Here's what I see.
If I drop an aux file on an open bib window that has the references in
the aux file, those are selected.
Otherwise, nothing happens when I drop the aux file on the pubs table
of an empty open bib.
I get an error about the file being unreadable when I drop it onto the
BD icon in the dock.
Here is the aux file I used:
\relax
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@undefined
\global \let \oldcontentsline\contentsline
\gdef \contentsline#1#2#3#4{\oldcontentsline{#1}{#2}{#3}}
\global \let \oldnewlabel\newlabel
\gdef \newlabel#1#2{\newlabelxx{#1}#2}
\gdef \newlabelxx#1#2#3#4#5#6{\oldnewlabel{#1}{{#2}{#3}}}
\AtEndDocument{\let \contentsline\oldcontentsline
\let \newlabel\oldnewlabel}
\else
\global \let [EMAIL PROTECTED]
\fi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}
{2}{section.1}}
\newlabel{sec:introduction}{{1}{2}{Introduction\relax }{section.1}{}}
\newlabel{sec:project-aims}{{1}{2}{Project aims\relax }{section*.2}{}}
\newlabel{sec:overview-rest-this}{{1}{3}{Overview of the rest of the
this proposal\relax }{section*.3}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {section}{\numberline {2}Context: The
Darwin Digital Library}{3}{section.2}}
\newlabel{sec:shortpr-cont-darw}{{2}{3}{Context: The Darwin Digital
Library\relax }{section.2}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}The
Darwin Manuscripts Project}{3}{subsection.2.1}}
\newlabel{sec:darwin-manuscripts}{{2.1}{3}{The Darwin Manuscripts
Project\relax }{subsection.2.1}{}}
\citation{Darwin1990hbv58}
\citation{Darwin2007yuq39}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}The
Literature of Evolution{}}{4}{subsection.2.2}}
\newlabel{sec:longbibdatabasename}{{2.2}{4}{The \longbibdatabasename {}
\relax }{subsection.2.2}{}}
\newlabel{sec:integr-access-ideas}{{2.2}{5}{Integrating access to
ideas about evolution with \shortclassificationname {} and
\shortbibdatabasename {} \relax }{section*.4}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {section}{\numberline {3}Motivations}{5}
{section.3}}
\newlabel{sec:motivations}{{3}{5}{Motivations\relax }{section.3}{}}
\newlabel{sec:state-art-indexing}{{3}{5}{The state of the art in
indexing evolution\relax }{section*.5}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {paragraph}{The state of the art in
indexing evolution}{5}{section*.5}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsection}{\numberline {3.1}Whither
subject indexing?}{6}{subsection.3.1}}
\newlabel{sec:whith-subj-index}{{3.1}{6}{Whither subject indexing?
\relax }{subsection.3.1}{}}
\citation{Lewin1987kx22V}
\citation{Petrella1990lr38Q}
\citation{Reeck1987yu83J}
\citation{cell1987spi15}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.1}Full-
text searching wastes time}{7}{subsubsection.3.1.1}}
\newlabel{sec:full-text-searches}{{3.1.1}{7}{Full-text searching
wastes time\relax }{subsubsection.3.1.1}{}}
\newlabel{sec:example-homology}{{3.1.1}{7}{Example:
``Homology''\relax }{section*.6}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {paragraph}{Example: ``Homology''}{7}
{section*.6}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.2}Full
text searching fails to retrieve many relevant records}{7}
{subsubsection.3.1.2}}
\newlabel{sec:full-text-searches-1}{{3.1.2}{7}{Full text searching
fails to retrieve many relevant records\relax }{subsubsection.3.1.2}{}}
\newlabel{sec:example-heterosis}{{3.1.2}{7}{Example:
``Heterosis''\relax }{section*.7}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {paragraph}{Example: ``Heterosis''}{7}
{section*.7}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsubsection}{\numberline {3.1.3}Full-
text searching is a weak strategy for discovery}{7}{subsubsection.
3.1.3}}
\newlabel{sec:weak-strat-disc}{{3.1.3}{7}{Full-text searching is a
weak strategy for discovery\relax }{subsubsection.3.1.3}{}}
\citation{Mann2006zly65}
\citation{Mann2005fpd91}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsection}{\numberline {3.2}Use cases}
{8}{subsection.3.2}}
\newlabel{sec:use-cases}{{3.2}{8}{Use cases\relax }{subsection.3.2}{}}
\newlabel{sec:start-new-rese}{{3.2}{8}{Starting new research or
expanding the scope of ongoing research\relax }{section*.8}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {paragraph}{Starting new research or
expanding the scope of ongoing research}{8}{section*.8}}
\newlabel{sec:shar-bibl}{{3.2}{9}{Sharing bibliographies\relax }
{section*.9}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {paragraph}{Sharing bibliographies}{9}
{section*.9}}
\newlabel{sec:sharing-data}{{3.2}{9}{Sharing data\relax }{section*.10}
{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {paragraph}{Sharing data}{9}{section*.
10}}
\newlabel{sec:bibliometrics}{{3.2}{9}{Bibliometrics\relax }{section*.
11}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {paragraph}{Bibliometrics}{9}{section*.
11}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {section}{\numberline {4}The Literature
of Evolution \& its Ontology}{9}{section.4}}
\newlabel{sec:liter-evol-its-ont}{{4}{9}{The Literature of Evolution
\& its Ontology\relax }{section.4}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsection}{\numberline {4.1}What is
the literature of evolution?}{9}{subsection.4.1}}
\newlabel{sec:shortb-scope}{{4.1}{9}{What is the literature of
evolution?\relax }{subsection.4.1}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsection}{\numberline {4.2}Structure
\& content of The Evolution Ontology{}}{10}{subsection.4.2}}
\newlabel{sec:shortcl-struct-cont}{{4.2}{10}{Structure \& content of
The \longclassificationname {}\relax }{subsection.4.2}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {subsubsection}{\numberline {4.2.1}A
sketch of EO{}'s basic semantics}{11}{subsubsection.4.2.1}}
\newlabel{sec:sketch-shortcl-seman}{{4.2.1}{11}{A sketch of
\shortclassificationname {}'s basic semantics\relax }{subsubsection.
4.2.1}{}}
[EMAIL PROTECTED] {figure}{\numberline {1}{\ignorespaces
Semantics of EO{}}}{11}{figure.1}}
-Adam
On Jun 17, 2008, at 6:28 PM, James Howison wrote:
> Weird. That used to work. I agree though, it doesn't now. Perhaps
> it would be best if there was a menu item for it anyway, "Select
> References From .aux File" I think that would help people find it.
>
> But first we should check it works, can anyone get the select from aux
> file to work at the moment?
>
> On Jun 17, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Matthieu Masquelet wrote:
>
>> Wow, I didn't know this one, thanks a lot ! Would be helpful to
>> extract these 10 references for a paper and to create a neat bib file
>> that doesn't contain 1000 entries. But how do you get it to work?
>> Dropping my .aux file does nothing for me...
>>
>> On the first topic, I personally auto-file in a PAPERS folder with
>> the
>> years as subfolders (from 1951 to 2008 as of now :) ). But it's not
>> like I often need to dig into that folder structure...
>>
>> Matthieu
>>
>>>> Of course I could also create per-
>>>> project bib files (and do occasionally to send them to
>>>> collaborators).
>>>
>>>
>>> I love the ability to drop a .aux file onto BibDesk and have it
>>> select
>>> the references used in a paper. I usually then create a static
>>> group
>>> for them and use that to create the .bib to mail to colleagues.
>>> That
>>> feature is a hidden gem.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> James
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