Thanks, Christiaan,
As I'm pretty new to Latex (and even newer to Bibtex) I'm just using the
default install settings from the batch of installs from the Mactex site.
So that transforms my question to:
(a) What style do I need to use for bibtext and
(b) where do I put the .sty file?
Sorry this has got somewhat OT, but I'd appreciate assistance from
anyone who uses SAO/ADS data successfully. It may also help other
neophyte Bibdesk users.
Regards
DN
Christiaan Hofman wrote:
> 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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