On 14 June 2012 04:07, William Hanson <whan...@umn.edu> wrote: > Ray, > > Below you suggest: " just reselect your bib files by browsing to the > correct ones." That's what I've been doing but it doesn't work. the > problem, as I've described it, still exists. > > You also suggest: "check to make sure there is no key mismatch. You > might've changed things in Mendeley which changed the keys, which are now > no longer the same as the keys known to bibtex (because they retain the > keys of the first ever bib file processed)." I don't know what you mean by > a key or a key mismatch in this context.
Choose an existing citation in your LyX document, note down its name as seen there. For eg., "Michael1999". In Mendeley look for that specific bibliographic entry, as close as you can remember. Then find the field "Citation Key". The two must match. If not, simply reselect the item in LyX bib dialogue from the "Available Citations" pane and delete the old citation from the "Selected Citations" pane. But, let's just run through your initial complaint so that you know what to expect from LyX. 1. "No matter which of my four .bib files I add, I'll get only one or two References showing up in the final pdf." This means the LyX document finds your bib file(s), but is having trouble with some/most of the citations. Any citation with a '?' will not have a corresponding reference entry below. Only valid citations that show up properly in the PDF output will have a reference entry in the backmatter. 2. "I don't seem to be able to add more than one of my four .bib files." This should not happen. You should be able to add as many bib files as you like, as far as I am aware. It may be wise to file a bug report, but not before you solve the rest of your problems here. As such, see this as a different issue for now, and leave it alone / forget about it. 3. "References that do show up are specific to that particular document." This is correct. How else would you like it? 4. "When I go to another LyX document and try to add a reference the Available Citation field is empty again." Correct. You need to re-insert a bibliography and select the desired bib files, for every new document. Only master-child documents can share bibliographies. You have not mentioned anything about master or child documents, so we assume you're not dealing with those. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
