For various reasons it has been a while since I added anything to my Bibdesk collection. I have the latest version of Bibdesk (1.8.8) on Mac OS 10.14.6 (need 32 bit apps).
I found today (though the problem is probably not new) that when I select Tex Preview, on nearly all journal entries, the Tex preview fails, but on book articles, it works. Also, AstroPh/ArXiv entries render Tex previews OK. The problem appears to be with the shorthand journal ID used by NASA/ADS. For example, Astrophysical Journal is entered via NASA/ADS as "\apj". In journals where there isn't a shorthand name, the Tex preview works. So I edited a record and replaced "\apj" with "Astrophysical Journal", and the preview works All of my Bibdesk entries (books and journal papers) are taken from the NASA/ADS database/website, which I load and search via a Bibdesk bookmark. I've been doing this for over a decade with few problems. My Tex Preview settings preferences are as per the Bibdesk manual on Sourceforge. Apparently the journal abbreviation in the bibtex entry for journals from NASA ADS is incompatible with Bibdesk. Is there a way to fix this? I suspect not. DN David C Nicholls Post-doctoral Research Fellow Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics Australian National University
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