Re: [Bibdesk-users] Best way to merge bib files?

[Chris G. <cgg...@gm...>]

On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> The reason is very simple: I don't have Category as a default field,
> so on my side this field is ignored for comparison for equivalence,
> while with your settings the category field is compared because it is
> a default field. As I mentioned in an earlier mail, BibDesk compares
> required, optional *and* default fields to determine equivalence.
>
> If you don't want the Category field to be taken into account you
> should not include it as a default field. You can still add the
> Category field or set it by adding it to a field group by drag&drop.
> You can also temporarily disable the default status when merging.

Okay, what about fields like Local-Url, which is greyed-out in the  
preferences? Does that mean that two other-wise identical records  
with different local urls will always be judged as non-duplicates? If  
so, is there an alternative to manual scanning for identifying such  
records? I guess "Select Duplicates by Cite Key"?

Chris