Moreover the title of the item is often not the same as the title of the window, because the latter is cleaned. The windows don't have a publication property. I wouldn't know how to do that, because there are all kinds of windows.
Christiaan On 19 May 2007, at 11:56 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > Obviously, if you have non-unique titles or a publication without a > title, this won't work. Well, it will work with non-unique titles, > but it'll select all of them. > > If the title of the front editing window was the cite key, this could > be modified to just select the unique publication. That, of course, > wouldn't work if the cite key hadn't been assigned yet. > > I don't know if there's an easy way of exposing directly in > Applescript "the publication of window 1". > > -AHM > > On May 19, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > >> Here's a hacky way of doing it: >> >> tell application "BibDesk" >> set frontWindowName to the name of window 1 >> set theDoc to the document of window 1 >> set thePubs to (publications of theDoc whose value of field "title" >> is frontWindowName) >> set selection of theDoc to thePubs >> end tell >> >> On May 19, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> Can you write an AppleScript to select the frontmost item being >>> edited >>> in the main table? That will cause the preview to display the item >>> you want. I don't think it's worth adding to the menus or editor >>> window, though. >>> >>> -- >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> On May 19, 2007, at 13:42, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> >>>> First note that creating the preview is a rather slow process, >>>> while >>>> selecting a window is quick. So I don't think this will work very >>>> well. Moreover, we already have 2 places where you can view latex >>>> preview of the (selected) item(s). This seems much more useful >>>> to me >>>> and sufficient. >>>> >>>> Christiaan >>>> >>>> On 19 May 2007, at 10:38 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: >>>> >>>>> Many times I have many "get info" windows open, and want to see >>>>> how >>>>> the one I am looking at currently looks in the LaTeX preview; >>>>> but in >>>>> the meantime, I have been browsing around in my BD library, >>>>> looking >>>>> at other references and probably opening up new "get info" >>>>> windows. >>>>> >>>>> If it is not already available, in which case I will be glad to be >>>>> redirected to the appropriate documentation, I propose a new >>>>> feature: >>>>> preview top bib record. Upon selecting this item from the menu (or >>>>> using a keyboard combination) the preview for the top-most get >>>>> info >>>>> window will be shown. >>>>> >>>>> This is particularly useful with more complicated styles; often I >>>>> want to see whether I put the right info in the right field, or >>>>> else >>>>> the fields are not descriptive enough to know what they really >>>>> mean, >>>>> but the preview will decode it for me. >>>>> >>>>> -Adam >>>>> -- >>>>> Dr. Adam M. Goldstein >>>>> amgoldstein <at> mac <dot> com >>>>> http://homepage.mac.com/amgoldstein >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> - >>>>> - >>>>> -- >>>>> --- >>>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >>>>> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >>>>> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. 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