On 17 May 2009, at 2:00 AM, David Nicholls wrote:
> 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.
Than it shouldn't be conneced to the bibtex style.
However you DO have some undefined command. I don't know where you got
it from, so there's nothing I can say about it.
> So that transforms my question to:
>
> (a) What style do I need to use for bibtext and
You don't 'need' anything. Or in other words: you need to define what
you use... and as I don't know what kind of data you use, there's
nothing I can say about that.
> (b) where do I put the .sty file?
Best is to put .sty files in a standard location where tex can find
it. However where this is depends on your tex distribution... in my
case it's in ~/Library/texmf/tex.
Christiaan
> 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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