Dear Haines, I'm sorry for the problems you have with the way Jabref handles groups in the new version. Let me explain what happened: Previously, the group membership was stored at the end of the file in one of these Jabref comments. This behaviour had some disadvantages, so we changed it. Now Jabref rembers the group information in the bibtex entry itself (BibEntry). So your entries now have a groups field (have a look at the bibtex source), where the names of the static groups are saved. Because only the names of the groups are stored in this new field, JabRef can no longer differentiate between groups with the same name. This might be a bit inconvienent, but you can fix it easily by giving the groups different names and then manually correcting the assignments.
I hope this helps for now. If you still experience problems, please post them on github. https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues Best, Tobias -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Gesendet: Sunday, 12 June 2016 um 15:45:13 Uhr Von: jabref-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net An: jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Jabref-users Digest, Vol 115, Issue 2 Send Jabref-users mailing list submissions to jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to jabref-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net You can reach the person managing the list at jabref-users-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Jabref-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Groups using not possible (Bernhard Kleine) 2. Re: Groups using not possible (Bernhard Kleine) 3. Re: Groups using not possible (Haines Brown) 4. Re: Groups using not possible (Bernhard Kleine) 5. Re: Groups using not possible (Haines Brown) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:44:07 +0200 From: Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kle...@gmx.net> Subject: Re: [Jabref-users] Groups using not possible To: jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <4c362304-557a-68b1-6327-8978b19ee...@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Am 10.06.2016 um 07:13 schrieb Bernhard Kleine: > I started using groups with the previous jabref version. I have some > 1300 bibentries and groups are as large as 140 or as small as 3 entries. > > When I want to display groups, however, I tried en vain to see the > selected entries, mostly jabref adds the entry selected to a groups when > clicking on a group. This is not the behaviour I am used to. How to > display a group and not add or delete entries from group without the > risk to do the wrong? It is not obvious. > > Bernhard I looked in detail: I had selected a group of 13 entries. I added the pdf location of one of this papers to jabref in the "allgemein (General?)" dialogue of the edit article form. When I finished adding the pdf location, the selection of the 13 papers in the group got lost. Clicking on the group in the Group form did not bring up the selection again, but deleted the selected entry from the group. Re-clicking added it again, but still the selection was gone. I do not find a simple way to select a group when a paper is selected in that group. Bernhard > spitzhalde9 > 79853 lenzkirch > bernhard.kle...@gmx.net > www.b-kleine.com, www.urseetal.net > - > thunderbird mit enigmail > GPG schl?ssel: D5257409 > fingerprint: > 08 B7 F8 70 22 7A FC C1 15 49 CA A6 C7 6F A0 2E D5 25 74 09 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 13:05:03 +0200 From: Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kle...@gmx.net> Subject: Re: [Jabref-users] Groups using not possible To: jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <ccd4cd13-f50c-5723-7031-603199be5...@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Am 12.06.2016 um 11:44 schrieb Bernhard Kleine: > Am 10.06.2016 um 07:13 schrieb Bernhard Kleine: > >> I started using groups with the previous jabref version. I have some >> 1300 bibentries and groups are as large as 140 or as small as 3 entries. >> >> When I want to display groups, however, I tried en vain to see the >> selected entries, mostly jabref adds the entry selected to a groups when >> clicking on a group. This is not the behaviour I am used to. How to >> display a group and not add or delete entries from group without the >> risk to do the wrong? It is not obvious. >> >> Bernhard > I looked in detail: I had selected a group of 13 entries. I added the > pdf location of one of this papers to jabref in the "allgemein > (General?)" dialogue of the edit article form. When I finished adding > the pdf location, the selection of the 13 papers in the group got lost. > Clicking on the group in the Group form did not bring up the selection > again, but deleted the selected entry from the group. Re-clicking added > it again, but still the selection was gone. I do not find a simple way > to select a group when a paper is selected in that group. > > Bernhard Unselecting "gruppenzugeh?rigkeit bearbeiten (manage entries in a group?)" did allow me again to select groups. It is not mentioned in the German Manual. Bernhard -- -- spitzhalde9 79853 lenzkirch bernhard.kle...@gmx.net www.b-kleine.com, www.urseetal.net - thunderbird mit enigmail GPG schl?ssel: D5257409 fingerprint: 08 B7 F8 70 22 7A FC C1 15 49 CA A6 C7 6F A0 2E D5 25 74 09 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 08:18:30 -0400 From: Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> Subject: Re: [Jabref-users] Groups using not possible To: jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20160612121830.ga4...@engels.historicalmaterialism.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I've complained several times in another thread, so far no response, that JabRef 3.4 destroyed the @Comment{jabref-meta: groupstree: section of my .bib databases. The group tree is present, but has lost all keywords. I don't see how this could have happened through my blundering. I can recover that section from all my databases from a backup when still running JabRef 9.10 two weeks ago. I did this with a database, but a major problem remains. If I create a new group, it is not added to the groupstree, but is recorded somewhere else. Also, creating a link from an entry to a group creates a link to all groups with the same name. Please!!! Someone tell me what's going on. Has a new group mechanism been created? Where is that information being stored? Was it supposed to recover groupstree data from the .bib databases? I'll have to create links from entries to groups by entering the information into the databases by hand, but I worry that JabRef 3.4 will again destroy that information. Haines Brown ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 14:22:30 +0200 From: Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kle...@gmx.net> Subject: Re: [Jabref-users] Groups using not possible To: jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <589b858d-eb06-122d-e698-72fb9a025...@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Am 12.06.2016 um 14:18 schrieb Haines Brown: > I've complained several times in another thread, so far no response, > that JabRef 3.4 destroyed the @Comment{jabref-meta: groupstree: section > of my .bib databases. The group tree is present, but has lost all > keywords. > > I don't see how this could have happened through my blundering. I can > recover that section from all my databases from a backup when still > running JabRef 9.10 two weeks ago. I did this with a database, but a > major problem remains. If I create a new group, it is not added to the > groupstree, but is recorded somewhere else. Also, creating a link from > an entry to a group creates a link to all groups with the same name. > > Please!!! Someone tell me what's going on. Has a new group mechanism > been created? Where is that information being stored? Was it supposed to > recover groupstree data from the .bib databases? > > I'll have to create links from entries to groups by entering the > information into the databases by hand, but I worry that JabRef 3.4 will > again destroy that information. > > Haines Brown I know that there were changes in the group function. But I do not know whether your problem is related. My groups at least were maintained when I updated jabref to 3.4. Regards Bernhard -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 09:45:02 -0400 From: Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> Subject: Re: [Jabref-users] Groups using not possible To: jabref-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20160612134502.gb4...@engels.historicalmaterialism.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 02:22:30PM +0200, Bernhard Kleine wrote: > Am 12.06.2016 um 14:18 schrieb Haines Brown: > > I've complained several times in another thread, so far no response, > > that JabRef 3.4 destroyed the @Comment{jabref-meta: groupstree: section > > of my .bib databases. The group tree is present, but has lost all > > keywords. > > > > I don't see how this could have happened through my blundering. I can > > recover that section from all my databases from a backup when still > > running JabRef 9.10 two weeks ago. I did this with a database, but a > > major problem remains. If I create a new group, it is not added to the > > groupstree, but is recorded somewhere else. Also, creating a link from > > an entry to a group creates a link to all groups with the same name. > > > > Please!!! Someone tell me what's going on. Has a new group mechanism > > been created? Where is that information being stored? Was it supposed to > > recover groupstree data from the .bib databases? > > > > I'll have to create links from entries to groups by entering the > > information into the databases by hand, but I worry that JabRef 3.4 will > > again destroy that information. > > > > Haines Brown > I know that there were changes in the group function. But I do not know > whether your problem is related. My groups at least were maintained when > I updated jabref to 3.4. > Regards > Bernhard I really would like to know what this new groups mechanism is. CHANGELOG suggests that with JabRef 3.3 the data held in the jabref-meta: groupstree: sections of bibliographic databases was transferred to something called "BibEntry". I find it succeeded for some databases, but not all. I see that JabRef now generates a host of files under /usr/local/share/JabRef/jabref-master/... and apparently overwriting them are user's preferences in ~/Xjabref-master/.... Unfortunately I was unable to locate a BibEntry there. There are MSBibEntry.java files, but these hold no specific group information. So my questions are: a) What and where is this "BibEntry"? It apparently is not the name of a file. b) Was it intended that this BibEntry preserve the original groups hierarchy? It does not seem to distinguish groups organized in hierarchic fashion. Even where I've restored the group tree functionality, groups with same name but situated in different places in the tree are not distinguished. Is BibEntry just a flat file database? c) How could all group data be lost when I moved up from JabRef 9.10 to JabRef 3.4? Is there something I should have done to prevent it? While I can recover old group hierarchies data, I don't want to loose recent additions again. Haines Brown ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. 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