01.24.08
Bibdesk 1.3.13 apparently is superstitious
(Mac Only) Just a quick post today. For those of you who are Bibdesk users and are still using Tiger, a small warning. Bibdesk 1.3.13 appears to break some things. I can’t do a simple drag and drop file addition/auto-filing in 1.3.13. There seems to be some serious changes to the code and new preview windows etc., in the item info screen. These changes are nice, but I can’t live without drag and drop file addition/autofiling and simple click opening of PDFs into preview (or skim). So, I’ve deprecated to 1.3.12 to get back to the working system I had before my update. Hopefully 1.3.14 will fix things. Guess the number 13 was a bad one for Bibdesk.
adam maxwell said,
January 24, 2008 at 2:56 pm
One of the BibDesk developers here. If you find bugs, the best thing to do is file a bug report using the Help menu, so we can be sure they get fixed! It’s quite likely that the latest nightly builds (link on BibDesk’s homepage) fix your problems; the latest one is stable, and the only thing holding up the release of 1.3.14 is an updated localization.
Allen H. said,
January 25, 2008 at 4:05 am
Hey Adam,
Thanks for dropping in! I love Bibdesk and Skim, BTW. [Bibdesk is my first love, though.] I saw some related bugs in the tracker- particularly the one about having to quit for the added item to be recognized in the preview pane. I was able to get the preview-pane to properly load the pdf I *think* (I’d have to try it again)… but it still didn’t auto-sort and didn’t change the name or allow a local URL addition to the bibitem. I’ll have to check out the latest build and see what it’s like. Glad to hear .14 is in the works. I’ll definitely be checking out that build for sure. [but I'll still be keeping .12 safely tucked away- it works quite well for me...
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My hat’s off to you guys for your amazing work. Bibdesk is something I tell all my fellow grad-students about!!
-Allen
Christiaan said,
January 25, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Here’s another BibDesk developer. Version 1.3.14 is out. But your comments actually made me guess it’s not the bugs that gave you problems, but the fact that you did not adapt to the new layout. Fields are not used anymore to link files and URLs, that’s deprecated, so auto-filing won’t work for those anymore. You should use the icon view on the side to link your PDFs instead. It fully supports drag and drop and much more! After a while I’m sure you will appreciate the improved functionality this allows.