Re: [Bibdesk-users] Export and Other Templates

[Christiaan H. <cmh...@gm...>]

On Feb 19, 2012, at 19:12, Marshall Feldman wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm a new BibDesk user. The BibDesk wiki says, "The Export submenus can be found in the File menu of BibDesk. You can either export the whole database, or just the references which you have selected. To use the default template, select the "HTML" item from the export submenu. "
> 
> But when I choose File > Export in BibDesk, the only File Format options I see are BibTeX, Minimal BibTeX, RIS, Amsrefs LTB, EndNote XML, MODS XML, Atom XML, and BibTeX and Papers Archive.
> 
> Looking at the documentation, I expected to have at least HTML, RTF, and Word Doc templates. Checking my template files (BibDesk > Preferences > Templates), I see these 
> PLUS RTFD and RSS templates.
> 

Something seems to be missing in this sentence, so I don't know exactly what you are seeing. There should be several default templates installed, and these should be in the File Format popup in the export panel. You may want to reset the preferences, in the Template preferences you may hit Reset and/or Reset Default Files….

> Furthermore, these templates seem to apply to exporting to files. Is there a way I can modify the templates used to drag citations into a document? Some kinds of documents want citation formats that are different from the typical BibTeX. For instance, Scrivener with MultiMarkdown wants ordinary BibTeX citations to be enclosed as an HTML comment (e.g., <!--\cite{Kernighan1977}-->). I'd like to make templates for this kind of style.
> 

Yes, see the Citation preferences, or use the Copy As menu.

> So where are the missing templates? And, how does one edit the templates used for dragging citations?
> 
>     Thanks

No idea where the missing templates are. You should try resetting them.

Christiaan