On Friday, October 05, 2007, at 11:11AM, "Christopher W. MacMinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hey folks - > >I'm having a strange problem with BibDesk. It is as follows: > >I import references into BibDesk by dragging PDF files into my >BibDesk library, which prompts BibDesk to create a new, blank >reference entry that I can complete. Sometimes, though, the new >reference entry BibDesk creates is not blank -- many of the fields >are auto-magically completed. This would be cool and useful if not >for the fact that the information BibDesk supplies is universally and >completely incorrect, turning this would-be-useful feature into a >headache.
This is not supplied by BibDesk, but by the creator of the PDF file. >I do not want to have to keep cleaning out the mess that >BibDesk enthusiastically shoves into these new reference entries. > >Please, is there a way to disable this "feature"? I cannot find >anything about it in the help file, the website, or BibDesk's >settings. (Probably because I do not know what it could possibly be >called, beyond some sort of "autocomplete".) Sounds like you enabled a hidden preference using Terminal and forgot about it. We don't enable this by default because PDF metadata is generally incorrect. defaults write edu.ucsd.cs.mmccrack.bibdesk BDSKShouldUsePDFMetadata 0 see http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Tips_and_Tricks for more info. If that doesn't work, post back. -- adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
