I just figured, I can actually import and then regenerate the cite key. Its
silly I never explored this much before. May be I will use it more now on.
Sumit
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Sumit Narayan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am afraid, I do not use Web option in Bibdesk for searching references.
> The biggest reason I do not use web for importing references is - I use
> drag-and-drop to add entries and make Bibdesk auto-generate the cite key and
> use the same key to auto-file the PDF for me. I have a pattern for it -
> 'year-authors'. This helps me identify the paper quickly and when the paper
> was published even by looking at the file name. Further, when I am preparing
> a document in Latex, I can just see the file and add references, because the
> file name is also my cite key. When I import from web in Bibdesk, it uses
> the cite key from the website (ex. on ACM it uses a number). That number is
> not very helpful.
>
> As a suggestion - if we had an option to enforce cite-key generation for
> all entries even if imported from web, it will be cool and encourage more
> users to use that option. If such an option exist, please let me know and
> also ignore my comment.
>
> Thanks,
> Sumit
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Michael McCracken <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Sumit Narayan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Sorry, I was referring to Last Import and not Recent Import.
>>
>> Understood.
>>
>> >
>> > The reason why I do not use it is because once I import a file, it is
>> > anyway selected (highlighted) in the main library. Further, I have
>> > smart folders for previous 1 days import and 1 weeks import.
>> >
>> > I was just wondering if there was any option to remove it. I am sure
>> > it is useful in some cases, but because of smart folders, it appeared
>> > redundant on my screen.
>>
>> Ah, OK. Thanks for filling in the details. It's always nice to know
>> the reasons behind a question or request. Sometimes it helps point to
>> a better overall solution, but in this case I think you're stuck with
>> those groups. I think you might find that the last-import group will
>> be very handy sometimes when the transient selection goes away but you
>> still need to get at those last couple entries you added.
>
>
>> As an aside, since web group is kind of my baby, do you use it? Do you
>> search for references using the web at all?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -mike
>>
>> > --Sumit
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Michael McCracken
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Maxwell, Adam R <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> >>> On 01/29/09 08:51, "Sumit Narayan" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Is there any way to remove Web and Recent Import from side bar?
>> >>>
>> >>> Only if you can modify the source and recompile it yourself.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Adam's right - they are baked in, and I don't think there would be
>> >> much support for making that configurable.
>> >>
>> >> However, I'm curious what your reasons are - Sumit, why do you want to
>> >> remove those two?
>> >>
>> >> I can understand that maybe the Web group is not useful for you, since
>> >> it doesn't cover everything, but why is Recent Import not useful?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> -mike
>> >>
>> >> --
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>> >> UCSD CSE PhD Candidate
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