Re: [Bibdesk-users] why default to "incollection"?

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

On Aug 1, 2006, at 17:28, Paul Ingraham, RMT wrote:

> Howdy.  New to the list, new to BibDesk.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on why BibDesk defaults to the
> @incollection record type when it creates a "New publication with
> crossref"?  Most of my crossreferences will be to books, and so the
> @inbook type just feels right to me. It seems like it would be
> logical and easy for BibDesk to create an inbook type when
> crossreferencing to a book.  Since it doesn't, I wonder if there's a
> good reason for it.  Is there a good reason for it?

I think it's supposed to do this, since it was a feature request.

>
> I've RTFM, I swear, and every FAQish thing I could find.  Still none
> the wiser.  Hope someone can help.

I just looked at the code, and I'm as confused as you are (but I'm  
not sure which types correspond for crossrefs).  Hopefully Christiaan  
can chime in here, and possibly add a comment or two in the code :).

Adam