On Nov 3, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> just as a question/suggestion: would it not be possible to let the
>> "select duplicates" command (or a new similar command) *display* all
>> duplicates (like a filter) but *select* all duplicate copies except
>> for one by default? Then, if the user does not care for the problem
>> you mentioned, removing duplicates would amount to choosing this
>> command and hitting delete.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Holger
>
> Displaying: no, as there is no UI reason why items are not displayed
> (and to reverse that).

Yes, you are right, it is actually one of the things I like in  
Bibdesk. Although, something like a "search group" (don't know  
whether I use the right term here) for duplicates in combination with  
a selection mechanism might work.

> But what we can do is show a sheet and let the
> user decide how duplicates are selected.

Sound good to me, too. Other people may be annoyed by a sheet,  
though ...

Holger


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