Ben Cazzolato wrote:
>
> Garst,
>
> > > If it is like the following it will not work. I used a global search
> >and
> > > replace to make it work.
> >search for what? replace with what?
> >Sorry if this seems obvious.
> > > @article{
> > > Abdel-Rohman:1982,
> > > Author = {Abdel-Rohman, M.},
> > > Title = {Active control of large structures},
> > > Journal = {Journal of Engineering Mechanics},
> > > Volume = {108},
> > > Pages = {719-730},
> > > Year = {1982} }
>
> Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. The bibtex parser that lyx uses
> requires that the key (Abdel-Rohman:1982 in this case) immediately follows
> the document descriptor (@article{ in this case). The example shown above
> will fail for that reason. I used a search and replace to change
> "{<return><tab>" to "{". This changed all my entries from
>
> @article{
> Abdel-Rohman:1982,
> Author = {Abdel-Rohman, M.}, ........
>
> to
>
> @article{Abdel-Rohman:1982,
> Author = {Abdel-Rohman, M.}, ........
>
> Still clear as mud?
>
> Ben
Absolutely clear. Thanks. I'm not a big user of bibtex, but I will take
a look at the docs and try to add this and other items that are showing
up if nobody else is working on them.
Garst
