[Bibdesk-announce] [ANN] BibDesk 0.99.3 available

[Adam R.M. <ama...@ma...>]

The BibDesk development team is pleased to announce the availability =20
of BibDesk 0.99.3 from <http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/>.  We have a =20
great new feature for importing references from the Internet or other =20=

text sources, plus numerous other features, and we've even fixed a =20
couple of bugs since 0.99.2 was released two weeks ago.

Please read the online help for information about the new features; =20
it now has an index, which should make it more usable for browsing.

Hopefully we're running out of bugs to fix, but if you find any more, =20=

please post them to our bug tracker at <http://sourceforge.net/=20
tracker/?atid=3D497423&group_id=3D61487&func=3Dbrowse>.  We'd like to =
get =20
version 1.0 out Real Soon Now, but I don't even believe myself when I =20=

write that any more.

For the bored among you, a complete list of changes follows, so you =20
can decide if this release is worth downloading.

Changes since 0.99.2

IMPORTANT:
* A new version of the autocompletion plugin is available, which =20
fixes an issue for jurabib users in particular; use the =20
Autocompletion (External) preferences to reinstall the plugin.
* Preferences have been rearranged and consolidated, but the online =20
help screenshots do not reflect this yet!
* This version also has a new feature for adding references by =20
selecting blocks of text from the clipboard or the web and adding =20
them directly to BibDesk.  You can access the new feature from the =20
Publication menu, but please check the online help for documentation =20
of this feature (note the handy Help button on the sheet).

New Features
   =95  Last-selected column for sorting when a document is closed will =20=

be the default sort order for new/opened documents (bug #1178642)
   =95  Annote and Abstract may now be saved at the end of entries =20
(preference), which works around buffer limits in some versions of =20
bibtex
   =95  Custom cite key drawer is now editable directly, rather than =20
from preferences
   =95  Text import feature added, which allows adding text from the =20
clipboard or a web page directly to a reference
   =95  Missing files are now shown with a question mark icon in the =20
main pubs list
   =95  Can save/export as RIS
   =95  Encoding is now settable from Save As... dialogs
   =95  Fields with alphanumeric values are now sorted correctly
   =95  Added a "Container" column for the main pubs list that shows =20
the title of the work that a reference is a part of (e.g. Journal for =20=

articles, Booktitle for inproceedings)
   =95  Added options to Copy and Export as minimal BibTeX, so you can =20=

access the pubs without BibDesk's fields (Date-Created Date-Modified, =20=

Local-Url, Url)
   =95  Can now edit fields list in Defaults pref pane directly

Bugfixes
   =95  New crash reporter, with fields for contact info, and it should =20=

work on Jaguar now
   =95  Fix exception in Character Conversion editor, improved =20
validation of entries and editing
   =95  Fixed status message updating in BibEditor
   =95  User's character conversion dictionary is actually loaded now, =20=

so changes should be effective
   =95  %f in AutoFile is no longer interpreted as Keywords
   =95  Use singular noun when appropriate in the document's status =20
display
   =95  BibEditor's form/text fields no longer lose focus after saving =20=

the file
   =95  The proper encoding is now used for pasting, so you don't end =20=

up with garbled accented characters
   =95  Frontmatter is now passed to the LaTeX preview
   =95  Combo boxes are now used instead of text field + popup button =20=

to selected BibTeX fields (various places)
   =95  Changes to BibItems are only observed by the document that =20
contains them, instead of all open documents
   =95  Field for default cite key in prefs actually works now
   =95  Jurabib works again with autocompletion input manager
   =95  Dragging from the cite key drawer always gives a cite key, =20
regardless of your prefs for dragging/copying
   =95  Fix bug #1183091, crash on second reordering of fields in the =20=

types editor
   =95  Whitespace is no longer collapsed in Abstract and Annote for =20
preview pane below the pub list, so people who create lists with =20
returns and tabs will see them now
   =95  Matthew Cook's BDOrganizedLock is now used for locking in the =20=

LaTeX preview, which should eliminate some (hopefully all) of the =20
thread-safety problems there
   =95  Changed default button, title, and warning message in the =20
BibEditor warning sheet for unset citekey/unfiled paper; added =20
"Discard" button for unedited pubs
   =95  Default encoding type is now selected in popups
   =95  Use a combo box for number of items to display in preview =20
(preferences)
   =95  Error messages from btparse are no longer truncated
   =95  Ring-above is now supported in TeX accents (bug #1184564)
   =95  Return values from the LaTeX previewer are actually checked =20
now, which should improve copying from it
   =95  Renamed RIS import service
   =95  RIS document encoding can now be specified for opening files =20
(and respects default encoding in prefs)
   =95  CoreFoundation is now used for the background update checking, =20=

since [NSDictionary dictionaryWithURL:] was leaking memory
   =95  Fix bug #1185789, month not displayed in user's locale
   =95  Font for added table columns is now changed properly to the =20
user's default font
   =95  Arbitrary accented characters with \i and \j are now converted =20=

both ways properly
   =95  LaTeX preview should display the currently selected item as =20
soon as it becomes visible, so you don't have to deselect/reselect an =20=

item to make it work
   =95  It's now possible to enter &$^ in cite keys, but we warn you =20
that this is a bad idea
   =95  Use Chapter instead of Title for inbook for format specifiers %=20=

t and %T
   =95  Fixed crasher that could occur when browsing the web in =20
BibEditor (bug #1151065)
   =95  Paste/Drag errors are properly removed when their document =20
closes (bug #944817)