[OS X TeX] BibDesk: Unable to save metadata cache file

[Winfried Zettelmeyer]

Adam, thanks for your answer.
As I detected later, the .bib file had linebreaks in the title field  
of one entry. When that was corrected everything was fine. Before,  
different from what your answer suggests, new entries were not  
recognised. I looked at the log file and did not find anything around  
the time when the error turned up, but I might have overlooked  
something in the thousands of log lines.
If the error repeats - possibly it is provocable by changing an entry  
directly in the .bib file - I will look immediatly into the log.
Winfried


On 15 Mar 2006, at 21:15, Adam Maxwell wrote:
On Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at 10:47AM, Winfried Zettelmeyer  
<Winfried at Zettelmeyer.com> wrote:
> Hallo all,
> I have been learning and using Bibtex now for a week and it works
> very well. However I get this message (no idea what it means) every
> time I try to save the .bib file. The BibteX console does not tell my
> anything strange when compiling (the usual warnings about empty
> fields), I can make new entries into the BibTeX template, TeXshop
> recognises the \footfullcite command of the jurabib package when
> entering the new source and puts a footnote reference, but the
> footnote remains empty with ? after any amount of Latexing and
> Bibtexing.
> What to do ? Is my bib file lost and do I have to start all over ?

That warning occurs when BibDesk is unable to save the Spotlight  
metadata cache; you should never see it in practice, so I'd like to  
find out why it's popping up.  Do you see anything in the console log  
using /Applications/Utilities/Console.app?  There should be a more  
detailed description of the error.

It has no effect on the ability to save your .bib file, so that  
should be just fine.  It also is unrelated to any footnote/cite  
problems you may be having.

-- 
Adam
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