BibTex can't parse entry type:book
Hello, I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and lyx 2.0.7. I'm trying to add a BibxText database; but lyx is giving the following error upon starting up with a document that already has a database or trying to add the database: BibTeX Parser: Unable to read key for entry type:book. I was using the earlier version of lyx that Ubuntu supplies in its repos; but it also had the same error. Thanks, Vance Turnewitsch
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
Would the '' character happen to be illegal? I accidentally responded to just Richard, my apologies. On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 03/09/2014 05:40 PM, Vance Turnewitsch wrote: Hello, I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and lyx 2.0.7. I'm trying to add a BibxText database; but lyx is giving the following error upon starting up with a document that already has a database or trying to add the database: BibTeX Parser: Unable to read key for entry type:book. I was using the earlier version of lyx that Ubuntu supplies in its repos; but it also had the same error. It sounds as if there is an error in your database. For some reason, LyX is choking on the key. It's possible that the key contains illegal characters. Richard
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
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.comwrote:
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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BibTex can't parse entry type:book
Hello, I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and lyx 2.0.7. I'm trying to add a BibxText database; but lyx is giving the following error upon starting up with a document that already has a database or trying to add the database: BibTeX Parser: Unable to read key for entry type:book. I was using the earlier version of lyx that Ubuntu supplies in its repos; but it also had the same error. Thanks, Vance Turnewitsch
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
Would the '' character happen to be illegal? I accidentally responded to just Richard, my apologies. On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: On 03/09/2014 05:40 PM, Vance Turnewitsch wrote: Hello, I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and lyx 2.0.7. I'm trying to add a BibxText database; but lyx is giving the following error upon starting up with a document that already has a database or trying to add the database: BibTeX Parser: Unable to read key for entry type:book. I was using the earlier version of lyx that Ubuntu supplies in its repos; but it also had the same error. It sounds as if there is an error in your database. For some reason, LyX is choking on the key. It's possible that the key contains illegal characters. Richard
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
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.comwrote:
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.
--
__
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125
Texas AM University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421
College Station, Texas, USA
stef...@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org
BibTex can't parse entry type:book
Hello, I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and lyx 2.0.7. I'm trying to add a BibxText database; but lyx is giving the following error upon starting up with a document that already has a database or trying to add the database: BibTeX Parser: Unable to read key for entry type:book. I was using the earlier version of lyx that Ubuntu supplies in its repos; but it also had the same error. Thanks, Vance Turnewitsch
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
Would the '&' character happen to be illegal? I accidentally responded to just Richard, my apologies. On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > On 03/09/2014 05:40 PM, Vance Turnewitsch wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and lyx 2.0.7. I'm trying to add a BibxText >> database; but lyx is giving the following error upon starting up with a >> document that already has a database or trying to add the database: >> BibTeX Parser: Unable to read key for entry type:book. >> >> I was using the earlier version of lyx that Ubuntu supplies in its repos; >> but it also had the same error. >> > > It sounds as if there is an error in your database. For some reason, LyX > is choking on the key. It's possible that the key contains "illegal" > characters. > > Richard > >
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
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.
> --
> __
> Stefano Franchi
> Associate Research Professor
> Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125
> Texas A University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421
> College Station, Texas, USA
>
> stef...@tamu.edu
> http://stefano.cleinias.org
>
