Hi Phil, I've long had similar problems. I was never able to figure out the problem, though I believe it had something to do with the Java VM on Mac. (Which is a strange creature.) I finally had to move to another program.
I understand that "Change Programs" is a poor solution, but nevertheless, you might want to take a look at BibDesk or at Mendeley (which can sync references to a BibTeX reference file). http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ http://www.mendeley.com/ I use both programs and I've been very happy with them. They also instantly solved by JabRef problems. Cheers, Rob Oakes -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Underwood Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: JabRef and Lyx on Mac Hi there, I am having troubles with JabRef 2.5 and LyX 1.6.4.1 running with MacTex-2009 on Mac OS X 10.6.2. I am new to these tools and the Mac platform, so I haven't ruled out the possibility that I am doing something wrong. Are you able to tell from the explanation of my problem below whether I have a technical or user fault: I have configured my "LyXServer path" in LyX and "Path to LyX pipe" in JabRef both to: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/lyxpipe I then start a new *.lyx file in LyX. I then highlight the references I would like to push to LyX and click the "Push selection to LyX/Kile" button in JabRef. At this point it is confirmed that the two are communicating with each other as the predefined 'Bibtexkey' appears in square brackets on the new *.lyx document, i.e. " [Author2009] ". However, when I view the file in any format (PDF or PostScript) the reference appears on the document to be simply a question mark in square brackets - " [?] ", and not the full reference as expected. Any thoughts? Cheers, Phil
