On Jan 27, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Cloy Tobola wrote: > > 1. I understand the change to the Local File column. When that column > is set to be very narrow, would it be better to have the number of > linked files appear [rather than just a paper clip]? After all, the > paperclip already appears in the column at the top. Just a thought. >
But then you'd have to look up at the top of the column to see what the number was for. There is a links column too, and you'd have to distinguish it from that. > 2. I frequently recommend BibDesk to students and fellow scholars. > However, one of the problems I've run into is that if I get a > reference with a gremlin in the abstract, it will change the file > format and require a "save as." You mean, the reference has the wrong encoding, or that there are some non-TeX compatible quotation marks? It seems like you must mean the former. When this happens, I usually hunt down the offending reference and delete whatever the problem is. A dialogue will come up saying something like "This file cannot be saved because such-and-such reference has a problem." > that can be confusing. When I first > started using BibDesk, I lost a bibliography because of the confusion > this caused. Are there any workarounds or other options when this > occurs... or settings to avoid this problem? I get it -- but I'm > hoping for an easy fix that ensures people have a good first > experience with this application. (I do tell potential users to > backup their work.) > -Adam G. ================================= Adam M. Goldstein PhD MSLIS Assistant Professor of Philosophy Iona College -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein/ tel: (914) 637-2717 post: Iona College Department of Philosophy 715 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
