Peter Ljunglöf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing an article for a conference whose style file does not use
> natbib, but who does have the extra command \shortcite:
>
> \cite{aho-68} ==> (Aho, 1968)
> \shortcite{aho-68} ==> (1968)
> Aho \shortcite{aho-68} ==> Aho (1968)
>
> Is there some way for me to use the natbib interface, but not the
> natbib package?
>
> I tried to do the following, but it didn't work: I turned on natbib in
> Document Settings, and then redefined \citep and \citeyearpar to \cite
> and \shortcite. But \usepackage{natbib} interferes with the conference
> style file, and the citations became very strange.
>
> The only other thing I've come up with is to manually erase
> \usepackage{natbib} from the LaTeX file, but I hope there's a way form
> inside LyX.
I think that's probably the best you're going to do at the moment.
I wonder if it'd be worth allowing for other citation styles somehow in
that dialog, though, even ones that could be configured by the user.
Richard
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