Thanks for the tip. I rebuild launchservices (using the instructions at http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071102084155353 ) and everything's working right again! Peter
On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Christiaan Hofman cmhofman-at-gmail.com |bibdesk-users| wrote: > Then it's at least not your encoding. My guess is that somehow your launch > services database is corrupted, given that the icon is also missing. > > Christiaan > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 17:12, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, >> Setting the system-wide default does work, though is more of a workaround >> than a fix (but it'll do just fine for what I need, thanks!) >> my .CFUserTextEncoding is: >> 0:0 >> >> Thanks, >> Peter >> >> On Aug 19, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Christiaan Hofman cmhofman-at-gmail.com >> |bibdesk-users| wrote: >> >>> Also, just wondering. What do you cat when you type the following in "more >>> .CFUserTextEncoding" Terminal.app and hit enter? >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 22:45, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> >>>> Do you have Skim set as the default for PDF on your system? Then reset the >>>> PDF viewer pref in the Default Fields preferences of BibDesk to Default. >>>> >>>> Christiaan >>>> >>>> On Aug 18, 2010, at 19:09, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I just started having some strange behavior with bibdesk. If I set the >>>>> PDF viewer (in preferences>default fields>local file viewer) to "Skim" >>>>> and try to open a local PDF attached to a bibdesk entry, the window loses >>>>> focus but Skim does not open. This is the only place where things are >>>>> acting up: When I set it to anything else (Preview, Adobe Acrobat, etc), >>>>> it works normally. In Finder if I set a PDF to open with Skim by default, >>>>> that works normally as well. Right-clicking on the file in bibdesk and >>>>> choosing 'open with > Skim also works just fine. >>>>> >>>>> Additionally, in the dropdown list in bibdesk's preferences, the entry >>>>> for Skim does not have an icon next to it. In bibdesk's preferences file >>>>> (plist), the entry for 'BDSKDefaultViewersKey>pdf' is >>>>> 'net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim'. >>>>> >>>>> I have tried a number of things to fix this, including reinstalling skim, >>>>> choosing Skim.app manually (rather than from the dropdown) in bibdesk's >>>>> preferences and deleting the 'BDSKDefaultViewersKey' branch in the >>>>> preferences plist. >>>>> >>>>> This is not a horrible inconvenience (I just need to right-click the file >>>>> and choose 'open with'), but I would like to figure out the cause. >>>>> >>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Peter > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
