From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of Wolfgang Engelmann Sent: torsdag 27. oktober 2016 15.36 To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Appearance of bibliography references in LyX
On 27.10.2016 13:33, Bernt Lie wrote: I use LyX 2.2.1 (I assume that it is safe to upgrade to 2.2.2, but I haven't done it yet) under Windows 10. I'm somewhat puzzled by the way bibliography references appear in LyX. I use JabRef for handling BibTeX files, to define labels to references, etc. Here is one example: [cid:image001.png@01D23068.D6730580] (taken from LyX; "Fine1975" is my chosen label - actually, automatically defined by BibTeX...) HOWEVER, in the LyX document, this reference appears as: [cid:image002.png@01D23068.D6730580] or [cid:image003.png@01D23068.D6730580] Why? Here is the full reference (from LyX): [cid:image004.png@01D23068.D6730580] As seen, JabRef creates a key based on the first author, while LyX tends to insert the last author name in the preview. But.... WHY? To me, it seems more logical to use the name appearing in the lable - that would make it easier to read the preview and check the author/reference. OK - I *realize* that the label doesn't necessarily have to be an author name. But in my experience, the *first* author is often the principal author, and perhaps he/she should be given credit for that in the preview... (The last author is often a supervisor and corresponding author, though). What is the thinking behind this? Thanks for clarification. Useful to know the answer, because it may influence my choice of label... -B > Could it be that your AND (Capitals) between the authors instead of and is > the cause? Just a thought Wolfgang I can check this, but the bibliography list itself looks fine... -B
