Re: [Bibdesk-users] Empty "pub"

[Justin C. W. <ju...@ma...>]

On Oct 28, 2011, at 19:02 , Adam R. Maxwell wrote:

> 
> On Oct 28, 2011, at 18:34 , Justin C. Walker wrote:
> 
>> I inadvertently created a blank publication (thinking I was talking to Mail, I keyed CMD-N).
> 
> BTDT :)

:-}

>> I find that the only way out is to enter a cite-key, close the window, and then delete the new publication.  If I try to close the window first, I'm told a blank cite-key is illegal; if I try to leave the cite-key box, I'm told the same.
>> 
>> Is that the case?  Seems Procrustean to me :-}
> 
> This is by design.  However, you missed a couple of options:
> 
> 1) if you don't edit the default citekey, you should have an option to discard the entry when you close the editor window

Yeah; I did edit the window by hitting backspace; turns out that you can then get the "discard" option by re-typing "cite-key" ...

> 2) the easiest way to get rid of the editor window is to hit cmd-z until it goes away

Cool!

Thanks.

Justin

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