The problem is solved, I didn't understand the importance of the BibTex
key, I wasn't putting one into my BibText database manager: JabRef.
Thank-you for your help and patience.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:44 PM, stefano franchi
<stefano.fran...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Vance Turnewitsch
> <vance.turn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Would the '&' character happen to be illegal?
> >
>
>
> From Bibdesk's page:
>
> Citation Keys
>
> A cite key is a unique identifier for a given reference. BibTeX scans
> your document for occurrences of a cite command with a cite key
> embedded in it, and translates it into a properly formatted reference.
> Several patterns are common in choosing cite keys, from simple ones
> such as "lastnameYEAR" to more complicated abbreviations of journal
> names and author names. BibDesk will automatically generate cite keys
> for you (See section Citation Keys), or you can enter your own in the
> editor. BibDesk takes a fairly strict interpretation of the valid
> characters for cite keys, and the characters " "@',\#}{~%" (including
> the space character) are never allowed, while you will be warned if
> you use one of "&$^" in a cite key. Cite keys are essentially TeX
> commands, so you should avoid using underscores, for instance, if you
> ever need to print the actual cite key itself.
>
>
>
> So I would say yes.
>
>
> S.
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