My thanks to Adam and Ingrid for their replies to my query. I now have a
text file which looks like this:
"Author = {Ukadike, Nwachunkwu Frank},","Publisher = {University of
California Press},","Title = {Black African Cinema},","Year =
{1994},","Keywords = {African Cinema}}"
Does that look right?
Problem is, it doesn't import - i.e. when I go to'open using temporary cite
key', the file in greyed out so you can't choose it. If you opt for 'open
using filter', it recognises the file and you can choose, but then says
something about not recognising the filter and to test it in Terminal, which
I simply don't understand. (Perhaps I should add that I've been using
computers for 25 years, including highly complex programmes like
professional video editors, have just converted to Mac - I know, why didn't
I do it sooner? - but have no programming skills whatsoever.)Again, I should be grateful for any help. Michael Chanan > 5. Re: New user question (Adam R. Maxwell) > 6. Re: New user question (Ingrid Giffin) > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:48:01 +0100 > From: Michael Chanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Bibdesk-users] New user question > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I have a > bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like to import into > BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any help. > > Michael C. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:01:56 -0700 > From: "Adam R. Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question > To: For general discussion about using BibDesk > <[email protected]> > Cc: Michael Chanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > > On Apr 22, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Michael Chanan wrote: > >> I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I >> have a bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like >> to import into BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any >> help. > > Knowing nothing of Filemaker's capabilities, I can only make general > suggestions. If you can write your bibliography out in the plain text > BibTeX or RIS format, you can open it easily in BibDesk. > > A BibTeX entry looks like this: > > @type{citekey, > author = {Ivan P. Freely and Bud Weiser}, > title = {If You Gotta Go, Go Now}, > keywords = {windmill, blue}, > year = {2010} > } > > with additional field = value pairs inserted as necessary. The "type" > is one of the standard BibTeX types (google for btxdoc.pdf for more > info), and "citekey" can be any ASCII alphanumeric string (best to > exclude punctuation; you can even use the same key for all entries and > generate a unique key in BibDesk). Authors must be separated by "and." > > The RIS format is available on the web if you prefer that route; > google should help you find that as well. > > I'd recommend writing the file as UTF-8 and reading it into BibDesk > using the same encoding (set in BibDesk's Files preference pane or in > the Open dialog). Post back if you have questions! > > hth, > adam > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:04:21 -0600 > From: Ingrid Giffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question > To: BibDesk <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The programming gurus can no doubt give a more technical explanation, but > I?m a long-time Filemaker user, and this should not be difficult. BibDesk > imports plain text files as long as they are formatted with the proper > identifying tags. Filemaker can easily add tags to text by means of > calculation fields. > > For instance: below is a copy of the BibTex record of a basic article in > BibDesk. Take the author field, as an example. If you have the author?s name > in Filemaker in First Name and Last Name fields, for example, you can > concatenate that with a calculation field, and simultaneously wrap the > BibTex tag and punctuation around it, like so: ?Author = {? +LastName + ?, ? > + FirstName + ?},? . Create a calculated field like that each of the fields > you want to export. Then do another calculated field that concatenates all > of the 1st-tier calculated fields, and wraps them with the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > symbol and > the record type, such as ?article? or ?book? or whatever. Remember the final > ?}?. Then export that big super-concatenated field from all the records you > want, as a text file. That text can then be dragged into BibDesk. > > I may be missing a few details here and there, since I?m a little rusty on > Filemaker, but that?s the basic idea. (And there might well be a more > elegant way to do it.) > > It?ll take a little setup, obviously, but not too bad IMHO. > > > @article{Boethius1948Ancient-Town-Architecture, > Author = {Boethius, Axel}, > Journal = {The American Journal of Philology}, > Number = {4}, > Pages = {396--407}, > Publisher = {The Johns Hopkins University Press}, > Title = {Ancient Town Architecture and the New Material from Olynthus}, > Volume = {69}, > Year = {1948}} > > Hope that helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
