On 23 Aug 2007, at 7:05 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>
> On Thursday, August 23, 2007, at 09:58AM, "Chris Goedde"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> What's a good way to merge bib files? I have seven or eight, and I'd
>> like to combine them into a single file. My two main concerns are:
>> (a) maintaining/enhancing my current categorization, and (b)
>> efficiently removing duplicates.
>>
>> For example, my current bib files have names like "optics.bib",
>> "quantum.bib", "dynamics.bib", etc. How do I best maintain that when
>> merging?
>
> I did something similar by adding a "Group" field to my items via
> the Defaults pref pane, then grouping items by that field (use the
> popup in the source list header). You can then add a dummy item
> with Group = {quantum; dynamics; optics; etc} to artificially
> create the groups, and then drop each file on a particular group.
> All items will then be assigned Group = {quantum} or Group =
> {dynamics} etc. as appropriate.
>
>> Second, what's the best way to remove duplicates? I can
>> identify them easily enough, but I don't know how to trim them down.
>
> Look at the menu options on the Database menu. You should be able
> to select the duplicates and then just hit delete to remove them
> (after verifying they are duplicates).
>
> --
> Adam
Alternatively, you can add a (temporary) external file group for the
second (and third etc) file and merge in the items from that group
(through the contextual menu for the external file group), which will
ignore duplicates. You could then easily go to the Last Import group
to add the items to a new group as Adam described.
Christiaan
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