From what I read, this is not a new problem.
I'm using Bibdesk 1.3.20 on OSX 10.5.7, with data from SAO/NASA ADS
I'm seeing the error in two forms:
(1) While I get the error message 'Tex preview generation failed', it
does generate a preview. This happens for every record whether selected
individually or in a group, except when the second error form occurs
(below).
The log includes the following:
.....
(./bibpreview.bbl
! Undefined control sequence.
l.9 \newblock {\em \apjs
}, 167:177--200, Dec. 2006.
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
)
......
(2) The second form doesn't generate a preview, just the message: '*****
ERROR: unable to create preview *****'
The is accompanied in the log by:
.....
---------- BibTeX log file -------
File:
"/var/folders/pY/pYWCInoIEimeOp31FlHgg++++TI/-Tmp-/bibdesk.agRcq9/bibpreview/bibpreview.blg"
(null)
---------- BibDesk info ----------
<BDSKTeXTask: 0x1ab0eef0> {
ivars:
delegate = "(null)"
file name = "bibpreview"
template = "/Users/<username>/Library/Application
Support/BibDesk/previewtemplate.tex"
TeX file =
"/var/folders/pY/pYWCInoIEimeOp31FlHgg++++TI/-Tmp-/bibdesk.agRcq9/bibpreview/bibpreview.tex"
BibTeX file =
"/var/folders/pY/pYWCInoIEimeOp31FlHgg++++TI/-Tmp-/bibdesk.agRcq9/bibpreview/bibpreview.bib"
TeX binary path = "/usr/texbin"
Encoding = "Western (ASCII)"
BibTeX style = "abbrv"
Helper files = (
)
environment:
SHELL = "/bin/bash"
BIBINPUTS = "(null)"
BSTINPUTS = "(null)"
PATH = "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/texbin" }
........
I've only found (so far) one record that triggers the second error, and
it does so whether selected by itself or in a group.
All of my bibtex records are copied from the SAO/NASA ADS database and
pasted into Bibdesk.
The citation reference that causes the second form of the error is
2006ApJ...647..244D (from ADS)
A typical reference that causes the first error form is
2006ApJS..167..177D (from ADS)
The references can be found using the above citation refs in the search
page at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/basic_search.html
I have copied, in every case, the bibtex data from the link to 'Bibtex
entry for this abstract' from the main record page.
DN
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