Am Thursday 10 December 2009 16:14:12 schrieb rgheck: > On 12/10/2009 10:03 AM, Manolo Martínez wrote: > > A similar thing happened to me some time ago and it turned out that I > > was ammending not the bibtex file that LyX was using, but a backup. > > > > I know I'm sillier than many, but, just in case, make sure you are > > ammending the bibtex file LyX is using :) > > The reason this kind of thing happens is because LyX generates a bunch > of temporary files when it exports DVI, etc, and sometimes it can happen > that the old temporaries don't get over-written, or LaTeX itself is > still using some old aux file, etc. These are bugs, but also a fact of > life.... > > rh
what I do in situations like this one is to save the lyx file under a different name and use that one. Wolfgang > > > Manolo > > > > danielpferreira escribió: > >> Hi! > >> I'm a new user and I'm getting some strange behaviour in Lyx. > >> > >> I'm creating a BibTex file (using JabRef) and including it in Lyx. > >> It's all > >> working fine (it shows up in the DIV file, it allows referencing, etc). > >> > >> But sometimes a certain entry in the .bib file generates some bug and > >> Lyx > >> can't compile the DIV preview (BTW, I dont really understand the error > >> messages Lyx shows me - or how/where to fix my code based on them, > >> but I'll > >> leave that to another post). So I undo the last thing I've done in > >> the .bib > >> file, wich theorically would restore me to a stable situation. > >> > >> BUT lyx continues giving the same error message. SOmetimes I even > >> exclude > >> from the .bib file the whole entry that gave the problem in the first > >> place, > >> but lyx continues giving errors (oddly, in the error message, it > >> shows some > >> code that i THINK shouldnt even exist anymore, since I deleted the > >> offfending entry). > >> > >> The only way this is "solved" is if I close and reopen the .lyx file. It > >> looks like this is necessary to make Lyx "forget" about what happened... > >> > >> Anyways, I guess my questions are: > >> 1) Did my explanation make sense? :) > >> 2) Is this a known behaviour/bug in Lyx? > >> 3) If this is a bug, how can I fix it? > >> > >> Keep in mind I'm not a programmer, and I'm new to Lyx, Latex, bibtex, > >> jabref, etc.. > >> I'm one of the few (I guess) art students trying to use LaTex to > >> write a > >> thesis. > >> > >> Thanks in advance (and sorry about my weak english). > >> D -- --------------------------------- Wolfgang Engelmann Schlossgartenstrasse 22 D-72070 Tübingen Tel 07071 68325
