On 18.03.2008, at 08:58, Peter Cowan wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Niels Kobschaetzki > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Peter Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>>> Bibdesk is nice for manage my references (and getting a good >>>> bib-file >>>> out of it) and pdfs in the file-system but it is missing the >>>> full-text >>>> search over the pdfs like Papers is doing and it gets the whole >>>> web-search thing more nicely done than Bibdesk (like automatically >>>> search for the most recent papers from the selected author or >>>> from the >>>> journal and stuff like that) and the interface just looks overall >>>> quite nice. >>> >>> Bibdesk has full content searching, when I type something into the >>> search bar "File Content" comes up along with "Title", "Author" >>> etc. >>> It's a bit slow the first time as it builds the search index, >>> but fast >>> afterwards (is it cached at all after quit?). I've been using the >>> nightly build for a while, perhaps this isn't in the release >>> version >>> yet? >> >> You are right…well, it never occured to me that the file content is >> searched as well… >> well it seems then that only the nicer interface and the way the >> web-search stuff works are only points for Papers > > I've never used Papers before, would you mind explaining what it is > that you like and how it differs from BibDesk?
Papers has a completely different approach: It's first and foremost a PDF organisation and research tool. All in all, it offers similar functionality in this area than BibDesk (though not identical). It's main strength is it's really nice UI which integrates the differents aspects in a very nice way. If you work only with the search engines supported by Papers you're probably better off with it. That said, Papers is definitely geared toward hard sciences, knows nothing about different document types (it basically only handles journal articles) and isn't suited for the handling of bibliographic data. You will have unpleasant surprises if you import and then re-export your bib files with Papers. simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „I know that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully.“ George W. Bush ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
