Thanks for the reply, I'll check wiki, however, you havent told; "1. save a search group as a .bdsksearch file (use drag & drop)" Is not clear.
Anyway, time, motivation etc. is limited, and its freeware, yes i understand. Shango On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 20 Jun 2008, at 8:39 AM, Shane Eastwood wrote: > >> 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. >> > > Not very helpful, as we can't see how Bookends does it, since it's not > open source. I'm certainly not going to try and figure out myself how > to do it for many reasons, three important ones are time, motivation > and the fact that I can't test it. > > Be aware that Bookends is expensive and BibDesk is free. > >> 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, > > That's described on the Wiki. And I told you. > >> and then edit to include similar functionality >> as in the Bookends options. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Shane >> > > I just told you, I think. As I said, I cannot test it. > > Christiaan > > >> 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
