> On 14 Sep 2024, at 07:39, Jan David Hauck via Bibdesk-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know if there’s a way to create a template that preserves italics > formatting, but none of the other rich text attributes? > Not directly related to BibDesk functionalities, but it feels like this is a > use case that a lot of BibDesk users might have encountered: > When using formatted templates (for copy paste or drag and drop) I frequently > wish there was an intermediate format between rtf and txt that keeps italics > but nothing else. Because for bibliographic entries, in most styles italics > are important for Journal names or Book titles. > Rtf templates preserve italics but also all the other stuff like font, font > size, etc. – and depending on where you paste them (like an email or a > document that has a different font than your template) you have to come up > with workarounds like “match destination formatting” or pasting as plain text > and manually re-adding italics. So I was wondering is there perhaps a way > (maybe some tool or script) that someone has come up with to strip copied > rich text of everything but the italics formatting? > Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated! > Jan >
You can write (or rewrite) an existing template using the formatting you want. See the Wiki for details. And when a template tag may return formatted text that you may not want, you could add a component to the key path (like ’.string’) to get plain text. Christiaan
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