On Mar 2, 2013, at 13:02, David Nicholls wrote: > On 02/03/2013, at 10:11 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Mar 2, 2013, at 10:55, David Nicholls wrote: >> >>> I don't remember this being reported. >>> >>> When I use Tex Preview (which I have customized a little to get the output >>> style I want), if there's a non ASCII character in the abstract field of >>> the Bibdesk record (eg a greek character), v 1.5.8 reports an error (though >>> the log doesn't tell you what it is), but v 1.6.0 just runs indefinitely >>> and you have to quit the app. >>> >>> Both work once you've cleared out the offending character(s) (I cut and >>> paste to/from the Abstract field using BBEdit to replace non standard >>> chars). >>> >>> DN >> >> There are two different problems here. The first is special characters, >> which can be a problem with tex. Unless you're using special TeX programs >> like XeTeX those aren't accepted. That's not in any way a problem in >> BibDesk, it really is a feature: it warns you that your data is not >> compatible with the tex program you use, which really is the primary purpose >> of the TeX preview. So it;s a problem with your data. >> >> The crash in 1.6.0 has nothing to do with special characters. There is a >> known problem with (external window) Text TeX preview in 1.6.0. It crashes >> in a child process. The BibDesk program itself isn't crashing, so you don't >> need to quit. The bottom-window preview (View > Bottom Preview > TeX) does >> not have this problem. This was fixed in the nightly builds, so you may want >> to get that. Those should be safe to use, only the localizations are >> disabled (shouldn't be a problem for you.) >> >> Christiaan > > Thanks, Christiaan, > > I had never explored the bottom preview window, and it work very nicely! I > just occasionally need to cut/paste the preview (saves time in generating a > \bibitem) so I'll await the full release of 1.6.1 > > DN
You can just as well copy the text from the bottom preview. The next release won't provide anything more than that, apart from allowing you to do it in the separate window. The old Text preview will be gone, as it (now) crashes and anyway has always been problematic. Oh, and you are aware that you can copy the fully prepared \bibitem? Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
