On Nov 12, 2007, at 12:21 AM, James Owen wrote: > BTW, if I try to open a .bib file using QuickLook, I get the raw > bibtex text, as might be expected. Is there any way to have a > preview of > the database as a list of refs in the default preview format? I read > that there is a QuickLook plugin for BibDesk, but I don't know what it > does.
QL on a .bib file will show you the text of the .bib file with syntax highlighting. When you do a spotlight search on the contents of your .bib file, you should see an index-card with one item per card (looks best with cover flow in Finder). > How does QuickLook work? I get the impression that it is effectively a > print preview, i.e. a small pdf version of each file, which is stored > with > the file, and which can therefore be opened without the use of the > original program. Is that right? No. A Quick Look plugin dynamically generates an image representation for a given file on demand, as fast as possible. It requires a plugin for each type. > If so, would it be possible to have a button, "Create Preview" as > appears in the Keynote save as dialog box, which would allow to make a > pdf > version of a bib file, which would be shown when accessed via > QuickLook? That's also possible, but it would be quite slow. > On Nov 11, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Hendrik wrote: > >> Another question related to Google Scholar: >> So now we have a one button click way of getting the Google Scholar >> entry into BibDesk. Which is awesome. >> What is the easiest way currently to get from there to the PDF and >> get >> that filed away using the amazing auto file feature? Are there plans >> to maybe fully or partially automate this? That is, to have another >> button click download the PDF file using the first actually working >> link in Google Scholar and file it away. > > Yes, I hit this question last week trying to get stuff from Google > Scholar. How to associate > the PDF of the paper that you have found, with the BibDesk ref that > has been scraped. I don't have any plans to automate this, but maybe Mike has thought about it. If someone can figure out a scheme that works using xpath queries on the page, we might be able to incorporate it. -- 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
