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
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
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
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Vance Turnewitsch vance.turn...@gmail.com 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. Hi Vance, the most likely cause of your error is a malformed bibtex entry, and especially a strange character in the key. Notice that you cannot use accented characters, only standard ascii. There are several ways to find out if that's the case. You can inspect the bib file manually, or use a bib editor/manager that would check for you (such as jabref). Or even just a bibtex aware editor that allows you to compact all entries into a single line (such as Kate, on linux). Hope it helps, Stefano -- __ 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
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
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
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
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
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
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Vance Turnewitsch vance.turn...@gmail.com 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. Hi Vance, the most likely cause of your error is a malformed bibtex entry, and especially a strange character in the key. Notice that you cannot use accented characters, only standard ascii. There are several ways to find out if that's the case. You can inspect the bib file manually, or use a bib editor/manager that would check for you (such as jabref). Or even just a bibtex aware editor that allows you to compact all entries into a single line (such as Kate, on linux). Hope it helps, Stefano -- __ 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
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
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
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
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
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 Heckwrote: > 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
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Vance Turnewitschwrote: > 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. Hi Vance, the most likely cause of your error is a malformed bibtex entry, and especially a strange character in the key. Notice that you cannot use accented characters, only standard ascii. There are several ways to find out if that's the case. You can inspect the bib file manually, or use a bib editor/manager that would check for you (such as jabref). Or even just a bibtex aware editor that allows you to compact all entries into a single line (such as Kate, on linux). Hope it helps, Stefano -- __ 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
Re: BibTex can't parse entry type:book
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Vance Turnewitschwrote: > 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
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 franchiwrote: > On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Vance Turnewitsch > 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 >