Jason Alexander

That was the problem — the full path to the directory containing the LaTeX file I was editing had a double-quote in it. Removing that fixed the problem. Apologies for the misguided bug report! J On 4 Feb 2026, at 15:43, Christiaan Hofman hofman@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Also, could it be that there is a special character (perhaps a doubl-quote) in the full path to the file? [bugs:#1598]https://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/bugs/1598/ Cannot open PDF using displayline Status: open-works-for-me Group:...

Cannot open PDF using displayline

Bibdesk crashes when reloading PDF thumbnail

PDF thumbnail preview incorrectly displayed when creating an entry

I just tried 1.8.6 (5740) and that seems to have fixed the problem. I was able to import three entries by pasting them in from the clipboard, and each time they appeared in the library and the edit window appeared. Excellent. On 5 Oct 2021, at 14:35, Christiaan Hofman hofman@users.sourceforge.net<mailto:hofman@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: Could you try out a recent nightly build (you can find them through the web site)? It may be that this is a side effect of bug # 1619. [bugs:#1621]https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/bugs/1621/...

Here’s a workaround, for the record. In cases where a relevant field has TeX code which isn’t (or won’t be) caught, put into that field a clean variant of the text before adding the local file. Autofile will then use the clean variant text when adding the file and constructing the name. If the entry is then edited afterwards, the correct TeX code can be put into the field as BibDesk doesn’t modify the file name after the fact. On 4 Oct 2021, at 17:12, Christiaan Hofman hofman@users.sourceforge.net<mailto:hofman@users.sourceforge.net>...

Certain TeX constructs aren't cleaned from file names by Autofile

I did, but when I emptied out all of the script hooks from ~/Library/Application Support/BibDesk/Scripts and restarted, the problem is still there. On 2 Oct 2021, at 23:36, Christiaan Hofman hofman@users.sourceforge.net<mailto:hofman@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: Do you perhaps have script hooks installed? [bugs:#1621]https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/bugs/1621/ Creating new publication from clipboard doesn't show editable window Status: open-works-for-me Group: unverified Created: Sat Oct 02, 2021...