Looking forward to trying it! Thanks On Thu, Oct 5, 2023 at 4:07 PM Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
> For the next releaseI have also added a warning when trying to auto-file > using a file name that is too long. > > Christiaan > > On 5 Oct 2023, at 13:29, Roberto <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks a lot. This has fixed the troubles so far! > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 10:47 AM Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> You can set a max number of authors by adding a number after the %a or %A >> specifier in the format. See the Help for details ( >> https://bibdesk.sourceforge.io/manual/BibDeskHelp_92.html#SEC160). >> Similar for the title with the %t or %T format specifiers. For instance, >> use %t50 instead of %t. >> >> As for a warning, that can be difficult. It is also not clear to me >> precisely what limitations there are. >> >> Christiaan >> >> On 2 Oct 2023, at 09:04, Roberto <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks for chiming in. How do I set a max number of authors? And what >> about the title length (it often comes from bibtex imports). >> >> In any case, wouldn't make sense to make a length check on the variable >> that holds the candidate filename and issue a stopping warning to the user >> to correct the entry or amend the filename somwhow? >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 1, 2023, 23:17 Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 1 Oct 2023, at 22:09, Roberto <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I think the auto-file feature brings the program in some kind of stuck >>> situation when I try to auto-file an entry which results in a file name >>> longer than allowed by the FS. >>> Is this happening to me only? >>> >>> >>> I can imagine that could happen. If that is the case, you should >>> reconsider your auto file format. For instance, if you use the title, set a >>> maximal length, or when using author names, set a maximum number of authors. >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >
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