reasons on what you want/need to achieve, I'm chiming in with another suggestion: If all you need is a bibliography containing all references you actually used in your dissertation, you could try dropping your document's (main) .aux file onto BibDesk's main table (aft

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users
> On Jul 22, 2018, at 10:50 , John Clegg wrote: > > My problem is that at some point in the past I merged two large bibliography > files and I now need to unmerge them. Specifically I need to delete all > references that came from one of the two original files. Can you use the "Item number"

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread Jan David Hauck
Someone with more expertise than me might be able help you with a Script Group. If you want to compare the bib file against the original one you still have, you could use the program BBEdit, that has a function "compare documents". Since BibDesk doesn't rearrange the order of entries (except for

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread John Clegg
Thank you very much for the suggestion Jan but for some reason the Date-Added field is empty in my merged .bib file, while the Date-Modified field doesn’t allow me to distinguish entries from the two separate source files. > On Jul 22, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Jan David Hauck wrote: > > BibDesk actua

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread Jan David Hauck
BibDesk actually does store information on the date a bibtex reference was first added. If you right-click on the columns in the main window (or two-finger tap/click, depending on your settings) and select "Add Other ..." you can add the Columns Date-Added and Date-Modified. Clicking on them then s

[Bibdesk-users] Question about script groups

2018-07-22 Thread John Clegg
Dear all, Sorry to barge in on this list, but I’m quite desperate as I have only a few days to submit my dissertation and I am at a loss about how to solve a .bib file management problem. My problem is that at some point in the past I merged two large bibliography files and I now need to unmer

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question on RIS drag export

2017-08-08 Thread Christiaan Hofman
Bibdesk also drags archived items, mainly for internal purposes, such as copying items from one window to another. We declare the item with a private pasteboard type. Tinderbox should just ignore it. They should only accept text items. That is how pasteboards are supposed to work. For instance if y

[Bibdesk-users] Question on RIS drag export

2017-08-07 Thread Grant Lotter
I have a question regarding BibDesk's export of RIS data by dragging. Tinderbox, from Eastgate Systems, is capable of accepting RIS export drags from BibDesk: dragging in a RIS description from BibDesk to Tinderbox results in a nicely formatted note being created in Tinderbox with all of the meta

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about languages in Bibdesk

2015-10-17 Thread Pierre Léna
Dear Christiaan, Thanks a lot for your suggestion, avoiding the first proposed one. This is working perfectly. I will keep noting the terms which in french do not quite fit, and will send them to you for suggested improvements. with regards Pierre Léna pierre.l...@obspm.fr . > Le 14 oct. 2015 à

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about languages in Bibdesk

2015-10-14 Thread Christiaan Hofman
I wouldn’t advise that. For one thing, I think the signing (which may be relevant for keychain access) may become invalid when you mess with the bundle contents. Christiaan > On Oct 14, 2015, at 14:47, David Becher wrote: > > I guess what you could to is go to your /Applications folder, searc

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about languages in Bibdesk

2015-10-14 Thread Christiaan Hofman
> On Oct 14, 2015, at 14:40, Pierre Léna wrote: > > I use Bibdesk without problems in its (partially) French version, but I have > noticed some discrepancies in language (technical terms for bibliographical > use), which would make easier for me to work with the English version. I > cannot fi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about languages in Bibdesk

2015-10-14 Thread David Becher
I guess what you could to is go to your /Applications folder, search for the BibDesk.app, then do a right-click, select "Show package contents". Now within the package contents, go to Contents/Resources/. Inside, there is a French.lproj folder. Just rename it to something other, so that Bibdesk

[Bibdesk-users] Question about languages in Bibdesk

2015-10-14 Thread Pierre Léna
I use Bibdesk without problems in its (partially) French version, but I have noticed some discrepancies in language (technical terms for bibliographical use), which would make easier for me to work with the English version. I cannot find any Preference which allows to switch languages, and there

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question for templates

2015-01-05 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Jan 5, 2015, at 4:01, Jan David Hauck wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to create a template with full firstnames of authors and am > running into trouble with authors that have a middle name initial listed with > a fullstop. I don't want the fullstop after their middle name initial to > cr

[Bibdesk-users] Question for templates

2015-01-04 Thread Jan David Hauck
Hello, I am trying to create a template with full firstnames of authors and am running into trouble with authors that have a middle name initial listed with a fullstop. I don't want the fullstop after their middle name initial to create two consecutive fullstops in the output. In my bibliography

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question regarding cite key syntax

2013-07-10 Thread Fischlin Andreas
Of course there is. I also determine cite keys in a custom manner that is not directly supported by BibDesk and that works very well. Find my AppleScripts at my home page (Link Software): http://www.sysecol.ethz.ch/people/afischli Regards, Andreas On 10/07/2013, at 01:43 , Maxwell, Adam R wro

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question regarding cite key syntax

2013-07-09 Thread Maxwell, Adam R
On Jul 9, 2013, at 09:58, Christiaan Hofman wrote: Sorry, that's not possible. You can set a fixed number of characters for each individual name, and a fixed (maximum) number of authors to consider. Not the total number for all names together. Isn't there a citekey script hook where you could

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question regarding cite key syntax

2013-07-09 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Jul 9, 2013, at 16:46, Bernd wrote: > Hi all, > > I previously sent this question to the bibdesk mailing list, but I was not > yet a member of the list myself and the question hasn't appeared in the > thread list, so I thought it might be because I wasn't yet registered. So > here I come a

[Bibdesk-users] Question regarding cite key syntax

2013-07-09 Thread Bernd
Hi all, I previously sent this question to the bibdesk mailing list, but I was not yet a member of the list myself and the question hasn't appeared in the thread list, so I thought it might be because I wasn't yet registered. So here I come again, and apologies for the double-posting. I found th

Re: [Bibdesk-users] question

2011-08-19 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Jul 19, 2011, at 22:27, Clement wong wrote: > Dear Bibtex users, > > I'm having a problem with a bibtex bibliography file. When I compile my tex > file (I use Texshop) I get an error message > > > > "I couldn't open the database file (name of my bibfile).bib" > > > I've been using the

[Bibdesk-users] question

2011-08-19 Thread Clement wong
Dear Bibtex users, I'm having a problem with a bibtex bibliography file. When I compile my tex file (I use Texshop) I get an error message "I couldn't open the database file (name of my bibfile).bib" I've been using the same file for years. The only thing that happened recently was I thi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardia
Le 02/08/2011 19:31, Christiaan Hofman a écrit : > > On Aug 2, 2011, at 17:11, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > >> >> I have written a "proof of concept" script that works for me. It is far >> from being elegant since it involves two lists (the keys in Applescript >> records have to follow the req

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Aug 2, 2011, at 17:11, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > > I have written a "proof of concept" script that works for me. It is far > from being elegant since it involves two lists (the keys in Applescript > records have to follow the requirement of variable names, precluding > also the use of s

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Aug 2, 2011, at 17:57, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 02/08/11 17:45, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > > OK, it works now. I had to use the "BibTex string" of the Journal field > instead of its "value". > > Yet, this solution doesn't seem elegant to me... > > Cheers, > > > -- > Miguel

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardía
On 02/08/11 17:45, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 02/08/11 17:11, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >> On 02/08/11 13:36, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> >>> On Aug 2, 2011, at 13:13, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >>> On 01/08/11 17:29, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 30/07/11 19:09, Chris

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardía
On 02/08/11 17:11, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 02/08/11 13:36, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >> On Aug 2, 2011, at 13:13, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >> >>> On 01/08/11 17:29, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: On 30/07/11 19:09, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardía
On 02/08/11 13:36, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2011, at 13:13, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > >> On 01/08/11 17:29, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >>> On 30/07/11 19:09, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 30/07/11 1

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Aug 2, 2011, at 13:13, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 01/08/11 17:29, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >> On 30/07/11 19:09, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> >>> On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >>> On 30/07/11 16:59, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: > Without having tho

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-02 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardía
On 01/08/11 17:29, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 30/07/11 19:09, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >> On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >> >>> On 30/07/11 16:59, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: Without having thought through it, maybe there's something you could do with glo

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-08-01 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardía
On 30/07/11 19:09, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > >> On 30/07/11 16:59, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: >>> Without having thought through it, maybe there's something you could do >>> with global macro files (Preferences->Fields)? >>> >>> Jonas >>

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-07-30 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 30/07/11 16:59, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: >> Without having thought through it, maybe there's something you could do with >> global macro files (Preferences->Fields)? >> >> Jonas >> >> On 30 Jul 2011, at 21:18, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-07-30 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardía
On 30/07/11 16:59, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: > Without having thought through it, maybe there's something you could do with > global macro files (Preferences->Fields)? > > Jonas > > On 30 Jul 2011, at 21:18, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >> I would like to know whether it is currently possible to

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-07-30 Thread Jonas Zimmermann
Without having thought through it, maybe there's something you could do with global macro files (Preferences->Fields)? Jonas On 30 Jul 2011, at 21:18, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > I would like to know whether it is currently possible to make an rtf > template where journal names in citations

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-07-30 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Jul 30, 2011, at 14:18, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > Hi there, > > I would like to know whether it is currently possible to make an rtf > template where journal names in citations are shown abbreviated AND > punctuated in a way similar to what can be done with authors initials. > Example:

[Bibdesk-users] Question about template for punctuated journal names

2011-07-30 Thread Miguel Ortiz Lombardía
Hi there, I would like to know whether it is currently possible to make an rtf template where journal names in citations are shown abbreviated AND punctuated in a way similar to what can be done with authors initials. Example: J Biol Chem -> J. Biol. Chem. I understand the difficulty of deciding

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about Bibdesk to word

2011-05-19 Thread Christiaan Hofman
ix and then manually chop out authors > and add et als where necessary. It would be great to have > @componentsJoinedByCommaWithEtAlAfterFive. > > -Colin > > On May 16, 2011, at 9:57, bibdesk-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 0

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about Bibdesk to word

2011-05-18 Thread Colin A . Smith
t; From: "Adam M. Goldstein" > > Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about Bibdesk to word > To: For general discussion about using BibDesk > > > Check the wiki. Link for it is on BD site and I am pretty sure in the help > menu in the app itself. > >

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about Bibdesk to word

2011-05-15 Thread Adam M. Goldstein
Check the wiki. Link for it is on BD site and I am pretty sure in the help menu in the app itself. Re: Word. What do you mean, "compatible?" BD doesn't interact with a word processor. You can export references formatted using a template in text format, which can be cut/pasted into Word. Adam

[Bibdesk-users] Question about Bibdesk to word

2011-05-15 Thread Jagdeep Obhrai
I apologize if this is an inappropriate request but I've struggled with this all day and am sure there is a simple solution. I need a Bibdesk to word temple file for PlosOne. I've tried making my own and can't. Is there a site where people post temple files? Also, is Bibdesk to word compatible

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question: Unable to permanently remove references from static list

2010-03-23 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On Mar 23, 2010, at 2:59, Bryan Kibbe wrote: > A Question/Problem: > > I am using Bibdesk version 1.5.1 with Mac Snow Leopard. Recently I have been > having problems managing the references in the static groups I created within > any given bibliography file. Simply put, once I have added refer

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question: Unable to permanently remove references from static list

2010-03-22 Thread Fischlin Andreas
Dear Bryan, Sorry, I can't reproduce this. I just tested this using BibDesk Version 1.5.1 (1799) (latest nightly, BibDesk-20100322.dmg). (i) I removed a publication from a static group, (ii) saved the file (BTW, the publication was no longer a member of the static group), (iii) closed the file

[Bibdesk-users] Question: Unable to permanently remove references from static list

2010-03-22 Thread Bryan Kibbe
A Question/Problem: I am using Bibdesk version 1.5.1 with Mac Snow Leopard. Recently I have been having problems managing the references in the static groups I created within any given bibliography file. Simply put, once I have added references to the static group from the main library I cannot

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Michael McCracken
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Nathan Paxton wrote: > > > > This feature is support for bibtex's macros. You're basically supposed to be > familiar with bibtex if you use this feature, otherwise you're not supposed > to be interested in it. > > Christiaan > > Sorry. I hadn't realized that Macro

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Dan T. Abell
Nathan, don't get discouraged with the macros: they're essential. With journal titles, for example, if a different abbreviation is demanded of you, then you change it in just one place. -Dan On 23 Feb 2009, at 10:50, Nathan Paxton wrote: This feature is support for bibtex's macr

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 23 Feb 2009, at 6:50 PM, Nathan Paxton wrote: > > >> >> This feature is support for bibtex's macros. You're basically >> supposed to be familiar with bibtex if you use this feature, >> otherwise you're not supposed to be interested in it. >> >> Christiaan >> >>> > Sorry. I hadn't rea

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Nathan Paxton
This feature is support for bibtex's macros. You're basically supposed to be familiar with bibtex if you use this feature, otherwise you're not supposed to be interested in it. Christiaan Sorry. I hadn't realized that Macros were one of the advanced things I should avoid interest i

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 23 Feb 2009, at 6:37 PM, Nathan Paxton wrote: On 23 Feb 2009, at 11:58 AM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: On 02/23/09 08:49, "Nathan Paxton" wrote: Publisher = {pup}, should be "Publisher = pup" (no quotes). Why does BD put the braces in? I simply entered pup and Princeton University Pres

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread James Howison
If you just want a shortcut then don't use macros, just type "Pri" and Princeton University Press will show up as an autocomplete. If you really want macros for some legacy Bibtex reason then you are working with raw bibtex and {} are more common than not. --J On 23 Feb 2009, at 12:37 PM, Na

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Nathan Paxton
On 23 Feb 2009, at 11:58 AM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: On 02/23/09 08:49, "Nathan Paxton" wrote: Publisher = {pup}, should be "Publisher = pup" (no quotes). Why does BD put the braces in? I simply entered pup and Princeton University Press in the applicable blanks in the Macros panel.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Michael McCracken
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: > On 02/23/09 08:49, "Nathan Paxton" wrote: > >> Publisher = {pup}, > > should be "Publisher = pup" (no quotes). > >> I just put the "pup" string in the entry window. > > Open the editor window for this entry, choose the Publisher field, an

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Maxwell, Adam R
On 02/23/09 08:49, "Nathan Paxton" wrote: > Publisher = {pup}, should be "Publisher = pup" (no quotes). > I just put the "pup" string in the entry window. Open the editor window for this entry, choose the Publisher field, and hit cmd-r. Delete the outer curly braces and tab out of the field.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Nathan Paxton
Sorry, Adam. I don't quite understand. Here's what is in the entry: @book{grmek1990a, Author = {Grmek, Mirko D.}, Booktitle = {History of {AIDS}: emergence and origin of a modern pandemic}, Date-Added = {2009-02-23 10:52:19 -0500}, Date-Modified = {2009-02-23 1

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Maxwell, Adam R
On 02/23/09 08:30, "Nathan Paxton" wrote: > I created these in BD using the Database -> Macros feature. I think I must not > quite understand how the macros work, because when I enter, e.g., "pup" in the > publisher field of a book entry, the abbreviation is not expanded when I run > latex and bi

[Bibdesk-users] Question about using macros

2009-02-23 Thread Nathan Paxton
Hi all, I have a set of macros at the beginning of my database: @string{cup = {Cambridge University Press}} @string{pup = {Princeton University Press}} I created these in BD using the Database -> Macros feature. I think I must not quite understand how the macros work, because

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

2008-01-29 Thread Alex Hamann
Even though I can understand both sides in this discussion I still think it can be expected by the average BD user to read the alert that is given at the first launch of BD after the update to the new attached files system and do the necessary steps to adjust his preferences accordingly. Re

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

2008-01-29 Thread Alexander H. Montgomery
On 2008-01-29, at 8:23 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, beca

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, be

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

2008-01-29 Thread Christiaan Hofman
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 >> readUsersMind. Doing something arbitrary is wrong. M

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 bec

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

2008-01-28 Thread P Kishor
On 1/28/08, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 29 Jan 2008, at 12:52 AM, P Kishor wrote: > > > On 1/28/08, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> We don't do that because Apple still does not provide a - > >> readUsersMind method (not even in Leopard). > > > > well, we d

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

2008-01-28 Thread Christiaan Hofman
On 29 Jan 2008, at 12:52 AM, P Kishor wrote: > On 1/28/08, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> We don't do that because Apple still does not provide a - >> readUsersMind method (not even in Leopard). > > well, we don't need readUsersMind. Perhaps we need a > createUniqueStringAndAttac

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

2008-01-28 Thread P Kishor
On 1/28/08, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We don't do that because Apple still does not provide a - > readUsersMind method (not even in Leopard). well, we don't need readUsersMind. Perhaps we need a createUniqueStringAndAttachItToTheEndOfTheUsersSpecifiedString Since this unique

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

2008-01-28 Thread Christiaan Hofman
We don't do that because Apple still does not provide a - readUsersMind method (not even in Leopard). Christiaan On 29 Jan 2008, at 12:21 AM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > Maybe the dialog box should by default automatically add a unique > specifier for the user? Just trying to think about h

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

2008-01-28 Thread Alexander H. Montgomery
Maybe the dialog box should by default automatically add a unique specifier for the user? Just trying to think about how to make this question come up a little less... -A On 2008-01-28, at 12:43 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > I wish people would actually read the alerts they get. It clearly

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

2008-01-28 Thread Alex Hamann
Hi Am 28.01.2008 um 20:51 schrieb Yunchang Shin: > Hi > I have been using local-Url format as "%a1(%Y)-%t0%e" so far without > any problem until 1.3.12. > > Recently, after I updated with 1.3.14, I can no longer use this > combination for my auto filing. > it keep saying it is invalid. let me gu

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

2008-01-28 Thread Christiaan Hofman
I wish people would actually read the alerts they get. It clearly says that you need to include a unique specifier, which is one of %u, %U or %n. So the answer is: no, you cannot. I don't know what you did after getting the initial alert, but I strongly advice you to go to the Preferences a

[Bibdesk-users] Question for Autofile in BibDesk 1.3.14

2008-01-28 Thread Yunchang Shin
Hi I have been using local-Url format as "%a1(%Y)-%t0%e" so far without any problem until 1.3.12. Recently, after I updated with 1.3.14, I can no longer use this combination for my auto filing. it keep saying it is invalid. Does anyone know if I can keep this combination or not? If not, how ca

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question about extracting rich text from BibDesk using Applescript

2007-12-05 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Wednesday, December 05, 2007, at 11:06AM, "James Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >tell document 1 of application "BibDesk" > set thePub to get publications whose cite key is myCiteKey > return templated rich text using "Abbrv export" for thePub >end tell > >...I get an error

[Bibdesk-users] Question about extracting rich text from BibDesk using Applescript

2007-12-05 Thread James Harrison
In BibDesk 1.3.12, I can execute the following Applescript: tell document 1 of application "BibDesk" set thePub to get publications whose cite key is myCiteKey return templated text using "Abbrv export" for thePub end tell ...and I get the Abbrv export representation of the item c

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Question: Auto completion

2007-11-25 Thread Adam R. Maxwell
On Nov 25, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Matthew Woodbury wrote: > I am running Version 1.3.11 (v929) and want to use the auto > completion feature (probably in TexShop), but I don't see the auto > completion pane in my BibDesk preferences. I remember it being there > before, probably in a previous version.

[Bibdesk-users] Question: Auto completion

2007-11-25 Thread Matthew Woodbury
I am running Version 1.3.11 (v929) and want to use the auto completion feature (probably in TexShop), but I don't see the auto completion pane in my BibDesk preferences. I remember it being there before, probably in a previous version. Has the feature been moved (if so, I can't find it in