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On Wed, 2 Sep 2020, Oliver Kopp wrote:

> Issue https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6855 opened.

Thank you, Oliver. I thought it was something I did not correctly configure
and not a bug.

Stay well,

Rich

Issue https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/6855 opened.

Greetings from JabCon

Am Mi., 2. Sept. 2020 um 20:51 Uhr schrieb Rich Shepard
<rsh...@ap...>:
>
> I'm running today's (2020-09-02) development build on Slackware64-14.2/ and
> have a question that should have a simple answer.
>
> For all JabRef-5.x versions, when I start the application it displays the
> entry details for the first document in the database rather than displaying
> only the database entries. Is there a way for me to turn this off? If so,
> I've missed it when looking at the settings.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Jabref-users mailing list
> Jab...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users

I'm running today's (2020-09-02) development build on Slackware64-14.2/ and
have a question that should have a simple answer.

For all JabRef-5.x versions, when I start the application it displays the
entry details for the first document in the database rather than displaying
only the database entries. Is there a way for me to turn this off? If so,
I've missed it when looking at the settings.

TIA,

Rich

I'm running JabRef-5.1.dev (portable linux, 2020-06-24 21:56) and the Alt-F3
chord does not display the keyword groups. Using the menu View -> Groups
works.

Rich

I tried sending this message to discoursemail.com but ...

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I'm trying to help the developers by using the most recent snapshot in my
infrequent uses of JabRef. Unfortunately, it seems that I encounter blocks
to my use with each release.

The current installation was uploaded early this morning, 2020-05-19, and
that's what I installed. Note to devs: since untarring the downloaded
tarball does not _overwrite_ the existing JabRef/ directory, but _adds_ new
versions of files to the existing versions, please put note on the download
page that the JabRef/ directory needs to be removed before untarring the
newer version.

I'm still encountering issues where the data entry window does not have a
horizontal scroll bar on the bottom so all fields can be seen full size.
This stopped me entering a workshop proceedings because I could not enter
the required data on the right side of that window.

I'm also not finding a movable window divider so I can shrink the horizontal
size of the group list and see more of the bibliography list.

When I open JabRef it shows the data entry box for the first entry in the
database but the application was closed with that data entry box closed. How
can I open the application without having that data entry window at the
bottom of the bibliography list?

Rich

On Fri, 13 Mar 2020, Oliver Kopp wrote:

> Before we dig into this: Could you try the portable version of JabRef 5.0?
> Maybe even the .deb package works? - Get it at
> https://downloads.jabref.org

Oliver,

I was going to suggest this to Aradenatorix because I, too, had java issues
with the 4.x series. As I recall, the JabRef releases required specific jdk
versions and only Oracle's would work (not openjdk).

The portable 5.0 and 5.1 are great ... even with the remaining rough spots
that need to be sanded down. It's a great change and all the devs have my
thanks for making it so.

Regards,

Rich

Hey,

Before we dig into this: Could you try the portable version of JabRef 5.0?
Maybe even the .deb package works? - Get it at https://downloads.jabref.org

Cheers,

Oliver

Aradenatorix Veckhôm Avecælus <ar...@gm...> schrieb am Fr., 13. März
2020, 01:34:

> Well, since it seems that nobody knows how to run from the gnu/linux
> JabRef 4.3.1 from the terminal at the moment, I gave myself the task
> of reinstalling JabRef 3.8.2 from my distribution's repository (Linux
> Mint 19.1), but now no menu or pop-up window is displayed, so I can't
> save changes, I can't create new databases, I can't adjust JabRef's
> options and I can't do practically anything.
>
> I find this situation worrying since JabRef has been my bibliographic
> reference manager for years and it has never failed me as it has now
> and I urgently need to be able to solve it.
>
> If I run it from the terminal I get these error messages and warnings
> but I don't know about Java or how to solve it. Could someone help me
> with this?
>
> [warning] /usr/bin/jabref: Unable to locate mariadb-java-client in
> /usr/share/java
> [warning] /usr/bin/jabref: Unable to locate postgresql in /usr/share/java
> 18:22:57.004 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Next preview layout" for locale es
> 18:22:57.005 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Pull changes from shared database" for locale es
> 18:22:57.005 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Previous preview layout" for locale es
> 18:22:57.111 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Search in all open databases" for locale es
> 18:22:57.185 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
> translation for "Connect to shared database" for locale es
> 18:22:57.185 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Connect to shared database" for locale es
> 18:22:57.189 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
> translation for "Online help" for locale es
> 18:22:57.189 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Online help" for locale es
> 18:22:57.194 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
> translation for "Pull_changes_from_shared_database" for locale es
> 18:22:57.194 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Pull_changes_from_shared_database" for locale es
> 18:22:57.198 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
> translation for "Next preview layout" for locale es
> 18:22:57.199 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
> translation for "Previous preview layout" for locale es
> 18:22:57.204 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
> translation for "Look up full text documents" for locale es
> 18:22:57.767 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:57.768 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:57.768 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:57.769 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:57.770 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:57.985 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.011 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:58.026 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.074 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.080 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:58.112 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.122 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:58.152 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.157 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:58.189 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.194 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:58.234 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.241 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:58.267 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
> 18:22:58.278 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Level" for locale es
> 18:22:58.283 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
> net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
> translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
>
> Regards
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Jabref-users mailing list
> Jab...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users
>

Well, since it seems that nobody knows how to run from the gnu/linux
JabRef 4.3.1 from the terminal at the moment, I gave myself the task
of reinstalling JabRef 3.8.2 from my distribution's repository (Linux
Mint 19.1), but now no menu or pop-up window is displayed, so I can't
save changes, I can't create new databases, I can't adjust JabRef's
options and I can't do practically anything.

I find this situation worrying since JabRef has been my bibliographic
reference manager for years and it has never failed me as it has now
and I urgently need to be able to solve it.

If I run it from the terminal I get these error messages and warnings
but I don't know about Java or how to solve it. Could someone help me
with this?

[warning] /usr/bin/jabref: Unable to locate mariadb-java-client in
/usr/share/java
[warning] /usr/bin/jabref: Unable to locate postgresql in /usr/share/java
18:22:57.004 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Next preview layout" for locale es
18:22:57.005 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Pull changes from shared database" for locale es
18:22:57.005 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Previous preview layout" for locale es
18:22:57.111 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Search in all open databases" for locale es
18:22:57.185 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
translation for "Connect to shared database" for locale es
18:22:57.185 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Connect to shared database" for locale es
18:22:57.189 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
translation for "Online help" for locale es
18:22:57.189 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Online help" for locale es
18:22:57.194 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
translation for "Pull_changes_from_shared_database" for locale es
18:22:57.194 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Pull_changes_from_shared_database" for locale es
18:22:57.198 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
translation for "Next preview layout" for locale es
18:22:57.199 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
translation for "Previous preview layout" for locale es
18:22:57.204 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no menu item
translation for "Look up full text documents" for locale es
18:22:57.767 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:57.768 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:57.768 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:57.769 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:57.770 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:57.985 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.011 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:58.026 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.074 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.080 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:58.112 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.122 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:58.152 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.157 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:58.189 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.194 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:58.234 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.241 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:58.267 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es
18:22:58.278 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Level" for locale es
18:22:58.283 [AWT-EventQueue-0] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization - Warning: no message
translation for "Preview style changed to: %0" for locale es

Regards

On Wed, 11 Mar 2020, Oliver Kopp wrote:

> The wrapping in {} in the author field is also the BibTeX way. Just
> "shortauthors" doesn't work.

Oliver,

Thanks for confirming.

> Nevertheless, I fully recommend to switch to BibLaTeX. I use following
> config:
> https://github.com/latextemplates/scientific-thesis-template/blob/7eadd62c40173e904b82c4b1b7fcf638deb2eebe/config.tex#L651

I'll consider switching, but it's a low priority for me. Most of the
documents I write have no bibliographies, only the longer ones. As time and
inclination allow I'll learn biblatex.

Regards,

Rich

On Tue, 10 Mar 2020, Aradenatorix Veckhôm Avecælus wrote:

> Well, I don't know how to solve it using bibTeX, but with bibLaTeX is
> quite easy. You can use corporate authors between two pairs of keys,
> such as:
> author = {{National Research Council}}
>
> You can add an abbreviated form using the shrotauthor field
>
> shortauthor = {NRC}
>
> if you need it. You can find a very good explanation in the section
> 2.3.3 in the BibLaTeX package documentation:
> https://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
>
> I don't guarantee these cheap tricks will work with bibtex, but I hope
> they'll do you some good.

Aradenatorix,

That's valuable insight. Thank you very much.

Regards,

Rich

Hey,

reads good 😅.

The wrapping in {} in the author field is also the BibTeX way. Just
"shortauthors" doesn't work.

Nevertheless, I fully recommend to switch to BibLaTeX. I use following
config:
https://github.com/latextemplates/scientific-thesis-template/blob/7eadd62c40173e904b82c4b1b7fcf638deb2eebe/config.tex#L651

Cheers,

Oliver



Aradenatorix Veckhôm Avecælus <ar...@gm...> schrieb am Mi., 11. März
2020, 05:25:

> Well, I don't know how to solve it using bibTeX, but with bibLaTeX is
> quite easy. You can use corporate authors between two pairs of keys,
> such as:
> author = {{National Research Council}}
>
> You can add an abbreviated form using the shrotauthor field
>
> shortauthor = {NRC}
>
> if you need it. You can find a very good explanation in the section
> 2.3.3 in the BibLaTeX package documentation:
> https://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
>
> I don't guarantee these cheap tricks will work with bibtex, but I hope
> they'll do you some good.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Jabref-users mailing list
> Jab...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jabref-users
>

Well, I don't know how to solve it using bibTeX, but with bibLaTeX is
quite easy. You can use corporate authors between two pairs of keys,
such as:
author = {{National Research Council}}

You can add an abbreviated form using the shrotauthor field

shortauthor = {NRC}

if you need it. You can find a very good explanation in the section
2.3.3 in the BibLaTeX package documentation:
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex

I don't guarantee these cheap tricks will work with bibtex, but I hope
they'll do you some good.

Good luck.

I'm using the JabRef-5.1 snapshot from today (10 March) on
Slackware-14.2/x86_64.

I have a number of references in the database authored by institutions or
agencies, such as the National Research Council.

When I enter 'National Research Council' in the author data entry field the
author is shown as Council, N.R. in both the display panel to the right of
the required fields tab and in the citation transferred to the LyX document.
The bibtexkey field immediately below the author field is 'NRC2001'.

The bibtex entry has it correct:
author = {National Research Council},
but the citation pushed to the lyx document is:
Council (2001)
when it should be NRC (2001) or National Research Council (2001)
and the reference in the bibliography is:
Council, National Research

How do I correct these?

Regards,

Rich

Using JabRef-5.0.dev.

When looking through the list of groups I'll (too often) find errors needing
correction. When I click on the group name the single (or multiple) entries
are the only ones displayed (unlike earlier versions when they were moved to
the top and highlighted differently from the rest of the list.)

After I've corrected the keywords how do I re-display the entire database
contents? I'm not seeing a menu item or button that allows me to do this.

What am I missing?

Rich

On Thu, 27 Feb 2020, Carl Christian Snethlage wrote:

> take a look at options -> preferences -> entry table columns

Carl,

That's where I looked. And I searched the alphabetical list produced by the
combobox's down-arrow.

> You will find all the entry columns in a list and below that a combo box.
> Enter there (1) 'author/editor'.

I had no idea I could enter a data type like this and JabRef would know what
to do with it.

> If you click somewhere outside this field or on the '+' it should
> automatically change to 'field:author/editor' and another click on the '+'
> should add the column 'Author/Editor' to the list.

I didn't see 'field:author/editor' but clicking on the '+' key added it to
the list.

> You can move the column with the up and down arrows on the right to your
> favorite position

Yep. Moved it just below the group and deleted the 'Author' column.

> I hope this was helpful. Feel free to ask, but please also note that we
> usually use the forums ( https://discourse.jabref.org/ )

I had posted all issues and bugs on the mail list and was asked to post to
the devs on github. So I did. Since I did not see this column option in the
combobox I asked on github. This response now posted on both places.

Thanks,

Rich

On Tue, 25 Feb 2020, Rich Shepard wrote:

> With the Abstract tab as the focus during data entry when I move the
> internal window frame to expand the abstract text entry widget
> horizontally the attached exception message box pops up. It also displays
> when I am reformatting the abstract so each line fills the maximum space
> available to it.

It turns out that that exception message box pops up frequently when I'm
entering data in other tabs/text entry widgets as well as in the Abstract
widget. Annoying.

Rich

With the Abstract tab as the focus during data entry when I move the
internal window frame to expand the abstract text entry widget horizontally
the attached exception message box pops up. It also displays when I am
reformatting the abstract so each line fills the maximum space available to
it.

Rich

Versions of JabRef prior to 4 allowed me to use keyboard shortcuts to move
the cursor during text entry using the Emacs chords; e.g., ctrl-f (move
cursor right one space), ctrl-b (move cursor left one space), ctrl-d (delete
character at cursor), ctrl-a (move cursor to beginning of line), ctrl-e
(move cursor to end of line). These seem to be missing in the 5.0 snapshots
(for example, ctrl-e closes the document entry dialog box).

Is there a way for me to define these keyboard shortcuts? If not, please add
them to the next snapshot release for 5.0.

Regards,

Rich

On Sat, 15 Feb 2020, Rich Shepard wrote:

> The more serious issue is shown on the attached screenshot. I cannot
> access the data entry fields (e.g., total pages) in the left column
> because they are blocked by the full description in the right column.
> There is no way to remove the right column (I don't need to see it when
> I'm entering data) and no way to reformat the column widths so the left
> column displays data entry fields.

My thanks to all the devs for fixing this problem. I just downloaded and
installed the 2020-02-24 *.tar.gz version and can now expose all data entry
fields in all the tabs.

Regards,

Rich

Well, I wanted to use JabRef a while ago but to my surprise, the
version I installed from the repository of my gnu/linux distribution
(Linux Mint 19.1) disappeared. I guess I loaded the program the
weekend I debugged certain orphan packages.

So it was easy for me to go to JabRef's site and download version
4.3.1 and as usual, I moved the .jar file to /opt but when I wanted to
run it as I used to do (after a cd /opt/) with
sudo java -jar JabRef-4.3.1

it throws an error:

Error: the main class org.jabref.JabRefMain was not found or loaded
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javafx/application/Application

I want to clarify that I've been reading the documentation here
https://docs.jabref.org/general/installation so I read about the
installation of Ubuntu and OpenJDK and did it as explained, even
retaining the version of the package installed to avoid future
problems.

However, it seems that the way I know how to call JabRef from the
terminal is outdated, and I couldn't find in the documentation any
explanation of how to do it now, worse, neither how to call JabRef
without it being from the terminal.

I would like to know what I am doing wrong and how to use JabRef 4.3.1
on my computer.

Regards

I'm running the latest 5.0.0 from github. A minor issue that should be
corrected is that one cannot enter a new document (ctrl-n) if an existing
document is displayed in the two columns of the window in the lower right
corner of the display.

The more serious issue is shown on the attached screenshot. I cannot access
the data entry fields (e.g., total pages) in the left column because they
are blocked by the full description in the right column. There is no way to
remove the right column (I don't need to see it when I'm entering data) and
no way to reformat the column widths so the left column displays data entry
fields.

Please correct this ASAP as I've a bunch of documents to enter.

Regards,

Rich

On Mon, 7 Oct 2019, Rich Shepard wrote:

> JabRef-3.8.2 has all the features I use (and need). Friday I got it working
> on the 64-bit desktop running Slackware-14.2/x86_64 and jdk8. Today, when I
> tried to load it I get this result:

Update:

JabRef-2.9.2 loads on the 64-bit desktop but does not display the keyword
groups. It lacks the button to re-generate the groups that is found on
3.8.2.

Upgrading from 2.9.2 to 3.8.2 worked once. When I made a group change, saved
the file, and tried re-start 3.8.2 it again failed.

Both 2.9.2 and 3.8.2 are running with Oracle's jdk8u-221.

What's different between 2.9.2 and 3.8.2 that allows the former to load
without error but also to not display groups?

Oliver tells me that JabRef-4.x and -5.x have linux issues and that 3.8.2
will do all I need, but I need to have it consistently load and run. Please
advise me what tests I can run to isolate the cause of this major (for me)
issue.

Regards,

Rich

JabRef-3.8.2 has all the features I use (and need). Friday I got it working
on the 64-bit desktop running Slackware-14.2/x86_64 and jdk8. Today, when I
tried to load it I get this result:

$ shell-scripts/jabref.sh 
Error parsing gtk-icon-sizes string: ''
14:31:15.910 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.OpenDatabase - Opening: /home/rshepard/documents/jabrefdb.bib
14:31:16.265 [AWT-EventQueue-0] ERROR net.sf.jabref.FallbackExceptionHandler - Uncaught exception Occurred in Thread[AWT-EventQueue-0,6,main]
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "keywords"
 	at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:580) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:615) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.util.GroupsParser.keywordGroupFromString(GroupsParser.java:104) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.util.GroupsParser.fromString(GroupsParser.java:76) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.util.GroupsParser.importGroups(GroupsParser.java:42) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.util.MetaDataParser.parse(MetaDataParser.java:63) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.util.MetaDataParser.parse(MetaDataParser.java:33) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.fileformat.BibtexParser.parseFileContent(BibtexParser.java:218) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.fileformat.BibtexParser.parse(BibtexParser.java:150) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.fileformat.BibtexImporter.importDatabase(BibtexImporter.java:70) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.Importer.importDatabase(Importer.java:65) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.fileformat.BibtexImporter.importDatabase(BibtexImporter.java:62) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.OpenDatabase.loadDatabase(OpenDatabase.java:64) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.logic.importer.OpenDatabase.loadDatabase(OpenDatabase.java:43) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.JabRefGUI.openLastEditedDatabases(JabRefGUI.java:210) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.JabRefGUI.openWindow(JabRefGUI.java:94) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.JabRefGUI.<init>(JabRefGUI.java:63) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at net.sf.jabref.JabRefMain.lambda$start$1(JabRefMain.java:128) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728) ~[?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205) [?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116) [?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105) [?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) [?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93) [?:1.8.0_221]
 	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82) [?:1.8.0_221]

Please advise me on what to do to fix this issue.

TIA,

Rich

Two major (for me) issues using 4.3.1 on Slackware-14.2 are the inability to
highlight text on a PDF document (using xpdf or mupdf) and paste that text
into a JabRef data entry field as I could do with earlier versions.

I used to highlight the text then press either the scroll wheel on a mouse
or simultaneously press buttons 1 and 3 on a trackball to paste the text in
JabRef.

Is there a way of pasting text in version 4.3.1 that works because the above
does not.

Regards,

Rich

On Wed, 2 Oct 2019, Oliver Kopp wrote:

>> 1. I cannot paste highlighted text from a PDF displayed using either xpdf or
>> mupdf. The mouse action that pastes highlighted text in its buffer does
>> nothing. This is highly inconvenient when entering abstracts and other
>> text.

Well, I just discovered that 4.3.1 also does not let me past highlighted
text from the PDF into a data entry field. Can I download 3.8.2 or whichever
version still has this capability?

I don't download from web sites directly to JabRef and my needs are best met
being able to cut and past text from the PDF files to the data entry fields.

Thanks in advance,

Rich