On 13 June 2012 02:05, William Hanson <[email protected]> wrote:
> To All,
>
> I'm still having trouble getting LyX 2.0.3 to allow me to insert citations
> into documents created on a new Dell (running Windows 7).  (My old HP, which
> runs Windows XP, has no trouble doing this). On the Dell LyX works just fine
> until I click the Insert Citation tab.  It brings up the usual LyX: Citation
> window, but the Available Citation field is empty.
>
> However, my BibTeX folder contains four non-empty BibTeX Database (.bib)
> files (the same ones I used earlier on the HP, and which I transferred to
> the Dell via Mendeley).  I've tried making my .bib files available to LyX
> using  insert > list / TOC > BibTeX bibliography.  But no matter which of my
> four .bib files I add, I'll get only one or two References showing up in the
> final pdf.  And I don't seem to be able to add more than one of my four .bib
> files.  Also the references that do show up are specific to that particular
> document.  When I go to another LyX document and try to add a reference the
> Available Citation field is empty again.

All bibliographic data are available on a per-document basis, and
references will only appear _as cited_. This means there will not be
any reference entry at the end of the document for any works _not_
cited. For child documents, citations can be seen only in the master
preview.

Start LyX, create a new empty document, insert > list > bibliography,
select your four bib files, press OK, now type something and press the
Bib icon, you should be able to select an entry from all four bib
files. Now preview the document. You should see "foo [n]" or "foo
(xyz, d)", and just one entry in the references. If you cannot
reproduce this, you are looking at a bug, most probably in your
installation.


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