[OS X TeX] BibDesk exception fixed (was: A question from a new member)
Adam R. Maxwell
amaxwell at mac.com
Sat Oct 28 20:55:00 CEST 2006
On Oct 18, 2006, at 07:34, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>
> On Oct 18, 2006, at 01:57, Frederic Andres wrote:
>
>> Ok, so I have downloaded Bibdesk and assigned it to work with
>> TexShop.
>> Then, I tried a cite command but when I pressed F5, the list was a
>> list of words starting with the letter I had typed and not a list
>> of references. Then, I tried to open my .bib file in Bibdesk and
>> here what it says:"
>> Alert
>> [NSCFDictionnary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value"
>
> Please send me the .bib file (off-list). This should not happen
> when opening a file, and I'd definitely like to fix it in BibDesk.
>
>> and when I press OK, nothing happens; I mean, my bibliography does
>> not seem to load in Bibdesk.
>
> This is because of the NSCFDictionary exception. It's basically a
> semi-gracefully handled crash that leaves the program in an
> undefined state.
This exception is fixed in recent nightly builds of BibDesk if anyone
needs a fix. No idea when we'll have a new release; we've made a lot
of changes in the last couple of weeks.
-- Adam
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