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by Jon
Wed May 17, 2006 8:35 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Handling "von" authors.
Replies: 14
Views: 10793

Hi hombre, I think it's one more in a seemlingly endless list of things I would need to learn/implement/support! :-) Actually, I think it's not a bad idea. This forum is supposed to provide some of that, but of course the information is not organized in any way. I'll look into it. Thanks for the sug...
by Jon
Wed May 17, 2006 8:05 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Two feature requests. (Groups and journal glossary)
Replies: 3
Views: 3053

Re: Two feature requests. (Groups and journal glossary)

I would love to be able to create a new (static) group by dragging a bunch of selected references to the list of groups. I imagine it to behave like a playlist in iTunes. You mean if you drop on "white space"? Or a nonstatic group, like All? Possible. But right now you can simply right-cl...
by Jon
Wed May 17, 2006 8:00 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Handling "von" authors.
Replies: 14
Views: 10793

Hi, You should enter the name as von Liszt, Franz There is an option in the format (second tab) where you can tell Bookends to "Use Ignore List for Author". If checked, Bookends will ignore the words you have entered in Preferences (Scan & Bibliography tab) Author Ignore list. The word...
by Jon
Tue May 16, 2006 4:57 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Suggestion re "Search All Fields"
Replies: 9
Views: 6456

OK, I've switched the behavior in the next udpate (the Live Search field is NOT cleared when you select another group unless you hold down the Option key). Feedback is welcome when it's available (no date yet).

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Tue May 16, 2006 2:21 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Sort order in Bibliography?
Replies: 1
Views: 1918

Hi Chris, As you see, the sort is based on the names entered in the database. There really is no other intelligent way of doing this. If this is a problem for you, you can use the Authors Term List to see all the names (as they are entered in the database). A global find/replace in the authors field...
by Jon
Tue May 16, 2006 7:32 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Suggestion re "Search All Fields"
Replies: 9
Views: 6456

Hi Tom. There is another issue. Bookends does live searches, meaning it searches as you type (it waits for a small pause, actually, but that's the general idea). So there are many "mini searches". This does not lend itself to a popup list of any kind containing previous searches. Jon Sonny...
by Jon
Mon May 15, 2006 5:45 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Suggestion re "Search All Fields"
Replies: 9
Views: 6456

OK folks, keep those opinions coming in...

A search history isn't a bad idea, but I don't think there is a good interface element for it. We already use the magnifying glass down arrow to select the field (or Spotlight) to search, so that's out...

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Sun May 14, 2006 9:18 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Import BE into Refworks
Replies: 2
Views: 3315

To go from Bookends *to* Refworks no doubt involves exporting the references from Bookends in a particular plain text tagged format (like Refer or RIS). Bookends has a format for Endnote Refer, and may for RIS (I can't check at the moment). If not, it's easy to make one. Then use Bibliography Format...
by Jon
Sat May 13, 2006 4:38 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Duplicate vs. Last 15 smart group
Replies: 1
Views: 2091

It's a small thing -- it gets the next number, because that makes the most sense if you duplicate while in the reference window (otherwise, it would go to the end of the db, which is probably not what you want). It makes less sense when you duplicate from the List View, of course, but since the same...
by Jon
Sat May 13, 2006 4:36 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Suggestion re "Search All Fields"
Replies: 9
Views: 6456

Right now, Bookends will do this if you hold the Option key down when you switch groups. I could make that the default if people want it (it's not the default now, because I thought people would be too easily confused if they clicked on another group and no references showed up (because there were n...
by Jon
Thu May 11, 2006 7:41 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: New icon
Replies: 8
Views: 6871

It's an Easter egg. Completely unnecessary information, of course.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Thu May 11, 2006 2:30 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: New icon
Replies: 8
Views: 6871

Hi Tacitus,

Yes, you got it. If you click on the cat in the logo, there is a small blurb about this.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Thu May 11, 2006 9:55 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: suggestion for future versions
Replies: 5
Views: 4506

To follow up for anyone interested in this, Bookends does handle the case of the first word in a quoted title properly. The original problem appears to have arisen because of the way the information was entered in the database.

Jon
Sonny Software
by Jon
Thu May 11, 2006 7:48 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: suggestion for future versions
Replies: 5
Views: 4506

So the problem is that you are using a quote followed by an apotrophe, and Bookends isn't capitalizing the first character after that. Hm, I just tried this and it works here. So we must do doing something a bit differently. Please contact me directly, and send a single reference (exported from Book...
by Jon
Tue May 09, 2006 7:22 am
Forum: Looking for import filters...
Topic: EconLit through EBSCO
Replies: 2
Views: 5879

We don't have a specific filter for EconLit, although there are other filters for databases available through Ebsco. You might open the file you are trying to import and compare its contents to what these filters are expecting. One of them may work already, or require minor modifications. Jon Sonny ...