[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: bibliography
From:       Richard Heck <rgheck () comcast ! net>
Date:       2010-09-12 16:42:38
Message-ID: 4C8D02FE.2040401 () comcast ! net
[Download RAW message or body]

On 09/12/2010 08:58 AM, cristina wrote:
> hi guys!
> can you tell me how i can add the bibliography (with jabref) to a file in lyx?
> i'll try to explain what i usually do (without any result):
> - i make a selection from jabref
> - then i push the button lyx (in jabref)
> - in lyx i add the bibliography from the menu
> BUT nothing happens...
> please, help me
>
>    
Have you inserted the bibliography at the end of your document? I.e.: 
Insert>Lists/TOC>BibTeX Bibliography, then select the BibTeX file and 
whatever bibliography style you want to use. Without that, LyX cannot 
access citations.

If you have done that, the problem may be that the LyX pipe is not set 
up correctly. I do not know how to do this on Windows, so if you are on 
Windows someone else will have to tell you. And I do not even know if it 
works on Windows in 1.6.x, though I know it will in 2.0. Anyway, on 
Linux or OSX, you can do this:

1. The LyX part. Go to Tools>Preferences>Paths. In the "LyXServer Pipe" 
field enter whatever you want, really. I have:
     /home/rgheck/.lyxpipe
but you can put the pipe wherever you wish. LyX will then create two 
pipes on startup, one with the extension ".in" and one with the 
extension ".out".

2. The JabRef part. Go to Options>Preferences>External Programs and 
enter exactly the same thing you did in LyX. So I have 
"/home/rgheck/.lyxpipe".

Now restart LyX and JabRef, so the new preferences take effect.

Richard


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]