From: Michael C. <mi...@mc...> - 2008-04-25 08:08:44
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My thanks to Adam and Ingrid for their replies to my query. I now have a text file which looks like this: "Author = {Ukadike, Nwachunkwu Frank},","Publisher = {University of California Press},","Title = {Black African Cinema},","Year = {1994},","Keywords = {African Cinema}}" Does that look right? Problem is, it doesn't import - i.e. when I go to'open using temporary cite key', the file in greyed out so you can't choose it. If you opt for 'open using filter', it recognises the file and you can choose, but then says something about not recognising the filter and to test it in Terminal, which I simply don't understand. (Perhaps I should add that I've been using computers for 25 years, including highly complex programmes like professional video editors, have just converted to Mac - I know, why didn't I do it sooner? - but have no programming skills whatsoever.) Again, I should be grateful for any help. Michael Chanan > 5. Re: New user question (Adam R. Maxwell) > 6. Re: New user question (Ingrid Giffin) > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:48:01 +0100 > From: Michael Chanan <mi...@mc...> > Subject: [Bibdesk-users] New user question > To: <bib...@li...> > Message-ID: <C4347E11.5256%mi...@mc...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I have a > bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like to import into > BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any help. > > Michael C. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:01:56 -0700 > From: "Adam R. Maxwell" <ama...@ma...> > Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question > To: For general discussion about using BibDesk > <bib...@li...> > Cc: Michael Chanan <mi...@mc...> > Message-ID: <093...@ma...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > > On Apr 22, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Michael Chanan wrote: > >> I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I >> have a bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like >> to import into BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any >> help. > > Knowing nothing of Filemaker's capabilities, I can only make general > suggestions. If you can write your bibliography out in the plain text > BibTeX or RIS format, you can open it easily in BibDesk. > > A BibTeX entry looks like this: > > @type{citekey, > author = {Ivan P. Freely and Bud Weiser}, > title = {If You Gotta Go, Go Now}, > keywords = {windmill, blue}, > year = {2010} > } > > with additional field = value pairs inserted as necessary. The "type" > is one of the standard BibTeX types (google for btxdoc.pdf for more > info), and "citekey" can be any ASCII alphanumeric string (best to > exclude punctuation; you can even use the same key for all entries and > generate a unique key in BibDesk). Authors must be separated by "and." > > The RIS format is available on the web if you prefer that route; > google should help you find that as well. > > I'd recommend writing the file as UTF-8 and reading it into BibDesk > using the same encoding (set in BibDesk's Files preference pane or in > the Open dialog). Post back if you have questions! > > hth, > adam > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:04:21 -0600 > From: Ingrid Giffin <ilg...@ea...> > Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question > To: BibDesk <bib...@li...> > Message-ID: <C4341F75.1049D%ilg...@ea...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The programming gurus can no doubt give a more technical explanation, but > I?m a long-time Filemaker user, and this should not be difficult. BibDesk > imports plain text files as long as they are formatted with the proper > identifying tags. Filemaker can easily add tags to text by means of > calculation fields. > > For instance: below is a copy of the BibTex record of a basic article in > BibDesk. Take the author field, as an example. If you have the author?s name > in Filemaker in First Name and Last Name fields, for example, you can > concatenate that with a calculation field, and simultaneously wrap the > BibTex tag and punctuation around it, like so: ?Author = {? +LastName + ?, ? > + FirstName + ?},? . Create a calculated field like that each of the fields > you want to export. Then do another calculated field that concatenates all > of the 1st-tier calculated fields, and wraps them with the ?@? symbol and > the record type, such as ?article? or ?book? or whatever. Remember the final > ?}?. Then export that big super-concatenated field from all the records you > want, as a text file. That text can then be dragged into BibDesk. > > I may be missing a few details here and there, since I?m a little rusty on > Filemaker, but that?s the basic idea. (And there might well be a more > elegant way to do it.) > > It?ll take a little setup, obviously, but not too bad IMHO. > > > @article{Boethius1948Ancient-Town-Architecture, > Author = {Boethius, Axel}, > Journal = {The American Journal of Philology}, > Number = {4}, > Pages = {396--407}, > Publisher = {The Johns Hopkins University Press}, > Title = {Ancient Town Architecture and the New Material from Olynthus}, > Volume = {69}, > Year = {1948}} > > Hope that helps. |
From: Christiaan H. <cmh...@gm...> - 2008-04-25 09:26:50
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You're missing the "@pubtype{" opening part of the item. That is very crucial for bibtex. Christiaan On 25 Apr 2008, at 8:07 AM, Michael Chanan wrote: > My thanks to Adam and Ingrid for their replies to my query. I now > have a > text file which looks like this: > "Author = {Ukadike, Nwachunkwu Frank},","Publisher = {University of > California Press},","Title = {Black African Cinema},","Year = > {1994},","Keywords = {African Cinema}}" > Does that look right? > Problem is, it doesn't import - i.e. when I go to'open using > temporary cite > key', the file in greyed out so you can't choose it. If you opt for > 'open > using filter', it recognises the file and you can choose, but then > says > something about not recognising the filter and to test it in > Terminal, which > I simply don't understand. (Perhaps I should add that I've been using > computers for 25 years, including highly complex programmes like > professional video editors, have just converted to Mac - I know, why > didn't > I do it sooner? - but have no programming skills whatsoever.) > > Again, I should be grateful for any help. > > Michael Chanan > > > >> 5. Re: New user question (Adam R. Maxwell) >> 6. Re: New user question (Ingrid Giffin) > >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:48:01 +0100 >> From: Michael Chanan <mi...@mc...> >> Subject: [Bibdesk-users] New user question >> To: <bib...@li...> >> Message-ID: <C4347E11.5256%mi...@mc...> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I >> have a >> bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like to >> import into >> BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any help. >> >> Michael C. >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:01:56 -0700 >> From: "Adam R. Maxwell" <ama...@ma...> >> Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question >> To: For general discussion about using BibDesk >> <bib...@li...> >> Cc: Michael Chanan <mi...@mc...> >> Message-ID: <093...@ma...> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; >> delsp=yes >> >> >> On Apr 22, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Michael Chanan wrote: >> >>> I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I >>> have a bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like >>> to import into BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any >>> help. >> >> Knowing nothing of Filemaker's capabilities, I can only make general >> suggestions. If you can write your bibliography out in the plain >> text >> BibTeX or RIS format, you can open it easily in BibDesk. >> >> A BibTeX entry looks like this: >> >> @type{citekey, >> author = {Ivan P. Freely and Bud Weiser}, >> title = {If You Gotta Go, Go Now}, >> keywords = {windmill, blue}, >> year = {2010} >> } >> >> with additional field = value pairs inserted as necessary. The >> "type" >> is one of the standard BibTeX types (google for btxdoc.pdf for more >> info), and "citekey" can be any ASCII alphanumeric string (best to >> exclude punctuation; you can even use the same key for all entries >> and >> generate a unique key in BibDesk). Authors must be separated by >> "and." >> >> The RIS format is available on the web if you prefer that route; >> google should help you find that as well. >> >> I'd recommend writing the file as UTF-8 and reading it into BibDesk >> using the same encoding (set in BibDesk's Files preference pane or in >> the Open dialog). Post back if you have questions! >> >> hth, >> adam >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:04:21 -0600 >> From: Ingrid Giffin <ilg...@ea...> >> Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question >> To: BibDesk <bib...@li...> >> Message-ID: <C4341F75.1049D%ilg...@ea...> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> The programming gurus can no doubt give a more technical >> explanation, but >> I?m a long-time Filemaker user, and this should not be difficult. >> BibDesk >> imports plain text files as long as they are formatted with the >> proper >> identifying tags. Filemaker can easily add tags to text by means of >> calculation fields. >> >> For instance: below is a copy of the BibTex record of a basic >> article in >> BibDesk. Take the author field, as an example. If you have the >> author?s name >> in Filemaker in First Name and Last Name fields, for example, you can >> concatenate that with a calculation field, and simultaneously wrap >> the >> BibTex tag and punctuation around it, like so: ?Author = {? >> +LastName + ?, ? >> + FirstName + ?},? . Create a calculated field like that each of >> the fields >> you want to export. Then do another calculated field that >> concatenates all >> of the 1st-tier calculated fields, and wraps them with the ?@? >> symbol and >> the record type, such as ?article? or ?book? or whatever. Remember >> the final >> ?}?. Then export that big super-concatenated field from all the >> records you >> want, as a text file. That text can then be dragged into BibDesk. >> >> I may be missing a few details here and there, since I?m a little >> rusty on >> Filemaker, but that?s the basic idea. (And there might well be a more >> elegant way to do it.) >> >> It?ll take a little setup, obviously, but not too bad IMHO. >> >> >> @article{Boethius1948Ancient-Town-Architecture, >> Author = {Boethius, Axel}, >> Journal = {The American Journal of Philology}, >> Number = {4}, >> Pages = {396--407}, >> Publisher = {The Johns Hopkins University Press}, >> Title = {Ancient Town Architecture and the New Material from >> Olynthus}, >> Volume = {69}, >> Year = {1948}} >> >> Hope that helps. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bib...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users |
From: Adam R. M. <ama...@ma...> - 2008-04-25 14:47:09
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Right, and this one (for instance) looks like it would be @book{citekey, foo={bar} } Note that if you have quotes surrounding field/value pairs as shown in your message below, you need to remove them. On Apr 25, 2008, at 2:26 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > You're missing the "@pubtype{" opening part of the item. That is very > crucial for bibtex. > > Christiaan > > On 25 Apr 2008, at 8:07 AM, Michael Chanan wrote: > >> My thanks to Adam and Ingrid for their replies to my query. I now >> have a >> text file which looks like this: >> "Author = {Ukadike, Nwachunkwu Frank},","Publisher = {University of >> California Press},","Title = {Black African Cinema},","Year = >> {1994},","Keywords = {African Cinema}}" >> Does that look right? >> Problem is, it doesn't import - i.e. when I go to'open using >> temporary cite >> key', the file in greyed out so you can't choose it. If you opt for >> 'open >> using filter', it recognises the file and you can choose, but then >> says >> something about not recognising the filter and to test it in >> Terminal, which >> I simply don't understand. (Perhaps I should add that I've been using >> computers for 25 years, including highly complex programmes like >> professional video editors, have just converted to Mac - I know, why >> didn't >> I do it sooner? - but have no programming skills whatsoever.) >> >> Again, I should be grateful for any help. >> >> Michael Chanan >> >> >> >>> 5. Re: New user question (Adam R. Maxwell) >>> 6. Re: New user question (Ingrid Giffin) >> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 4 >>> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:48:01 +0100 >>> From: Michael Chanan <mi...@mc...> >>> Subject: [Bibdesk-users] New user question >>> To: <bib...@li...> >>> Message-ID: <C4347E11.5256%mi...@mc...> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I >>> have a >>> bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like to >>> import into >>> BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any help. >>> >>> Michael C. >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 5 >>> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:01:56 -0700 >>> From: "Adam R. Maxwell" <ama...@ma...> >>> Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question >>> To: For general discussion about using BibDesk >>> <bib...@li...> >>> Cc: Michael Chanan <mi...@mc...> >>> Message-ID: <093...@ma...> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; >>> delsp=yes >>> >>> >>> On Apr 22, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Michael Chanan wrote: >>> >>>> I am a new user ? or thinking of it. What I need to know is this: I >>>> have a bibliography already set up in Filemaker, which I would like >>>> to import into BibDesk. Can I do this? If so, how? Grateful for any >>>> help. >>> >>> Knowing nothing of Filemaker's capabilities, I can only make general >>> suggestions. If you can write your bibliography out in the plain >>> text >>> BibTeX or RIS format, you can open it easily in BibDesk. >>> >>> A BibTeX entry looks like this: >>> >>> @type{citekey, >>> author = {Ivan P. Freely and Bud Weiser}, >>> title = {If You Gotta Go, Go Now}, >>> keywords = {windmill, blue}, >>> year = {2010} >>> } >>> >>> with additional field = value pairs inserted as necessary. The >>> "type" >>> is one of the standard BibTeX types (google for btxdoc.pdf for more >>> info), and "citekey" can be any ASCII alphanumeric string (best to >>> exclude punctuation; you can even use the same key for all entries >>> and >>> generate a unique key in BibDesk). Authors must be separated by >>> "and." >>> >>> The RIS format is available on the web if you prefer that route; >>> google should help you find that as well. >>> >>> I'd recommend writing the file as UTF-8 and reading it into BibDesk >>> using the same encoding (set in BibDesk's Files preference pane or >>> in >>> the Open dialog). Post back if you have questions! >>> >>> hth, >>> adam >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 6 >>> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:04:21 -0600 >>> From: Ingrid Giffin <ilg...@ea...> >>> Subject: Re: [Bibdesk-users] New user question >>> To: BibDesk <bib...@li...> >>> Message-ID: <C4341F75.1049D%ilg...@ea...> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> The programming gurus can no doubt give a more technical >>> explanation, but >>> I?m a long-time Filemaker user, and this should not be difficult. >>> BibDesk >>> imports plain text files as long as they are formatted with the >>> proper >>> identifying tags. Filemaker can easily add tags to text by means of >>> calculation fields. >>> >>> For instance: below is a copy of the BibTex record of a basic >>> article in >>> BibDesk. Take the author field, as an example. If you have the >>> author?s name >>> in Filemaker in First Name and Last Name fields, for example, you >>> can >>> concatenate that with a calculation field, and simultaneously wrap >>> the >>> BibTex tag and punctuation around it, like so: ?Author = {? >>> +LastName + ?, ? >>> + FirstName + ?},? . Create a calculated field like that each of >>> the fields >>> you want to export. Then do another calculated field that >>> concatenates all >>> of the 1st-tier calculated fields, and wraps them with the ?@? >>> symbol and >>> the record type, such as ?article? or ?book? or whatever. Remember >>> the final >>> ?}?. Then export that big super-concatenated field from all the >>> records you >>> want, as a text file. That text can then be dragged into BibDesk. >>> >>> I may be missing a few details here and there, since I?m a little >>> rusty on >>> Filemaker, but that?s the basic idea. (And there might well be a >>> more >>> elegant way to do it.) >>> >>> It?ll take a little setup, obviously, but not too bad IMHO. >>> >>> >>> @article{Boethius1948Ancient-Town-Architecture, >>> Author = {Boethius, Axel}, >>> Journal = {The American Journal of Philology}, >>> Number = {4}, >>> Pages = {396--407}, >>> Publisher = {The Johns Hopkins University Press}, >>> Title = {Ancient Town Architecture and the New Material from >>> Olynthus}, >>> Volume = {69}, >>> Year = {1948}} >>> >>> Hope that helps. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference >> Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save >> $100. >> Use priority code J8TL2D2. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bib...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bib...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users |