----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Giglio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: APA Citation Problem
Stephen Harris wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Giglio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: APA Citation Problem
Yet More information:
Apparently bibtex wants the bst file in
/usr/local/share/texmf/bibtex/bst
Which isn't mentioned anywhere in any docs I could find! I figured it
out by looking at the /usr/share tree.
http://www.let.uu.nl/~Hugo.Quene/personal/tools/latex.hqall.html
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wherefiles
You'll also note that none of those links mentions needing to create a
bibtex directory. I did find and read both of those. The process they
describe is wrong (or out of date) and doesn't work.
-Jason
I never had to create a bibtex directory. APA works with Bibtex.
So you need to have Bibtex installed to use it and I think that the
install process creates the Bibtex directory, which will have this rule:
"BibTeX-related files shall be stored in:
texmf/bibtex/bib/package/
texmf/bibtex/bst/package/"
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For OS X
The .bst files and the corresponding .sty go in different
directories. Place the .bst files in ~/Library/texmf/bibtex/bst and
the .sty files in ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc.
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apacite.bst -> The BibTeX reference list style. This must be placed
in a directory where BibTeX can find it;
apacitex.bst -> The BibTeX reference list style with added author
index support. This must also be placed in a directory
where BibTeX can find it;
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I agree that this information should specify an install directory
rather than this more obscure reference which does assume
a prior knowledge of *tex and bibtex.
Anyway, that seems like a *tex installation problem not LyX.
I think Bibtex is part of the default install for Linux or Windows.
If you install a package to the wrong directory, sometimes rehash
finds it and registers it, but sometimes not. It is odd that you think
there is a "need" to create a Bibtex directory, that seems mistaken.
I think this is true even is Natbib is used, but I'm not sure of it.
You haven't mentioned the apa.layout file which LyX does use.
http://wiki.lyx.org/pmwiki.php/Layouts/CreatingLayouts
Regards,
Stephen
