On Jul 30, 2011, at 18:06, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: > On 30/07/11 16:59, Jonas Zimmermann wrote: >> Without having thought through it, maybe there's something you could do with >> global macro files (Preferences->Fields)? >> >> Jonas >> >> On 30 Jul 2011, at 21:18, Miguel Ortiz Lombardía wrote: >>> I would like to know whether it is currently possible to make an rtf >>> template where journal names in citations are shown abbreviated AND >>> punctuated in a way similar to what can be done with authors initials. >>> Example: >>> >>> J Biol Chem -> J. Biol. Chem. >>> >>> I understand the difficulty of deciding when a word in the journal name >>> is complete (and needs not a dot) or not, but I would prefer too many >>> rather than too litle periods :-) A better solution would be a way to >>> provide a table with equivalences such as in the example before the >>> template is invoked. But I have no idea how to do that (if possible). >>> >>> Any ideas would be appreciated. >> > > Thank you! > Your answer looks promising, but after a first look to the manual I > can't see how I could apply those macros to a template rtf file > (ultimately, this is to be used in conjunction with Colin Smith's > BibFuse). My guess is that I can't... > > Best regards, > > -- > Miguel
It is not possible to relate a set of macro definitions to a particular template. However, as Jonas indicates, you can change the macros by changing the global macro file. So you could have two (or more) macro files somewhere with different definitions for the journal macros. And then you can use either one or the other of these files in the prefs. As long as one file is selected, the expansion would be according to that file, and as long as another is selected, that one will determine the expansions. Of course this assumes that you use macros in the Journal field. Alternatively you can also change the macros for the .bib file using the macros window (Database > Macros). You can easily change the macros by dropping a file containing macro definitions on the macros window. But in that case these changes will also affect the saved data. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for help often. Plus, you'll get a chance to win $100 to spend on ThinkGeek. http://p.sf.net/sfu/slashdot-survey _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
