On Aug 24, 2011, at 13:55, Malcolm Ross wrote:
>
> On 20/08/2011, at 10:26 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 20, 2011, at 14:56, Malcolm Ross wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 18/08/2011, at 8:34 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 18, 2011, at 20:11, Malcolm Ross wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have been trying to get Christian Hofman's ReplaceCite AppleScript
>>>>> working, in order to link BibDesk to TextEdit (or Nisus Writer). It works
>>>>> fine with the provided template APACitationTemplate, but fails with other
>>>>> templates, including one I have written myself. The odd thing is that the
>>>>> templates which cause ReplaceCite to fail work fine when one does a
>>>>> straightforward Export via the BibDesk menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have used a debugger to check where the error occurs when the script is
>>>>> run, and it is at the point where the script tells BibDesk to export the
>>>>> references (which it has found in the TextEdit file). This gives a
>>>>> BibDesk Error 6.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone give me a clue as to what is going wrong here? I have been
>>>>> using BibDesk for years with LaTeX, so I am reasonably confident that my
>>>>> BibTeX library and the templates are OK.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Malcolm
>>>>
>>>> You get this error when BibDesk cannot find the template. Are you sure you
>>>> have installed a template with the name you're using in the script?
>>>
>>> Yes, I've doublechecked. It's installed via BibDesk preferences (and it
>>> works with the Export menu item).
>>>
>>>> Also, when you run the script from AppleScript Editor, do you get a more
>>>> descriptive error message?
>>>
>>> No, nothing. The \cite{…} elements in the TexTEdit file are replaced with
>>> citations as they should be, but the script exits without writing a
>>> bibliography list to disk, with no error message. This was why I used a
>>> debugger.
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>>
>>> - Malcolm
>>
>> You are aware that there are two templates here? And you did double-ckeck
>> that both of them were installed and working, and checked the names in the
>> script?
>>
>> Christiaan
>
> Yes, if by two templates you mean the template for citations in the ms and
> the template for exporting a bibiography. The citation template works without
> a problem, since, if I understand the ReplaceCite script correctly, it is
> called earlier and I can see the results in the TextEdit file. It is simply
> the export script that gives an error. The export script also formats the
> reference in the preview window.
Did you run the applescript from AppleScript Editor? And were there any
problems reported? Have you tried an applescript that only exports the
bibliography?
> Is that normal behaviour?
It's a choice you apparently made in the UI.
>
> - Malcolm
>
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