This depends a bit on the errors Papers is exporting. If file and cite key
information is written out to the export file, a good text editor such as
AlphaX (http://alphatcl.sourceforge.net/wiki/) is what I'd use to fix the
syntax errors. E.g. missing path to the repository folder info could be
inserted with a replace all. I regularly import into BibDesk from the outside,
e.g. files like this (note field Local-Url), files that can be imported into
BibDesk:
@incollection{ Fi103,
author = {Fischlin, A. and Midgley, G. F. and Price, J. T. and Leemans, R.
and Gopal, B. and Turley, C. and Rounsevell, M. D. A. and Dube, O. P. and
Tarazona, J. and Velichko, A. A.},
year = {2007},
title = {Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services},
booktitle = { Climate change 2007: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.
Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC)},
number = {vii, 973},
pages = {211-272},
isbn = { 978 0521 70597-4},
editor = {Parry, M. L. and Canziani, O. F. and Palutikof, J. P. and van der
Linden, P. J. and Hanson, C. E.},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
address = {Cambridge, UK},
keywords = {IPCC, Climate change impacts, Adaptation, Sensitivity,
Ecosystems},
Custom5 = {REFTYPE In-Edited-Book OWNERS afEle|afBuechergestell USERS af
REFSTATUS merged ENTRYDATE 2007/07/02 MODIFIED 2010/03/23 TH C6 Global;
Ecosystems C7 SE MF},
annote = {2SORT In WGII Pa114=Ip15, chapter 04
By IPCC recommended citation includes all authors (CLAs, LAs). For alternative
citation with CLAs only, see Fi121
Topic 1: Climate change and ecosystems
http://www.gtp89.dial.pipex.com/04.pdf},
note = {
InCardIndex: SimilarOK
ProjectUse: V Hoeheres Lehramt
InUseFor: AR4, SZF, Eval10, V_Topics_EcosysEcol, A2CC, FiGAIA, Fi159},
Local-Url =
{file://localhost/Volumes/SE_Intern/News/af_pdfs_AFCD100/F/Fi103.pdf},
Url = {http://www.ipcc.ch}
}
@article{ Fi153,
author = {Fischlin, A.},
year = {2009},
title = {Berücksichtigen wir in der Klimapolitik genügend Sicherheitsmargen?
[Do we have sufficient safety margins in climate policies?]},
journal = { GAIA},
volume = {18},
number = {3},
pages = {193-199},
issn = { 0940-5550},
type = {Forum},
keywords = {Climatic change, IPCC, Policies, Risk management, Mitigation},
Custom5 = {REFTYPE Journal-Article OWNERS afEle|af USERS af REFSTATUS merged
ENTRYDATE 2009/04/20 MODIFIED 2010/03/23 TH P 820214 C6 C7 SE MF},
doi = {http://www.sysecol.ethz.ch/Publications.html#Fi153},
annote = {Ber ... text.},
note = {
InUseFor: FiGAIA, Fi167, Eval10},
abstract = {Trotz deutlich ... en.},
Local-Url =
{file://localhost/Volumes/SE_Intern/News/af_pdfs_AFCD100/F/Fi153.pdf},
Url =
{http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/oekom/gaia/2009/00000018/00000003/art00003}
}
Then BibDesk commands together with hooks and other AppleScripts might help to
do the rest.
Regards,
Andreas
On 23/Mar/2010, at 05:26 , Adam Megacz wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there any sort of tool that can help me migrate my rather large
> Papers.app setup to Bibdesk without losing the collections and pdf's?
>
> I'm aware that I can export from Papers.app as BibTeX (although the fact
> that it writes corrupt BibTeX files, and that I can't fix it, is a big
> part of why I'm ditching it). But I'd also like to preserve the links
> between my citekeys and pdf's (in whatever form Bibdesk uses) and also
> migrate my Papers.app "collections" as Bibdesk keywords.
>
> Does anybody know of a tool for doing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - a
>
>
>
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