Sonny Software

Jon wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:03 am In addition to what I told you, only references that were modified since the last "sync" are updated. Changing the glossary doesn't modify any references. You'd have to remove the old .bib file and recreate it.

Jon
Sonny Software

Ok I did not know that. Thank you.

If you edit an entry in the journal glossary but not in the reference itself, Bookends may see them as matching anymore. The glossary can be used when entering journal names manually (an abbreviation defined by you is expanded to the short or full journal name). But it's main use is for formatting....

How are you using the glossary to be able to make these changes exactly? I probably don't understand exactly the ins and outs, but i thought the glossary files only worked when editing a reference to add to the database or generating a finished bibliography? Then again bibtex is exported using a fo...

My Sync Linked Bibtex File does not seem to update changes made in my Journal Glossary file. I removed some white spaces and Sync does not seem to register the changes. The other fields are updating fine so far.

Thank you for the prompt response.

Would like to know where can I save the names I gave to custom reference types, for example myjournal or mymagazine. I'm not talking about the format files with the extension ftm. These files do not load the custom reference type names. I'm not sure if they are saved on a file called Bookends Prefer...

Serge wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:11 pm I just reinstalled Bookends for a test and on Wi-Fi sync iOS asks for this permission:

IMG_3887.jpg

If it was not allowed on the first run please go to iOS -> Settings -> Bookends and enable "Local Network" there:

IMG_3888.jpg

Thanks, that worked for me.

Thanks, but what I need is to find how-to sync with WiFi. My iPhone has the same network, but it's not showing in the lower left panel of devices. I ticked "Look for BE on iOS in iOS devices" under Preferences

I'm trying to sync BE iOS on my iPhone with MacOS. It's been a while since I last used BE iOS. The problem is that the option you provided is greyed out. That is, File - WiFi Synced iOS Devices...

In this case we can use a very cool tool, 'jq' to post-process the JSON, removing fields and compressing the JSON to further speed things up. My 14MB BibTeX file becomes a sleek 3.3MB JSON file and therefore loads and is processed much quicker. Speed is the only benefit? Sounds like it's a lot of w...

Dellu wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:52 am - another alternative is to use biblatex. If you use biblatex, sorting is automatic. Unfortunately, at least for me, using biblatex, the problems outweighs its benefits.

Are you sure? What style are you using, Chicago? APA? BibLaTeX is much better than say, NatBib.

Don't know if it helps, but I activate "attachment" name for a column for all references under Preferences, List.

Top notch!

Thank you for considering the request of users who use BibTex. The beta version works wonders: it creates a BibTeX with ALL references and, in addition, syncs any updated references with a keyboard shortcut. Jon's effort has been superb, and it will save those who cannot apple script a lot of time! ...

Good idea, Jon. Thank you.