For the record, I hadn't read the previous thread while writing this :)

On Aug 21, 2008, at 3:34 PM, James Howison wrote:

> Hi,
>
> PLOS is publishing their bibtex in utf8 (as a downloaded .bib file).
> Which is fine, if one opens the file with utf8 encoding.  However when
> I double click it, BibDesk (1.3.18) gives the "Unable to parse string
> as BibTeX" error, which suggests editing, but not trying a different
> encoding.
>
> I just wondered whether bibdesk ought to be able to assess the
> encoding of the file (TextMate seems to be able to), or whether this
> error message might suggest trying a different encoding?
>
> The example bibtex downloads from here (download citation)
>
> http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000108
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
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