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BibDesk - 1.3.5

BibTeX bibliography database manager

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Version 1.3.5:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	1.3.5
Release Date:	2007-05-11
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.3.5):	1,036
Downloads (all versions):	48,935

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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:

New Features

You can now force file->viewer mappings to override your system defaults (I still think this is weird, but it will stop some user complaints)
French translation from Corentin Cras-Méneur (thanks!)
Arbitrary options can be passed to the z39.50 search...which is only useful if the ZOOM implementation recognizes the key-value pairs
Proxy info is now passed to z39.50 servers, but we have no way of testing this
Animation time is decreased, and user-settable by the hidden default BDSKDefaultAnimationTimeInterval; setting it to 0 will disable animations (and disable more user complaints)

Bugs Fixed

Deprecated string methods are no longer used
Search indexes are no longer leaked (Apple's docs are wrong about this)
Search field timer is invalidated before the window closes, avoiding a possible exception (workaround for another Apple bug)
Tail is truncated once again in main table text cells
Tooltips are disabled in PDFViews due to an Apple bug
We now avoid deTeXifying accented characters that can't be composed to a single unichar
Empty keys are now allowed when parsing the Refer format
AppleScript search results are separated with a |
We now add an empty item with a rendered record in the Annote field for unparseable z39.50 items
The MARC parser now allows a wrong space at character 22, since that's a common syntax error
TeX font command parsing now handles nested commands
Track files for custom default search group servers, as the file may not have the default name
Skim notes works again (accidentally broken before release)
Fixed crash when clearing the search field of a z39.50 search group
Removed Spotlight file icon code, as it wasn't thread safe (will be used later in Leopard)
Fixed a crash that would occur when you clicked the Import button in a search group, which was itself searched via the toolbar search field (looks like another Apple bug...)
Fixed the valueOfMacro: exception that various users reported (due to a memory leak)
Date-based conditions are no longer leaked
Fixed other memory leaks

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or later
A version of tex that outputs pdf (such as pdflatex) is required for the preview panel to work
Universal Binary

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.3.5:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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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)