Hi all,

Just beginning to use Lyx.  I have it running (version 1.3.4) on
ubuntu linux.  I have installed pybliographer, and am now trying to
figure out how to coordinate the various bits and pieces.

Excuse me if I spell it out step by step, so you kind technical people
will be able to see what steps I am missing.

1) I use the pybliographic interface to collect my references together
in a .bib file.
2) I establish a lyxpipe.
3) I Insert>Lists and TOC>Bibtex reference at the bottom of the
document.  This will start inserting and ordering works referred to in
the body of the document in an ordered bibliography.
4) In the dialogue brought up by Insert>Lists and TOC>Bibtex
reference, I Browse to find the .bib file I want to use.  I select
Open, and then press OK.
5) This inserts the box "BibTex Generated References" at the bottom of
the document.
6) Having thus indicated what bibliography I am using, when I want to
insert a citation (for example, in a footnote) I choose
Insert>Citation Reference, and then choose from the codes available
the one for the work I want to cite.

That's the procedure as I understand it.  But I've clearly missed
something, since it doesn't work.  I would expect the full title,
author details and publication details to be inserted both at the
point of the insertion and in the bibliography.
Instead I get closed and empty square brackets.

When I've overcome this difficulty, I gather the next difficulty will
be to get it to format the references correctly.  Since I am working
in the humanities, I think this will mean trying to figure out
jurabib.

I've been looking around for a while for a tutorial for non-technical
beginners on all of this, but whatever I've found is way beyond my
comprehension.

Hopefully someone can offer some guidance?

Thanks,

Declan

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