On 30 Sep 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Mike" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Mike> I submitted AASTeX just after 1.0.3, so it has been forgotten. > Mike> Besides, I would be much more excited about it if my pet > Mike> \citet/\citep mechanism were implemented; I think that is a > Mike> serious deficiency in LyX for use with AASTeX, and thus the > Mike> AASTeX stuff is more of a toy than a real paper writing tool > Mike> (sorry guys). I hate telling people "Yeah, LyX is great for > Mike> writing astronomical manuscripts, but you still have to do > Mike> citations by hand because LyX only knows about \cite." If the > Mike> citation stuff were "fixed", I would be generating e-mail to the > Mike> AAS in Washington, DC, and asking them to officially sanction > Mike> LyX for use in writing papers. I just don't feel right about > Mike> doing this in its current configuration. > > This is not very difficult to add now, but somebody's got to do it. > And since most developpers use happily [1], it is not high on the todo > list. I have been looking into this although I haven't much time to do the implementation. So far I've found at least twenty different variations of cite ranging from "cite" to "citeauthor" to "astrocite" and the much requested "cite[ntp]" etc. Unfortunately, my best plan at present involves a change in the lyx file format which is not backwards compatible. So sharing files with others would require everyone to upgrade. Anyway, I'm looking at adding a drop-list of citation types available for particular citation packages or classes to the Insert->Citation popup. The Layout->Document popup would have an entry for which extra citation package you wanted to use also. Thus there are also changes to the layout files or at least extra layout files to be included on demand. > Mike> Perhaps I should play Imperious American Capitalist Pig and > Mike> offer a monetary reward for the implementation of such a feature > Mike> ... > > This might be a way to overcome the lack of interest of the core > developpers for the feature, maybe... I could certainly use the money since my PhD scholarship runs out next Thursday... Allan. (ARRae)
