Thank RH, That indeed was it.
So in general I should always be careful about using underscores in LyX? B. Bogart rgheck wrote: > B. Bogart wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I'm writing a paper in LyX, all was going well until I tried to generate >> a PDF of my current draft. >> >> LyX complains about some Latex problems, missing $, } and an extra }. >> >> I've looked at the latex code from within lyx, I've looked at the lyx >> file directly, and I've even deleted the section it complains about and >> rewrote it by hand (not copy-paste) and I always get this damn error. >> >> I've attached a screenshot to provide the most information possible. >> >> If I copy the offending section into a new document I can generate the >> file fine. >> >> If I remove the offending section from the document (cut) the same >> errors happen, but they mark a different area of text as offending. >> >> If I copy the entire test and paste it into a new document I get the >> same set of errors, but for yet another section of text. >> >> What and where should I be looking for the cause? >> >> > This error has to do with your bibliography. (The \newblock that LaTeX > is complaining about is generated by BibTeX.) It looks like you have an > illegal character in a citation somewhere. LyX is not very good at > figuring out where these errors are, so it isn't actually where LyX is > saying it is. (This is a complicated matter.) It looks to me as if the > problem is the underscore in "ann_som". LaTeX thinks that's indicating a > subscript, but you aren't in math mode, so it's deeply confused. If you > can just take that out, that'd be simplest. Otherwise, you can escape > it, thus: ann\_som. > > rh > > >
