From: Michael M. <mic...@ma...> - 2005-04-21 19:28:40
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I'm glad we could help out. Don't worry, I skip manuals all the time - I just wanted to point out to everyone that we're improving it now, and it is useful... And thanks for the compliments - I'm sure the other developers appreciate it too. I wouldn't worry about your earlier message. At least you didn't demand your money back :) -mike On Apr 21, 2005, at 11:59 AM, Stefano Franchi wrote: > Thanks for the hint about Boolean searches. I actually meant partial > Boolean searches across fields (I had in mind something like e.g. > "Keyword = Aristotle" AND "year > 2000"). I understand this will have > to wait for the Tiger-compatible release. But the present Boolean > search is nonetheless better than what I was using....my fault for > skipping the manual. > > > BTW, do not take my message the wrong way: Bibdesk is already a great > program. Indeed it's already better than any other ref manager I have > ever used on a Mac, including the so-called leading application in the > field, i.e. Endnote. > I am very grateful to all the developers for making such a great app > available. But your starting to get your users spoiled... > > > Cheers, > > S. > > > > On Apr 21, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Michael McCracken wrote: > >> Hi, the reason for the extra "Find" command is that there used to be >> a separate find window that was actually not much better than the >> quick-search field. Being vestigial, it was cut off recently and the >> menu item was redirected. We do plan to include much better searching >> (including saving your searches as smart folders) in the OS X 10.4 >> compatible version, but unfortunately for now there isn't any way to >> achieve it. >> >> Note that we do support boolean searches in the quick search field. >> Search the help book for "search" for more details. >> >> (Yes, the help book is useful, and the searching should work well!) >> >> -mike >> >> PS, if searching the help book fails, it's section 4. :) >> >> On Apr 21, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Stefano Franchi wrote: >> >>> The ability to do multi-field (boolean) searches (with >>> wildcard/partial completion) would be very useful to everyone >>> working with large bibliographies. >>> Is there any way to carry out more complex searches than what the >>> little MacOs-standard search field allows? I may be mistaken, but I >>> don't see any facility of this sort in the present version of >>> BibDesk. I see two commands -- "Find" and "Quick Search" -- in the >>> Edit menu, but all they seem to do is to send the cursor to the >>> search field. Is this perhaps a planned feature that will exploit >>> Tiger's capabilities? >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Stefano >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> Stefano Franchi >>> Department of Philosophy Ph: (64) 9 373-7599 x83940 >>> University Of Auckland Fax: (64) 9 373-7408 >>> Private Bag 92019 s.f...@au... >>> Auckland >>> New Zealand >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide >>> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real >>> users. >>> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. >>> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bibdesk-users mailing list >>> Bib...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide >> Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real >> users. >> Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. >> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> Bib...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users >> > __________________________________________________ > Stefano Franchi > Department of Philosophy Ph: (64) 9 373-7599 x83940 > University Of Auckland Fax: (64) 9 373-7408 > Private Bag 92019 s.f...@au... > Auckland > New Zealand > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bib...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > |