On May 20, 2015, at 18:57, Antonio Fortin wrote: >> On 16 May 2015, at 14:01, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: >> On May 16, 2015, at 18:02, Antonio Fortin wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is anyone else who has updated to OS X 10.3.3 having the problem below? >>> It’s making it a real pain to add citation info to publications. >>> >>> Christiaan: is there any way to populate the Editor window with the >>> clipboard contents? >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> Best, >>> Antonio >>> >> >> Well, the way you describe by dropping on the window. This is implemented >> exactly as it is described in the documentation, so if that does not work, >> it must be a system bug in 10.10.3. The only thing to do then is to wait for >> Apple to fix this. > > It’s probably a system bug, as you say, but it would be useful to know if I’m > the only one experiencing the problem. > > In any case, I’ve found a workaround. I can drag a citation onto the Editor > window, by dropping it onto the title bar (but nowhere else). This wasn’t > possible before the latest version of BibDesk. > > Best, > Antonio >
I've made it easier to drop on the window in tomorrow's nightly build. Christiaan >>>> On 13 Apr 2015, at 14:21, Antonio Fortin <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 13 Apr 2015, at 15:25, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 14:35, Antonio Fortin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Until today, I’ve been able drag BibTeX references directly from Google >>>>>> Scholar to the Editor window, which is then populated with the citation >>>>>> info. This is the quickest way I’ve found, to fill publications with >>>>>> insufficient or no metadata. However, it doesn’t work any more. Any idea >>>>>> what might have changed, or if this feature has been deprecated? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Antonio >>>>> >>>>> We haven't changed anything. Make sure you drag on some empty area, and >>>>> not on a text field or something. >>>>> >>>>> If anything changed, I guess it must be the data. Make sure it's valid. >>>>> For instance, try to just drop it on the main table to see if it parses >>>>> correctly. >>>> >>>> The citations are imported if I drop them into the main library in the >>>> sidebar but not if I drop them onto the Editor. I’ve uploaded a video >>>> showing that I can also drop the text into a third-party editor: >>>> http://youtu.be/G8ADBqhvExk >>>> >>>> I updated to OS X 10.10.3 yesterday - might that have something to do with >>>> it? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Antonio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
