Thanks, Christiaan, I downloaded the 9/23 build. I will let you know if problems persist, but from your description, I think this will work.
Justin > On Oct 6, 2021, at 15:39 , Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is related to an annoying bug on the latest releases, that was already > fixed in the nightly builds. The problem is that the Last Import group is not > inserted in the correct (first) location. And whenever you import, the code > is trying to access the wrong group to update it, and chokes. A way to work > around this for now is to rename your smart groups so they are always sorted > after the Last import group (make sure the first letter is larger than L). Or > download a recent nightly build. > > Christiaan > >> On 7 Oct 2021, at 00:24, Justin C. Walker via Bibdesk-users >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am seeing strange behavior when I try to create a new publication from a >> bibtex item in the clipboard. >> >> I pick up the item, usually from MathSciNet, and occasionally from other >> sites. >> >> Using the shortcut OPT-CMD-L, I normally will see a new pub entered in the >> main window, and an “index window” pops up containing the details from the >> clipboard. >> >> However, occasionally, this does not work, as far I am able to tell, from >> observing what’s happening on the screen (which is no change: no new entry, >> no additional window appearing). >> >> At first I would try again, and again. eventually, thinking BibDesk was >> borked, I would quit and restart. >> >> To my surprise, the previous attempts had actually worked, and there were >> new entries (one for each attempt with the short-cut above). I would delete >> them all, and try again, this time with success. >> >> I normally can’t get useful information from the Console Log, but I took a >> quick snapshot around the time this happened. I am attaching this at the >> end. >> >> FWIW, this behavior is now quite repeatable, although I can’t “make” it >> happen. It seems that, if it happens with previous versions, it was very >> infrequent. I am up-to-date, with version 1.8.6. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Thanks for any pointers or suggestions. >> >> Justin >> >> <BD.txt> >> -- >> Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large >> Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds >> ----------- >> Like the ski resort full of girls hunting for husbands >> and husbands hunting for girls, the situation is not >> as symmetrical as it might seem. >> - Alan MacKay >> -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
