Thank you Glenn for the suggestions. I tried a) and b) and neither of them worked as I would like and gave the same result as my Command-V method.
Your suggestion of "Generate Cite Key" (keyboard shortcut Command-K) worked nicely though! I will use that in the future. Regards, Daniel > On 2018-12-05, at 09:59, Glenn Hoetker via Bibdesk-users > <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Not a direct answer, but perhaps alternative routes to the desired outcome. > > First question: > > What happens if you try either of these ways for creating a new record from a > DOI? > > a) Copy the DOI from some source; open BibDesk; select Publication/New > Publications from Clipboard (Option-Command-L). > b) Select the DOI from some source; drag and drop the selected text onto the > BibDesk GUI. You can try to drag it onto the list of citations such that it > doesn't overlap with any existing records, which will then create a new > record. Or, if you lack that patience (like me), you can create a static > group (mine is called "Blank", but it doesn't matter) and drop the dragged > text onto that group. This will create a new publication in that group > (which we don't care about) and also in the enclosing library (which is our > goal). > > Hopefully, one of those will generate a new record with the desired Cite Key. > I have absolutely new idea and actually kind of doubt it, but it's easy to > try. > > If not, what happens if--rather than manually editing the generated cite > key--you then selected Publication/Generate Cite Key? Perhaps it would > regenerate a new key reflecting your custom format and the information in the > record. > > Good luck! > > > Glenn Hoetker > ghoet...@me.com <mailto:ghoet...@me.com> > > > > >> On 5 Dec 2018, at 7:17 pm, Daniel Larsson <daniel.s.d.lars...@gmail.com >> <mailto:daniel.s.d.lars...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi list, >> >> I've used BibDesk for quite some time, but have an issue that I would like >> to ask if there is a way to get around so I signed up for the list. >> >> I used to add papers by downloading the .bib or .ris file from the publisher >> for the relevant paper. But these days I find it much more convenient to >> copy the DOI and then paste it into the GUI window. I have yet to find a >> case where it does not work. But I have one issue with this workflow though. >> I have set up a custom Cite Key format (%a1%Y%u1 which produces keys like >> this McCracken2004a). However, when I use the method described above, the >> cite key ends up as McCracken_2004 and I have to manually edit it. >> >> Regards, >> Daniel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto:Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users> > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
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