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by alanterra
Sun May 26, 2019 1:42 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Q re: Remove Arbitrary Attachment Folders
Replies: 2
Views: 2156

Q re: Remove Arbitrary Attachment Folders

I think I have had some references deleted from my database by accident. I think the best way to find them is to change my attachment folder to another place, and then "Remove Arbitrary Attachment Folders…" to move attachments to the new place. Anything that remains in the old attachment f...
by alanterra
Sun May 26, 2019 1:31 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Two window behaviors that are very non-intuitive
Replies: 4
Views: 2957

Re: Two window behaviors that are very non-intuitive

THANK YOU. I much appreciate the UI update in 13.2.3.
by alanterra
Thu May 23, 2019 2:15 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Type-ahead (string matching) interferes with entering data with accented characters
Replies: 2
Views: 3882

Re: Type-ahead (string matching) interferes with entering data with accented characters

If anyone comes across this problem, I solved it by rebuilding the keyword index, per Jon's suggestion. It may have had something to do with normalizing unicode characters as well.
by alanterra
Sun May 19, 2019 11:17 am
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Two window behaviors that are very non-intuitive
Replies: 4
Views: 2957

Re: Two window behaviors that are very non-intuitive

Hi Jon I don't want to be annoying, but I don't understand what you mean by a "thin title bar." This is the inspector: Reference Links.png and this is the terms list: Term Lists.png I don't see any difference. A visual reminder that the windows behave differently would seem in order to me....
by alanterra
Sat May 18, 2019 7:44 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Type-ahead (string matching) interferes with entering data with accented characters
Replies: 2
Views: 3882

Type-ahead (string matching) interferes with entering data with accented characters

I am trying to enter the author "Martinsson", but as I type the "i" in this name, Bookends attempts to match it with "Martínez" (accented i). Then when I type the "s" following the "i", nothing is entered, so the final name is entered as "Martns...
by alanterra
Sat May 18, 2019 4:38 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: A suggestion to users for making keywords more effective
Replies: 1
Views: 1709

A suggestion to users for making keywords more effective

Hi All you smart people have probably already twigged this, but if not: If you make your keywords start with a general concept and then move to specific, it becomes easy to use the keyword Terms List panel to do searches. For instance, your keywords can be Cats Cats, feral Cats, feral, effects on na...
by alanterra
Sat May 18, 2019 4:30 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Two window behaviors that are very non-intuitive
Replies: 4
Views: 2957

Two window behaviors that are very non-intuitive

I'd like to draw attention to two behaviors of Bookends that I find very non-intuitive, and, the first especially, keep getting in the way of my using Bookends effectively. 1) The "Inspector" or "Reference Links" window looks like any other window, but it acts like a panel. It fl...
by alanterra
Sat May 18, 2019 4:19 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Tell me about your paper-writing bookends workflow
Replies: 17
Views: 15426

Re: Tell me about your paper-writing bookends workflow

Most of my workflow is similar to what is described by others. I am working with a lot of non-electronic documents, so I need to keep track of which library/repository that they are in, so I use the following. My color labels are: No Label/Have notes/Have read/To read/Find/Not Located/Deferred/In Pr...
by alanterra
Wed Apr 03, 2019 5:05 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Custom reference types/field labels missed after update
Replies: 24
Views: 13320

Re: Custom reference types/field labels missed after update

At least one user has had success restoring his modified Type and field labels doing this: 1. Quit Bookends (important!) 2. Remove the file TypeAndFieldLabels.txt from the Bookends folder (use the Help menu to go to that folder). 3. Restore Bookends Preferences (also in that folder) from Time Machi...
by alanterra
Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:41 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: "Find a group"--not that useful as implemented. Thoughts?
Replies: 0
Views: 26243

"Find a group"--not that useful as implemented. Thoughts?

Hi I thought I'd start a discussion here before asking Jon for a feature request. I do not find the "Find a Group" (Search box that pops up when you click on "Group" at the top of the list of groups) behavior very useful. The manual says: "If a match is found Bookends will s...
by alanterra
Tue Mar 12, 2019 11:12 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Remove a reference from a group without deleting reference?
Replies: 18
Views: 11490

Re: Remove a reference from a group without deleting reference?

I have reported elsewhere that sometimes when trying to delete a reference from a static group, Bookends will instead say that it is going to delete the reference from the catalog. I haven't tested it to see if that is what Bookends would really do. I solved the problem by quitting and relaunching B...
by alanterra
Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:13 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Strange and scary behavior for delete key
Replies: 1
Views: 1715

Re: Strange and scary behavior for delete key

This continues to happen to me. I still don't know if it is a miscreant dialog, or if Bookends would really delete references even though I am selecting them through a static collection (because I am afraid to find out!) Here is the bug exemplified. I have clicked on the static collection "For ...
by alanterra
Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:11 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Small caps -- Bookends represents them in two ways
Replies: 0
Views: 24781

Small caps -- Bookends represents them in two ways

Hi Jon said in a post that small caps "are more complicated than you think." Here is one example. (I am not asking for a change of behavior in Bookends, but pointing out the behavior for anyone else who is confused like I was). The journal I was formatting for likes to have author names in...
by alanterra
Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:56 pm
Forum: Bookends
Topic: Collaboration with co-authors--ideas?
Replies: 6
Views: 3984

Collaboration with co-authors--ideas?

How do people who use Bookends collaborate in writing drafts? The last project I worked on, I wrote the rough draft, passed it around and got a bunch of comments. My choices at this point were continue with the draft that I passed around and make all the changes, including bibliography formatting an...