> On Oct 14, 2015, at 15:13, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Oct 14, 2015, at 14:17, Jan David Hauck <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have a (hopfully) quick question regarding fixing titles for some of my >> BibDesk entries: >> When I started using BibDesk I hadn't figured out yet the best way to store >> my titles and I would like to now fix it. >> >> And I want to make sure that I don't mess it up this time, so if I could get >> some feedback from some of the more savvy folks out there, if what I thought >> doing actually works, I'd highly appreciate it. >> >> So I used to store them in Sentence case with the exception of the Words >> that should always be capitalized. For example: >> The crystal forest: Notes on the ontology of Amazonian spirits >> >> However, based on some recommendations out there, I have sinced changed to >> storing them like this in Title case with always capitalized words protected: >> The Crystal Forest: Notes on the Ontology of {Amazonian} Spirits >> >> Now, depending on the bib style I use, I can either keep the capitalization >> or convert it to Sentence case but without losing the capitalization for >> names etc. >> >> Now I'd like to fix my first half of entries so that they resemble this >> pattern. >> Hence I thought running a script that adds braces around already capitalized >> words (except beginning of line, and after full stop or colon) and then >> running one of the capitalize to sentence case scripts. Would that work? >> And if so how? >> >> I tried the "Protect titles" script and the "Add Protect string" but >> couldn't really figure out how to get them to work the way I want. Any help >> is greatly appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jan > > > Yes, that could basically work. To get an idea on how to write that script > you may have a look at my capitalization scripts on the Wiki (you seem to > already have found them), like the Capitalize.scpt. Unfortunately what you > want is not directly supported by those script. I attached a modified version > that was sent to me by another user that I think does do what you want. The > Protect scripts don’t really do what you want. They are based on building and > using a list of words you always want to put braces around, which is not the > thing you want to do. > > Christiaan > > <Capitalize.scpt>
I have updated my scripts on the Wiki. The “Capitalize" script library now contains a function capitalizeOrProtect that should do what you want. the new script "Capitalize and Auto Protect Titles” uses that, and should do exactly what you want. Christiaan
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