On 23-Jun-99 Q Modnar wrote:
> Hi, this will be my first attempt at writing a thesis using
> LyX and so I've been following the discussions on the
> subject which were taking place in May. Before I start
> writing the thesis I'd like some info. I'd appreciate it
> even if you have answers to only some of the questions:
>
> 1. Since my university doesn't have a fixed class style
> (there's guidelines but no fix style), should I use the
> "book" style or "article" style?
>
> 2. Is it possible to have my bibliography in the format:
> Authorname, Title, Year
> instead of
> [1] Authorname, Title, Year
> The reason I'm asking is that I'd like to reference papers
> by Authorname, Year in the body of my thesis instead of
> using number in the form of [x]. If this is possible then
> how are cross references and labels made.
To this point:
You can use the bibtex-style "alpha" instead of "plain". This produces
references like [AuthorYear] as you want. Choose Insert->Lists&TOC->BibTeX
Reference. Then click on the generated BibteX-Box and choose you BibTeX-file
and style "alpha".
>
> 3. Since I expect the thesis to run into a couple of
> hundred pages I thought of writing it in sections, i.e. a
> each chapter in a seperate files, so that it's easy for me
> to carry a copy round in a disk. Will I have any trouble
> combining the chapters later? What happens to the
> bibliography? Can I have a common bibliography for all the
> files?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
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Alexander Wollmann
Universit�t Freiburg,
Abteilung Elementar-Mathematik und Didaktik der Mathematik
E-Mail: Alexander Wollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 24-Jun-99
Time: 09:08:11
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