[OS X TeX] BibDesk + CVS Checkout?

[Jung-Tsung Shen]

Thanks for the information, Mike.

Here I would like to report the first experiment with negative result.

Program info:
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BibTex on Mac.
BibTeXManager on Windows ( http://www.imamod.ru/~vab/bibtexmng/   )

CVS system:
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CVSNT on both Mac and Windows (although the Windows is adopted as
server, so the CVSNT on Mac doesn't have effect in the description
below)

CVS client:
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MacCVSClient X on Mac
TortoiseCVS on WIndows

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What I did:

(1) On Mac, in BibDesk, I enabled autofile. There's a field "local
URL" in my bib databse with file name myBib.bib, which specifies the
local path to the physical file/paper.

(2) Imported module from Mac.

(3) Checked out module from Windows.

(4) Open myBib.bib using BibTexManager on Windows.

For those with file links, the "title" of those records which has file
link is invisible!!

Not knowing too much about both bibtex programs, I played around to
enable/disable various kinds of options, including the "URL" option on
BibTeXManager, but still in vain.

Of course the problem seems to be on the Windows side. Does anyone
have encountered the same problem and come up a solution?

Thanks.

JT 

On 9/15/05, Michael McCracken <michael_mccracken at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sep 15, 2005, at 11:40 AM, mark oilcan wrote:
> >
> >
> > Will BibDesk 2.0 break this sort of functionality? I hope not in
> > that I
> > have a similar set-up where my .bib file might be modified by means
> > other than BibDesk. It seems like having to reimport and export each
> > time I use BibDesk will be a bit of a pain compared to the way it
> > works
> > now. (I understand that the trade off is added functionality in other
> > areas, but it just turns out that I don't see myself using those. I
> > don't doubt that I'm in the minority, though).
> >
> > Mark A
> 
> The answer is probably No and Yes.
> 
> As planned, BibDesk 2 will still do everything that BibDesk 1 does.
> 
> What we're doing for BD2 (slowly, I admit) is adding the ability to
> read a new file format that lets you store a lot more information
> and organize things better. We'll support easy import and export
> from regular BibTeX files, but if you still want to use BibTeX as your
> main format, especially if you want to work with Windows/Linux/etc,
> you'll
> be able to do it, since opening .bib files in BD2 will act exactly
> as it does now.
> 
> So, for those who don't envision using new organizational features,
> don't worry.
> I expect that new features will be added to both the .bib editing
> capabilities
> and the new format for a long time - there are no plans of dropping
> support
> for editing BibTeX!
> 
> -mike
> 
> --
>      Michael McCracken
>      michael_mccracken at mac.com
>      http://michael-mccracken.net/
> 
> 
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