The Bookends settings for z39.50 work seamlessly. In Bookends, it is revealed that my institution accesses z39.50 connections indirectly, that is,
via a LOC gateway (not visible what that setting is), and then to the respective database to be searched. Also i need to enter my user id and password for each database in their respective filter and, insert my institutions student id and password in Bookends Preferences, and tick Proxy server authentication. How to edit the script in search groups, such as LOC? It is not clear to me, for example, how to access the bibdesk LOC script to save in ' .bdsksearch' format, and then edit to include similar functionality as in the Bookends options. Sincerely, Shane On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess your local firewall does not allow traffic through the ports > used by z39.50 (like 7090 for LOC). If you can't control the firewall > (or ask for ports like these to be opened) you may have to use your > proxy. BD has no UI to set a proxy, but you can set it by hand. > > 1. save a search group as a .bdsksearch file (use drag & drop) > 2. edit the .bdsksearch file with a plain text editor (such as > TextEdit), add 2 lines to the options dict of the form: > > <key>proxy</key> > <string>YOUR PROXY HERE</string> > > e.g. for LOC you'd get some lines like: > > <key>options</key> > <dict> > <key>proxy</key> > <string>YOUR PROXY HERE</string> > <key>recordSyntax</key> > <string>US MARC</string> > <key>resultEncoding</key> > <string>marc-8</string> > </dict> > > 3. save the file, and drop it on a BD window > > I've never tried it myself, so I can't say if it works. > > Christiaan > > On 19 Jun 2008, at 1:59 PM, Shane Eastwood wrote: > >> No, I cant connect to LOC. with z39.50. But url bookmarks, i.e LOC >> is fine. >> >> >> Shane. >> >> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Jun 19, 2008, at 3:14 AM, Shane Eastwood wrote: >>> >>>> On Bibdesk Version 1.3.12 (v940) , I can not connect using z39.50 >>>> bookmark connections. URL bookmarks, however work fine. >>> >>> 1.3.12 is pretty old. Why are you using it? >>> >>>> My uni has proxy server settings. I am not sure what the problem >>>> really is. >>> >>> Can you connect to Library of Congress via z39.50? It doesn't >>> require >>> a proxy. >>> >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
