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BibDesk - 1.3.21

BibTeX bibliography database manager.

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.3.21
Release Date:	2009-06-18
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	473
Downloads (all versions):	47,928

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Product Description:

For use with BibTeX and (la)TeX, BibDesk is a GUI front-end for managing BibTeX databases in their original .bib form. Search, organize, and cite with drag n' drop. Publish bibliographies to the web as RSS XML.

What's new in this version:

Independence of Omni frameworks

Renewed preference interface
Use standard source list tables on Leopard
Support a color label column to allow sorting by color label
It is now possible to share using bonjour between different BibDesk processes on the same computer
Sharing is now accepted even when you chose not to save the password in your KeyChain
Add biblatex-type multiple citation style for copy and drag
BibDesk now updates using Sparkle, thanks Andy Matuschak
New group UI
Improvements to file views and quicklook previewer
Improvements to web group. Add history, URL auto-completion, proxy icon, show loading errors, remember size, support drag & drop
You can now hide the count bubbles for the group, this can improve performance if you have many smart groups
Revamp group source list into mode standard group list style, in particular for Leopard
New auto-generation format specifier for 'words' of a field, useful for first page
Allow editing files and URLs in the side pane when a single item is selected
New row mode for file views
Warn when importing items with duplicate cite keys
Move changing the group field to main menu and group table contextual menu
Display duplicate cite keys in red
Use Medline XML for PubMed import, which includes diacritics

Bugs Fixed

Avoid an exception when clicking in a publication detail window just outside the fields
Size status bars according to the HIG
Workaround in web scraper for regressions in Google Scholar
Fix back reference in regex find & replace
Fix find & replace in non-field properties
Avoid a crash when a BibDesk process used for sharing terminates
Improve efficiency for UI updating when there are many smart groups
Improve the key view loop in the main window
Show keyboard focus ring on some custom buttons
Improvements and fixes to sharing, you can now share between different processes on the same computer
Connecting to shared groups now succeeds also if you don't accept the key chain service
Fix a crasher that sometimes occurred when making modifications while doing a quick search
Fix shared group updating when more than one document is open
Allow using BibTeX Type in cite key and auto-file format
Fix removal of selected shared group
Avoid a crash when a shared group is removed
Preserve modified and added dates in shared items
Fix copying of groups in scripting
Simplify choosing a search group server
Avoid a crasher that may happen when closing a document directly after a save
Display error when the web group fails to load
Try to update linked files when a file is renamed on disk
Improve edit validations in publication editor
Rework various background queues
More reliable parsing of year field from RIS
Update duplicate cite key warning when the duplicate cite key changes
Fix text color in highlighted cells on Tiger
Default fields are not taken into account for publication equivalence test, so minimal bibtex will be equivalent
Fix text layout after zooming in preview
Perform full Entrez search asynchronously, so it won't block when the server is inaccessible
Fix status bar icon shown when an item needs to be filed
Make sure the web group tries to parse plain text as a last resort
Collapse whitespace in simple bibtex fields
Fix ACMDL web group parser
Fixes for ISI WoS search parser, use Times-Cited and fix date parsing
Ignore unknown nontex fields in RIS export to avoid exporting invalid RIS

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

A version of tex that outputs pdf (such as pdflatex) is required for the preview panel to work.

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Please ..... - Version: 1.3.14, 1/28/2008 12:00AM PST

osos10

The automatic cite key generation is not permiting me to manually change the cite key to anything that I want (either automatically correct (when I choose OK) or enforce the automatically generatged key (when I choose CANCEL)). Please fix that for those times that I want to manually fix the cite key. Thanks .... (This is one of the best programs ever been written).

Quite possibly the best program ever written - Version: 1.3.5, 5/21/2007 11:23PM PST

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Jed_Singer_873

I cannot wax ecstatic enough to do this program justice. Every time a new version comes out, I am amazed at what seems like application nirvana - then a new version comes out, and is even better! I'm not even being ironic or tongue-in-cheek or anything, this program alone is reason enough to get a Mac (assuming you actually have a use for it, i.e. you're in academia)

great program - great support - Version: 1.3, 1/13/2007 02:56PM PST

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cwasmer

Even 1.2 was almost perfect, this version has some cool new features (direct import from PubMed, for example works great for me)