This is a TeX error. There's an undefined command \apjs in your data.
You may be using a non-standard bibtex style, and need a corresponding
tex style file?
Christiaan
On 16 May 2009, at 5:16 PM, David Nicholls wrote:
> 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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