On Jan 17, 2013, at 20:38, dstall wrote: > Using BibDesk Wiki for - > Modifying a Template, Adding a Template to BibDesk, and Custom Templates - > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bibdesk/index.php?title=Templates#Modifying_a_Template > > ... I copied a template for Chicago style full citations from Wiki link at > Custom Templates, and saved it as RTF > I then added that template to BibDesk per Wiki instructions. > > I selected the custom style template for export, and in the RTF file that's > exported, all I get are the last names of the 3 entries I created in BibDesk > as shown below - > (Phillips, Taushev, and Chesterton , ) > > Totally useless.
This is, obviously, and as the name says, for *citations*, not a template for bibliographies. Christiaan > > I should be able to load a stylesheet that governs the TeX preview in > BibDesk to whatever style I create i stylesheet - Chicago, Harvard, etc., - > and then be able to export that preview as well. > You're confusing templates and tex preview. > The BibDesk gui is lacking in features that would make BibTeX truly user > friendly. BibDesk is not meant to be a program for generating bibtex, but to manage bibtex data. It uses bibtex, for preview purposes, primarily as a way to check the data. > As it stands, for the end result (creating bibliography, footnotes), > BibDesk and TeX are incredibly over complicated and extraordinarily > difficult! > TeX is complicated. That's because it's very versatile. You misunderstand the purpose of these programs. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122712 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
