Re: [Bibdesk-users] 3 things + 1 more

[Michael M. <mic...@ma...>]

Hi - did I already reply to this email? I forget...

Anyway, I agree that the way it handles editing is poor. It's 
definitely a first stab at doing it the right way, and certainly the 
right way is what you said you expected... What puzzles me is that with 
a year or so of perspective, I feel like it should have been easier to 
backup and replace! Why did I do it the other way? We may never know...

cheers, and let us know how the other work goes! If you decide to start 
a weblog about it (which I am a big proponent of, since it lets me keep 
track of things, as well as helping students keep track of progress and 
share knowledge) let us know.

-mike


On Dec 26, 2003, at 7:17 AM, Brian Helenbrook wrote:

> Mike & James & others,
>
> I'll keep you posted about the students progress with bibliographic 
> data.  I've tried to do this myself, and its definitely not trivial.  
> Thanks for the info about it.  Don't get your hopes up too much, but 
> maybe they'll make some good progress.
>
> One more suggestion for BibDesk:
>
> When a .bib file gets corrupted and BibDesk asks you if you want to 
> fix it, it automatically creates a new .bib file.  I didn't know this 
> and went on working like I was still using the old one.  Then I quit 
> and reopened and was a little surprised to see all my changes gone.   
> It took me a while to figure out what had happened.  I think BibDesk 
> should backup the old one under a new name and then replace the 
> current one.
>
> Brian
>
>
>> Wicked.  Please check out my blog where I've been struggling through 
>> this with similar intentions and not enough skill or time this 
>> semester.
>>
>> http://shangorilla.syr.edu/themp
>>
>> Also you'll no doubt be interested in the research behind 
>> citeseer---is that what you had in mind?
>>
>> http://www.neci.nec.com/~lawrence/pub-ri.html
>>
>> I would love to be in the loop on this one.
>
>
> Dr. Brian T. Helenbrook
> Clarkson University
> MAE Dept. Box 5725
> Potsdam, NY 13699
> 315-268-2204
>
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