On 06/03/2016 03:21 PM, racoon wrote: > On 03.06.2016 17:02, Richard Heck wrote: >> On 06/03/2016 09:39 AM, PhilipPirrip wrote: >>> On 06/02/2016 06:49 PM, Richard Heck wrote: >>>> In principle, yes. The styles are defined in modules, such as >>>> natbib.module, and you could add more styles to that module, say. But >>>> the syntax is not documented outside the code, so you'll have to >>>> figure >>>> it out, more or less. >>> >>> >>> I had no idea this was possible. >>> Can you help a little more, Richard: is adding more styles only >>> possible by extending natbib.module (where should that file be saved?) >>> or is it possible to add a totally new module for, say, some other >>> engine. I'm thinking of having one for biblatex citation styles, that >>> would be added to natbib and jurabib. >> >> I am not completely sure. I believe right now that you can only extend >> or alter the existing modules (and this is kind of unofficial, which is >> why it isn't properlyl documented). But the modularization of this stuff >> was work done towards biblatex support. >> >> I assume that, like any module, these should be saved to the layouts/ >> subdirectory of the user directory. >> >> Richard > > Yes, just the same place as the other user defined modules. > > And it seems like one can only alter modules since the options for the > Format in Document > Settings... > Bibliography seem hard-coded. But > if one uses biblatex anyway that might not be a big problem. > > I guess the idea could be to add a biblatex option and a > biblatex.module that supports all standard biblatex cite* commands?
That is part of it. But there are other differences, as you know, that would have to be handled, e.g., the fact that the *.bib files are input in different places. Richard
