Hi Rob, I'm still having the same issue, even after Julio's suggestion and so am now entertaining your suggestion.
BibDesk is the same one that came with MacTex? Do you have a preferred tool? The screenshots of Mendeley look nice. Is it a native Mac application? Also, do you know if there's an easy way to import my existing JabRef *.bib database with either tool? Cheers, Phil On 17 Nov 2009, at 15:31, Rob Oakes wrote: > 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:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Phil Underwood > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:27 AM > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > 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 > >
