On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Richard Heck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/13/2010 12:21 AM, Jacob Bishop wrote: > >> Cristina, >> >> I use jab-ref to manage my bibliographies for documents I create with LyX >> on Windows XP and Windows, and occasionally Kubuntu. I have personally never >> tried to configure the LyX pipe stuff or any of that. >> >> I do exactly as Richard suggests, "Insert>Lists/TOC>BibTeX Bibliography, >> then select the BibTeX file and whatever bibliography style you want to use. >> " >> >> That does everything I need. Then, if I want a citation, I just use >> insert>citation. I'm guessing the extra stuff is to insert the citation >> while in jab-ref or something. I've never seen the need though. For this >> part, it's always worked for me right out of the box on both Windows >> installations as well as Kubuntu. >> >> LyX has some ability to search for citations, but it's very minimal > compared to what JabRef can do. Also, if you need to enter a new citation, > then it's a pain to go do it in JabRef and then do Insert>Citation in LyX. > Much easier just to "push" the citation from JabRef. Once you have the pipes > set up, this is as simple as highlighting it and hitting Ctrl-L. So it's > worth doing, especially on Linux, since it is so easy. > > Richard > > Richard, I can see how this could be useful. I will certainly give it a try. Jacob
