Sorry, I don’t know what happened, I am sure I added that function, and the 
support for it is in it. I have fixed that now, you can re-downlaod them and it 
should really be there.

Christiaan

> On Oct 15, 2015, at 6:26, Jan David Hauck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Christiaan, 
> 
> Thanks so much for taking the time to do this!  
> But it seems you didn't update the “Capitalize" script library on the 
> website?  I re-downloaded the "allscripts" folder but the Capitalize script 
> contained there doesn't have that capitalizeOrProtect that you mention.  Or 
> am I missing something?
> 
> Jan
> 
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 14, 2015, at 15:13, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[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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