On 06/09/09 08:59, "Christiaan Hofman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Another option is to put the Mellel stuff in BibDesk itself, but I >>> think this is undesirable because 1) the Mellel code provides no >>> benefit to non-Mellel users and 2) Mellel expects to communicate >>> with an app whose creator code is BERB (using AppleEvents), so this >>> would require changing BibDesk's creator code. >>> >> >> Are you sure about that? It makes absolutely no sense, as the creator >>> code is an identifier for an app, not for what role an app plays. >> >> >> I think so. At least, when I send properly constructed AppleEvents to >> an app with the wrong creator code, things go wrong. It doesn't >> matter, >> though--since I can get the XML through applescript I can create a >> separate >> app and no modifications to Mellel are necessary. >> > > Don't you mean that Mellel has the BERB creator code? No, BERB is Bookends' creator code. Mellel sends Apple Events to an app with the BERB creator code and tells it to process citations and convert them to a bibliography. When I looked into this a few years ago, the Mellel developer suggested changing BibDesk's creator code temporarily to BERB for development, and they'd add another code if it started working. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
