Indeed. The way that Jabref imports the reference is to put curly-braces around
each of the fields, {}, so that BiBTeX isn't allowed to parse them at all. So
far as I know, whatever reference style is chosen, it will not be any different
than what Wolfgang got.
It looks to me as either a problem with the original reference, or a problem
in the way JabRef imported this particular one. In either case, you'll have to
somehow remove those curly braces, to let BiBTeX do its job.
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From: Wolfgang Engelmann <[email protected]>
To: LyX Users List <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 11:39:32 AM
Subject: Re: web search>jabref>lyx
On Tuesday 03 February 2009 17:10:10 you wrote:
Thanks, for your answer. But...
> Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > The reference is now in ref.bib
> >
> > However, instead of
> > Laposky, A. D. and Bass, J. ......
> > as desired,
> >
> > I get
> > Aaron D Laposky and Joseph Bass ...
> > without comma and points, and the prenames in front
> >
> > ##Question 2: is there a way to get it correct at this stage or before?##
>
> I'd just leave it that way. Some reference formats might require the
> full name, and BibTeX will give you the abbreviated version if your
> BibTeX style calls for it.
see below
>
> > I save the entered reference in JabRef by control s
> > (if not done now I won't see the ref in the lyx file immediately)
> > and push the citation into the Lyx file (pressing the LyX knob or control
> > l)
> >
> > The citation is giving troubles when trying to export the LyX file,
> > and I have to fix the author line first, which is cumbersome if there are
> > many authors and prone to introduce errors
>
> What errors?
I get
Aaron D Laposky and Joseph Bass ...
without comma and points, and the prenames in front
but BibTeX needs
Laposky, A. D. and Bass, J. ......
Wolfgang
