Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk website

2009-05-15 Thread David Nicholls
I also can't see any of the sidebar links (including the download link). If I use Google's cached version, the links show up, but not on the direct web page. Looking at the HTML, it's apparent that the files sidebar.html and footer.html are not being included for some reason. To see the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk website

2009-05-15 Thread David Nicholls
So can I. But it was definitely not there yesterday. DN Di Xiao wrote: Actually as for now, I can see the sidebar. That's really strange... On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 8:47 PM, David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: I also can't see any of the sidebar links (including the download link

[Bibdesk-users] Failed to generate Tex Preview

2009-05-16 Thread David Nicholls
From what I read, this is not a new problem. I'm using Bibdesk 1.3.20 on OSX 10.5.7, with data from SAO/NASA ADS I'm seeing the error in two forms: (1) While I get the error message 'Tex preview generation failed', it does generate a preview. This happens for every record whether selected

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Failed to generate Tex Preview

2009-05-16 Thread David Nicholls
bibtex style, and need a corresponding tex style file? Christiaan On 16 May 2009, at 5:16 PM, David Nicholls wrote: From what I read, this is not a new problem. I'm using Bibdesk 1.3.20 on OSX 10.5.7, with data from SAO/NASA ADS I'm seeing the error in two forms: (1) While I get

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Failed to generate Tex Preview

2009-05-16 Thread David Nicholls
Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 17 May 2009, at 2:00 AM, David Nicholls wrote: As I'm pretty new to Latex (and even newer to Bibtex) I'm just using the default install settings from the batch of installs from the Mactex site. Than it shouldn't be conneced to the bibtex style. However

[Bibdesk-users] Second Tex preview problem fixed

2009-05-16 Thread David Nicholls
The 'second' problem I mentioned earlier where Tex preview failed altogether turns out to be related to the text encoding setting. If the Tex preview text encoding is set to Western ... and if there are UTF-8 encoded characters in the Abstract entry (eg Greek characters such as alpha), the Tex

[Bibdesk-users] SAO/NASA ADS workflow

2009-05-21 Thread David Nicholls
As I new user of Bibdesk, I'd appreciate advice on whether the workflow I've adopted to index and import PDF files in Bibdesk is the best way to do things. What I want to do is find a paper in SAO/NASA ADS at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/basic_search.html, extract the bibtex data and abstract,

Re: [Bibdesk-users] SAO/NASA ADS workflow

2009-05-21 Thread David Nicholls
Adam R. Maxwell wrote: (4) in Bibdesk, Bibdesk Services Bibdesk Add to bibliography Note that you can also drag BibTeX text to the Library group, which might be easier if you're already in BibDesk. Yes. Alternately, you could use the ADS search group. Currently it's set up with

Re: [Bibdesk-users] SAO/NASA ADS workflow

2009-05-25 Thread David Nicholls
Looks good, Jonathan. I'll give it a go. DN Jonathan Sick wrote: On 21-May-09, at 10:44 PM, David Nicholls wrote: Is this the best way to add an entry from SAO/NASA ADS? Or are there quicker ways? This is a vexing problem for myself as well. Your procedure of using the services menu

[Bibdesk-users] Is there a way to set a 'flag' for one or more publications

2009-05-25 Thread David Nicholls
In (eg) Thunderbird it's possible to set a small flag icon on particular emails, making them easy to find. Is there a way to set flags for particular publications in Bibdesk? It would also be useful to set a printed hard copy flag. Thanks DN -- __ ANU RSAA Mt Stromlo

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Is there a way to set a 'flag' for one or more publications

2009-05-26 Thread David Nicholls
Thanks. DN Peter Cowan wrote: On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:42 PM, David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: In (eg) Thunderbird it's possible to set a small flag icon on particular emails, making them easy to find. Is there a way to set flags for particular publications in Bibdesk? Check

[Bibdesk-users] TeX font encoding question

2009-08-28 Thread David Nicholls
I have an abstract with the title field: {Metallicities of 0.3{\lt}z{\lt}1.0 Galaxies in the GOODS-North Field} When I do a TeX preview, it bombs due to the embedded TeX. If I change it to: {Metallicities of 0.3z1.0 Galaxies in the GOODS-North Field} it doesn't bomb, but the preview shows as:

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX font encoding question

2009-08-28 Thread David Nicholls
Thanks. That works. DN Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:28 PM, David Nicholls wrote: I have an abstract with the title field: {Metallicities of 0.3{\lt}z{\lt}1.0 Galaxies in the GOODS-North Field} When I do a TeX preview, it bombs due to the embedded TeX. If I change

Re: [Bibdesk-users] BibDesk for iPad?

2010-01-27 Thread David Nicholls
Beat me to it! The iPad would be a splendid base for (an integrated?) Bibdesk and Skim. There's a iPhone app called GoodReader, which manages PDFs quite nicely, and that will work on the iPad, but you can't annotate and the indexing is non-existent. But you can see the files. DN James Owen

Re: [Bibdesk-users] How does Google Scholar work in Bibdesk?

2010-04-15 Thread David Nicholls
andreas.fisch...@env.ethz.ch www.sysecol.ethz.ch +41 44 633-6090 phone +41 44 633-1136 fax +41 79 221-4657 mobile Make it as simple as possible, but distrust it! On 14/Apr/2010, at 04:33 , David Nicholls wrote: I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Failed Tex preview

2010-05-05 Thread David Nicholls
Themis Matsoukas wrote: I run into the problem that a particular bibdesk record would not produce a latex preview. I retyped every field of the record by hand but preview still failed. As it turned out, the problem was in the abstract field. After deleting the abstract, the preview was fine.

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Export or save sub-database?

2010-05-09 Thread David Nicholls
Thanks. Bibdesk never ceases to amaze :-) DN Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On May 9, 2010, at 6:26 PM, David Nicholls wrote: Is it possible to create/export/save a new database which is a sub-set of the main Bibdesk database? Use File-Export and check the box for exporting only the selection

[Bibdesk-users] Bibdesk and the iPad again

2010-06-25 Thread David Nicholls
I can't remember where this discussion got to, but I note that Papers is now available for the iPad. Also, it appears there is even a LaTeX editor on the iPad now (as of yesterday - search for Latex on iTunes). So what prospect is there - technically at least - of Bibdesk being ported to the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Bibdesk and the iPad again

2010-06-25 Thread David Nicholls
my iPod On Jun 25, 2010, at 8:52 PM, David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: I can't remember where this discussion got to, but I note that Papers is now available for the iPad. Also, it appears there is even a LaTeX editor on the iPad now (as of yesterday - search for Latex

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Skim for PPC OS X 10.4

2010-09-15 Thread David Nicholls
To answer my own question, 1.2.7. Works well. DN On 15/09/2010, at 9:59 PM, David Nicholls wrote: I have an old G4 PPC running Tiger which is still surprisingly good, despite its age, for non-CPU intense work. I have installed Bibdesk 1.3.22 and it works well. I was looking around

[Bibdesk-users] Skim for PPC OS X 10.4

2010-09-15 Thread David Nicholls
I have an old G4 PPC running Tiger which is still surprisingly good, despite its age, for non-CPU intense work. I have installed Bibdesk 1.3.22 and it works well. I was looking around the Skim sourceforge pages but it's not clear to me whether there is a binary distro/ installer for Skim

[Bibdesk-users] TeX preview styles question

2010-09-28 Thread David Nicholls
In the Bibdesk prefs, there is an option to choose the BibTeX style for the TeX preview. There are a limited number of options in the drop down list. What do I edit to add new styles to this list, and where do I then put the .bst files? DN -- __ ANU RSAA Mt Stromlo

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX preview styles question

2010-09-29 Thread David Nicholls
On 29/09/10 8:27 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Sep 29, 2010, at 12:25, David Nicholls wrote: On 29/09/10 7:19 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: You can't add new styles to the list, and there's no need for it. And you put custom styles in a place where your TeX installation can find them

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX preview styles question

2010-09-29 Thread David Nicholls
On 29/09/10 8:49 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: H. I put it in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/ which showed up in the kpsepath list. But it's not appearing in the prefs dropdown as an option. Maybe the bst file isn't being seen? Or does it need to be registered in some way? Or is the file

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX preview styles question

2010-09-29 Thread David Nicholls
into the article (using an inline bibliography). I deduce from what you say that the preview styles are hard wired, and I can't do this. DN On 29/Sep/2010, at 12:45 , David Nicholls wrote: On 29/09/10 8:27 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Sep 29, 2010, at 12:25, David Nicholls wrote

Re: [Bibdesk-users] TeX preview styles question

2010-09-29 Thread David Nicholls
On 29/09/10 9:01 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: I'm obviously missing something obvious :-) How do I get the TeX preview to use the new bibliography style when it displays the reference? DN I already answered that: you set that style in the BibTeX style: in the TeX preview prefs. And the

[Bibdesk-users] Latest Bibdesk crashes on Leopard

2011-09-26 Thread David Nicholls
After being nagged by Bibdesk several times to update to the latest version, I did, only to find that it crashes on opening in Leopard 10.5.8 I replaced it with the older version (2141) and it works fine again. DN -- __ Research School of Astronomy Astrophysics Mt Stromlo Observatory

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Latest Bibdesk crashes on Leopard

2011-09-26 Thread David Nicholls
On 26/09/11 11:00 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Sep 26, 2011, at 14:33, David Nicholls wrote: After being nagged by Bibdesk several times to update to the latest version, I did, only to find that it crashes on opening in Leopard 10.5.8 I replaced it with the older version (2141

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Latest Bibdesk crashes on Leopard

2011-09-26 Thread David Nicholls
On 27/09/11 12:22 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Sep 26, 2011, at 15:52, David Nicholls wrote: On 26/09/11 11:00 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Sep 26, 2011, at 14:33, David Nicholls wrote: After being nagged by Bibdesk several times to update to the latest version, I did, only to find

[Bibdesk-users] Odd quirk on Lion - zero bytes

2011-11-15 Thread David Nicholls
I have just installed Bibdesk 1.5.6 on Lion 10.7.2. In the Finder, the size is given as Zero bytes, but when I use Getinfo, it reports 20.7 Meg. Why is this so? I also inherited a second copy (in sub folder) of Bibdesk 1.5.4 when I instal MacTex. It shows its size correctly in Finder. I

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Strange Safari/Bibdesk glitch with ADS Abstracts

2012-05-27 Thread David Nicholls
. On OS X Leopard with Safari 5.0.6 and Bibdesk 1.5.8, the problem does not occur. (Safari 5.1.7 does not appear in the available updates for OS X Leopard.) DN On 27/05/2012, at 4:29 PM, David Nicholls wrote: I have used the SAO/NASA ADS abstract service for 4 years with Bibdesk as a Bibdesk

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Strange Safari/Bibdesk glitch with ADS Abstracts [III]

2012-05-27 Thread David Nicholls
to: in Bibdesk is there anywhere to set such a style sheet entry so that it will apply to HTML pages displayed in Bibdesk's Web window? DN __ Research School of Astronomy Astrophysics Mt Stromlo Observatory Australian National University On 27/05/2012, at 5:02 PM, David Nicholls wrote

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Strange Safari/Bibdesk glitch with ADS Abstracts [III]

2012-05-27 Thread David Nicholls
Thanks, Christiaan, I installed the 20120526 nightly and that does indeed fix the problem. DN On 27/05/2012, at 6:42 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On May 27, 2012, at 10:21, David Nicholls wrote: Further poking around via Google indicates it is a problem caused by the Safari update

Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF drag-and-drop

2012-07-12 Thread David Nicholls
On 13/07/2012, at 7:41 AM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote: Some time ago I think I read that the importer searches for a doi and downloads citation information from that using PubMed (or HubMed or whatever). If I have a doi and want to do the same thing, is there a way from the gui to do the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF drag-and-drop

2012-07-12 Thread David Nicholls
On 13/07/2012, at 10:07 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: On Jul 12, 2012, at 16:43 , David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System can search of DOI references. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/basic_search.html Would it be feasible to add a PDF drag and drop

Re: [Bibdesk-users] PDF drag-and-drop

2012-07-12 Thread David Nicholls
On 13/07/2012, at 11:16 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: Code would be required. However, you could try the z39.50 ADS search group to confirm that a) it still works and b) DOI can be used as a search term. Rough instructions for using the search group can be found here:

[Bibdesk-users] 1.5.8 and 1.6.0: Tex preview bug difference

2013-03-02 Thread David Nicholls
I don't remember this being reported. When I use Tex Preview (which I have customized a little to get the output style I want), if there's a non ASCII character in the abstract field of the Bibdesk record (eg a greek character), v 1.5.8 reports an error (though the log doesn't tell you what it

Re: [Bibdesk-users] 1.5.8 and 1.6.0: Tex preview bug difference

2013-03-02 Thread David Nicholls
On 02/03/2013, at 10:11 PM, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 2, 2013, at 10:55, David Nicholls wrote: I don't remember this being reported. When I use Tex Preview (which I have customized a little to get the output style I want), if there's a non ASCII character

Re: [Bibdesk-users] 1.5.8 and 1.6.0: Tex preview bug difference

2013-03-02 Thread David Nicholls
On 02/03/2013, at 11:43 PM, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: You can just as well copy the text from the bottom preview. The next release won't provide anything more than that, apart from allowing you to do it in the separate window. The old Text preview will be gone, as it (now)

Re: [Bibdesk-users] 1.5.8 and 1.6.0: Tex preview bug difference

2013-03-02 Thread David Nicholls
On 03/03/2013, at 12:33 AM, David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: On 02/03/2013, at 11:43 PM, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: You can just as well copy the text from the bottom preview. The next release won't provide anything more than that, apart from allowing you to do

Re: [Bibdesk-users] 1.5.8 and 1.6.0: Tex preview bug difference

2013-03-03 Thread David Nicholls
On 03/03/2013, at 2:20 AM, Adam R. Maxwell amaxw...@mac.com wrote: On Mar 2, 2013, at 6:13, David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: On 03/03/2013, at 12:33 AM, David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: On 02/03/2013, at 11:43 PM, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: You can just

Re: [Bibdesk-users] 1.5.8 and 1.6.0: Tex preview bug difference

2013-03-03 Thread David Nicholls
On 04/03/2013, at 4:54 AM, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 3, 2013, at 13:30, David Nicholls wrote: On 03/03/2013, at 2:20 AM, Adam R. Maxwell amaxw...@mac.com wrote: On Mar 2, 2013, at 6:13, David Nicholls da...@mso.anu.edu.au wrote: On 03/03/2013, at 12:33 AM, David

[Bibdesk-users] testing new account - please ignore

2014-10-21 Thread David Nicholls
please ignore. testing. DN -- Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your

[Bibdesk-users] New install, not shifting or renaming file

2014-10-21 Thread David Nicholls
I'm just setting up a new MacbookPro (Mavericks), and have installed Bibdesk and have copied over my old references.bib file, and the library of pdfs from my old MBP (also Mavericks). My normal routine when adding a new reference, once I have the new entry in the main bibdesk window, is to

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New install, not shifting or renaming file

2014-10-21 Thread David Nicholls
/edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk.plist That might get it to work. -k. * On 2014-10-21 at 08:23, David Nicholls wrote: I'm just setting up a new MacbookPro (Mavericks), and have installed Bibdesk and have copied over my old references.bib file, and the library of pdfs from my old MBP (also Mavericks). My

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New install, not shifting or renaming file

2014-10-21 Thread David Nicholls
I copied over both prefs files, etc, but no success. It's still not moving or renaming the file. There's also a Bibdesk entry in ~/Library/Application Support, but its contents don't look like they'd have much impact on the problem. DN On 21 Oct 2014, at 11:53 pm, David Nicholls david.nicho

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New install, not shifting or renaming file

2014-10-21 Thread David Nicholls
, to be sure. DN (need to hit the hay now, it's 1am here) On 22 Oct 2014, at 12:28 am, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 21, 2014, at 15:07, David Nicholls wrote: I copied over both prefs files, Which both? There's only one. etc, but no success. It's still

Re: [Bibdesk-users] New install, not shifting or renaming file [Fixed]

2014-10-21 Thread David Nicholls
and replaced them all. Either way, it's now working and I can bead to bed! DN On 22 Oct 2014, at 1:22 am, Christiaan Hofman cmhof...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 21, 2014, at 16:05, David Nicholls wrote: OK, it's still not working. Are the preferences changed back? That's the real question

[Bibdesk-users] Copying reference key?

2019-07-24 Thread David Nicholls
Frequently I need to copy the key of a reference from the main data window, for inclusion in a Latex \cite{}. In recent versions, instead of being able to select the key with the mouse, when I mouse over the key, it changes to a scale percentage for zooming the record. 1. The zoom control is

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Copying reference key?

2019-07-24 Thread David Nicholls
, at 11:14, David Nicholls mailto:david.nicho...@anu.edu.au>> wrote: Here is what I see: Without mouseover on cite key: On mousover: This used not to happen. Macbook Pro 2018, OSX 10.14.16, Magic Mouse, Bibdesk 1.7.1 DN David C Nicholls, PhD FAIP Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Copying reference key?

2019-07-24 Thread David Nicholls
long time. And as far as I know we don't have a zoom option by hovering, just the items from the font edit submenu. Christiaan Op wo 24 jul. 2019 09:15 schreef David Nicholls mailto:david.nicho...@anu.edu.au>: Frequently I need to copy the key of a reference from the main data window, for inclusi

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Disappearing window contents

2021-03-09 Thread David Nicholls
I'll see if I can find out what version the problem started with. I've not added anything to my bibdesk database for a while, but I have updated Bibdesk regularly, so I didn't notice the onset. Will report back. DN On 9 Mar 2021, at 8:55 pm, Christiaan Hofman mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>>

[Bibdesk-users] Disappearing window contents

2021-03-08 Thread David Nicholls
Latest two versions of Bibdesk at least, Mac OSX 10.14.6 (all updates) Using the NASA ADS abstracts site, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/, search eg using the string: > author:"^Kewley, L" year:2004 > Click on the ADS link It finds one reference, but the abstract goes off the bottom of the

[Bibdesk-users] Tex preview glitch?

2022-02-23 Thread David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users
For various reasons it has been a while since I added anything to my Bibdesk collection. I have the latest version of Bibdesk (1.8.8) on Mac OS 10.14.6 (need 32 bit apps). I found today (though the problem is probably not new) that when I select Tex Preview, on nearly all journal entries, the

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Tex preview glitch?

2022-02-24 Thread David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users
On 24 Feb 2022, at 8:32 pm, Christiaan Hofman mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 24 Feb 2022, at 02:54, David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users mailto:bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: For various reasons it has been a while since I added anything to my Bibdesk collect

Re: [Bibdesk-users] [EXTERNAL] Tex preview glitch?

2022-02-24 Thread David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users
391 On Feb 24, 2022, at 6:41 AM, David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users mailto:bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: On 24 Feb 2022, at 8:32 pm, Christiaan Hofman mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 24 Feb 2022, at 02:54, David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users mailto:bibdesk-u

[Bibdesk-users] cite key format

2023-07-20 Thread David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users
I'm not sure if the system has changed, or if I've just messed something up. I've been using Bibdesk for 12 years, and my cite keys look like this: 2021A It's the NASA/ADS article ID string, eg https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A%26A...653A.141A How do I re-set the cite key format to make

Re: [Bibdesk-users] cite key format

2023-07-20 Thread David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users
All OK, The new way I need to use to import a publication is to export from the NASA/ADS abstract page and in Bibdesk: Publication > New publication from clipboard. DN On 21 Jul 2023, at 10:15 am, David Nicholls wrote: I'm not sure if the system has changed, or if I've just messed someth

Re: [Bibdesk-users] Adding a new webgroup?

2023-05-22 Thread David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users
to the webgroup URL window. DN On 23 May 2023, at 12:28 am, Christiaan Hofman mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 22 May 2023, at 14:04, David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users mailto:bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: I'd like to add the NASA/ADS websit

[Bibdesk-users] Adding a new webgroup?

2023-05-22 Thread David Nicholls via Bibdesk-users
I'd like to add the NASA/ADS website to the webgroups list: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu (in the Free Sites list) Is that possible David C Nicholls, PhD FAIP Post-doctoral Research Fellow Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Australian National University