Re: [Bibdesk-users] adding bst file to bibdesk

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

On Jan 29, 2006, at 20:24, James Owen wrote:

> Dear Jason,
>
> I don't know why it doesn't work with the bst file in the same  
> folder as the bib file, but try this:

BibDesk isn't processing the file in the same folder as the bib file;  
it creates a temporary directory for easier cleanup of TeX-generated  
files.  The TeX process has no idea where the original bib file is  
located.

> Put the bst file somewhere that BibDesk is expecting bst files to  
> be, such as
>
> ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst/

This works for gwTeX/MacTeX, but I'm not sure about fink or TeX  
Live.  You can use kpsewhich to find out the paths for your system.

> I agree that it would be nice to be able to add extra bst files to  
> the standard drop-down list.

That's just a list of more-or-less standard files, since we have no  
idea what .bst files are on  your system.  I suppose it could  
remember the ones that have been previously entered, if that's  
helpful, but we didn't expect it to be changed often.  We could try  
to populate it with Spotlight, but that might be too slow...

>
> On 30 Jan 2006, at 13:14, Jason Miller wrote:
>
>> I read in the listserv archive that you can type the bst file name  
>> into the BibTeX style field in the preview preference pane, but  
>> that's at best a temporary fix.

The bst file name will be preserved across launches of BibDesk, even  
if it's a custom bst (I use that feature myself), so it's not clear  
what you mean by temporary.

>> When I've tried it, I get no preview file.  The .bst files are in  
>> the same directory as the bibliography file I'm wanting to preview.

As James indicated, it needs to be somewhere that BibTeX (not  
BibDesk) searches for style files.

regards,
Adam