Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-22 Thread John O'Gorman
Josep Roca wrote:
A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)
Pybliographer is supplied with SuSE 9.1 but does not work (missing 
_recode ).

On SuSE 9.2 is it not supplied, and I cannot find anything on the 
suse.com website.
Does anyone know where to find a SuSE RPM for Pybliographer?

John O'Gorman






Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-22 Thread John O'Gorman
Josep Roca wrote:
A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)
Pybliographer is supplied with SuSE 9.1 but does not work (missing 
_recode ).

On SuSE 9.2 is it not supplied, and I cannot find anything on the 
suse.com website.
Does anyone know where to find a SuSE RPM for Pybliographer?

John O'Gorman






Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-22 Thread John O'Gorman
Josep Roca wrote:
A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)
Pybliographer is supplied with SuSE 9.1 but does not work (missing 
_recode ).

On SuSE 9.2 is it not supplied, and I cannot find anything on the 
suse.com website.
Does anyone know where to find a SuSE RPM for Pybliographer?

John O'Gorman






Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread Renard Francois
Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, EXT / TEAMLOG MELLERIN Pierrick wrote:
JabRef (written in Java) is the good choice as for me. You can find 
it at
this address :

http://jabref.sourceforge.net/

Or Tkbibtex
www.cat.csiro.au/cmst/staff/pic/tkbibtex.html
-Message d'origine-
De : Renard Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : jeudi 17 mars 2005 15:16
À : User Lyx
Objet : bibliography
Hello everybody,
About bibliography, I'd like to know
if there is a bibliography software  to recommend for use under Linux or
Solaris,
and adapted to generate latex bibliography (.bib) and able to insert
automatically new bibliography references
(from search engines like ISI web of science or Inspec, ...).
Thank you,
François
Thank you for your answers !
Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
--
François RENARD
CEA/DIF/DASE/SRCE
BP 12
F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel
FRANCE
tel:(33)(0)1.69.26.62.99
fax:(33)(0)1.69.26.70.65
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread Josep Roca
A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
 Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?

Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread hansel
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Josep Roca wrote:

 A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
  Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
 
 Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)

After trying a few of the above, I settled on emacs, BibTeX mode, about 2
years ago and am very satisfied. For those who do not like emacs, one of
the above is clearly a preferred choice. Tkbibtex and pybliographer(ic?)  
worked well for me and, except for minor problems that I think related to
abbreviations, they exchange files with emacs.

-- 
Mark Hansel
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN 56563
ph: 218-477-2039 fax: 218-477-2593
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://wwwcj.mnstate.edu



Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread Renard Francois
Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, EXT / TEAMLOG MELLERIN Pierrick wrote:
JabRef (written in Java) is the good choice as for me. You can find 
it at
this address :

http://jabref.sourceforge.net/

Or Tkbibtex
www.cat.csiro.au/cmst/staff/pic/tkbibtex.html
-Message d'origine-
De : Renard Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : jeudi 17 mars 2005 15:16
À : User Lyx
Objet : bibliography
Hello everybody,
About bibliography, I'd like to know
if there is a bibliography software  to recommend for use under Linux or
Solaris,
and adapted to generate latex bibliography (.bib) and able to insert
automatically new bibliography references
(from search engines like ISI web of science or Inspec, ...).
Thank you,
François
Thank you for your answers !
Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
--
François RENARD
CEA/DIF/DASE/SRCE
BP 12
F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel
FRANCE
tel:(33)(0)1.69.26.62.99
fax:(33)(0)1.69.26.70.65
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread Josep Roca
A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
 Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?

Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread hansel
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Josep Roca wrote:

 A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
  Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
 
 Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)

After trying a few of the above, I settled on emacs, BibTeX mode, about 2
years ago and am very satisfied. For those who do not like emacs, one of
the above is clearly a preferred choice. Tkbibtex and pybliographer(ic?)  
worked well for me and, except for minor problems that I think related to
abbreviations, they exchange files with emacs.

-- 
Mark Hansel
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN 56563
ph: 218-477-2039 fax: 218-477-2593
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://wwwcj.mnstate.edu



Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread Renard Francois
Geoffrey Lloyd wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, EXT / TEAMLOG MELLERIN Pierrick wrote:
JabRef (written in Java) is the good choice as for me. You can find 
it at
this address :

http://jabref.sourceforge.net/

Or Tkbibtex
www.cat.csiro.au/cmst/staff/pic/tkbibtex.html
-Message d'origine-
De : Renard Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : jeudi 17 mars 2005 15:16
À : User Lyx
Objet : bibliography
Hello everybody,
About bibliography, I'd like to know
if there is a bibliography software  to recommend for use under Linux or
Solaris,
and adapted to generate latex bibliography (.bib) and able to insert
automatically new bibliography references
(from search engines like ISI web of science or Inspec, ...).
Thank you,
François
Thank you for your answers !
Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
--
François RENARD
CEA/DIF/DASE/SRCE
BP 12
F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel
FRANCE
tel:(33)(0)1.69.26.62.99
fax:(33)(0)1.69.26.70.65
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread Josep Roca
A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
> Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?

Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-18 Thread hansel
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Josep Roca wrote:

> A Divendres 18 Març 2005 11:16, Renard Francois va escriure:
> > Hum,  JabREF, tkbibtex, sixpack, ...  How to choose ?
> 
> Pybliographic (http://www.pybliographer.org/)

After trying a few of the above, I settled on emacs, BibTeX mode, about 2
years ago and am very satisfied. For those who do not like emacs, one of
the above is clearly a preferred choice. Tkbibtex and pybliographer(ic?)  
worked well for me and, except for minor problems that I think related to
abbreviations, they exchange files with emacs.

-- 
Mark Hansel
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN 56563
ph: 218-477-2039 fax: 218-477-2593
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://wwwcj.mnstate.edu



Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-17 Thread Geoffrey Lloyd
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, EXT / TEAMLOG MELLERIN Pierrick wrote:
JabRef (written in Java) is the good choice as for me. You can find it at
this address :
http://jabref.sourceforge.net/
Or Tkbibtex
www.cat.csiro.au/cmst/staff/pic/tkbibtex.html
-Message d'origine-
De : Renard Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : jeudi 17 mars 2005 15:16
À : User Lyx
Objet : bibliography
Hello everybody,
About bibliography, I'd like to know
if there is a bibliography software  to recommend for use under Linux or
Solaris,
and adapted to generate latex bibliography (.bib) and able to insert
automatically new bibliography references
(from search engines like ISI web of science or Inspec, ...).
Thank you,
François
--
François RENARD
CEA/DIF/DASE/SRCE
BP 12
F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel
FRANCE
tel:(33)(0)1.69.26.62.99
fax:(33)(0)1.69.26.70.65
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-17 Thread Geoffrey Lloyd
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, EXT / TEAMLOG MELLERIN Pierrick wrote:
JabRef (written in Java) is the good choice as for me. You can find it at
this address :
http://jabref.sourceforge.net/
Or Tkbibtex
www.cat.csiro.au/cmst/staff/pic/tkbibtex.html
-Message d'origine-
De : Renard Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : jeudi 17 mars 2005 15:16
À : User Lyx
Objet : bibliography
Hello everybody,
About bibliography, I'd like to know
if there is a bibliography software  to recommend for use under Linux or
Solaris,
and adapted to generate latex bibliography (.bib) and able to insert
automatically new bibliography references
(from search engines like ISI web of science or Inspec, ...).
Thank you,
François
--
François RENARD
CEA/DIF/DASE/SRCE
BP 12
F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel
FRANCE
tel:(33)(0)1.69.26.62.99
fax:(33)(0)1.69.26.70.65
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: RE : bibliography

2005-03-17 Thread Geoffrey Lloyd
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, EXT / TEAMLOG MELLERIN Pierrick wrote:
JabRef (written in Java) is the good choice as for me. You can find it at
this address :
http://jabref.sourceforge.net/
Or Tkbibtex
www.cat.csiro.au/cmst/staff/pic/tkbibtex.html
-Message d'origine-
De : Renard Francois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Envoyé : jeudi 17 mars 2005 15:16
À : User Lyx
Objet : bibliography
Hello everybody,
About bibliography, I'd like to know
if there is a bibliography software  to recommend for use under Linux or
Solaris,
and adapted to generate latex bibliography (.bib) and able to insert
automatically new bibliography references
(from search engines like ISI web of science or Inspec, ...).
Thank you,
François
--
François RENARD
CEA/DIF/DASE/SRCE
BP 12
F-91680 Bruyeres Le Chatel
FRANCE
tel:(33)(0)1.69.26.62.99
fax:(33)(0)1.69.26.70.65
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Re: Re: Bibliography

2003-02-20 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 20.02.03 12:34:30:
 
  Dominik == Dominik Wassenhoven [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
 Dominik Maybe you have to add a \usepackage{babel} *before*
 Dominik \usepackage{jurabib}, because babel *has* to be loaded before
 Dominik jurabib, but LyX puts the babel-command right before
 Dominik \begin{document}. Note that you have to use the same
 Dominik babel-options as in the LyX-settings.
 
 No option is OK, ie just \usepackage{babel}.
 
 JMarc
 

That is right, but IF using options in the LyX settings (e.g. 
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}), then just typing \usepackage{babel} in the preamble 
causes new problems: Babel cannot be loaded twice with differing options. (At least 
this problem occured here).

Dominik.-
__
Ihre eigene Internet-Seite! Kinderleicht fur Anfaenger und Profis
Kostenlos testen unter http://mypage.web.de/?mc=021110




Re: Re: Bibliography

2003-02-20 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 20.02.03 12:34:30:
 
  Dominik == Dominik Wassenhoven [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 
 Dominik Maybe you have to add a \usepackage{babel} *before*
 Dominik \usepackage{jurabib}, because babel *has* to be loaded before
 Dominik jurabib, but LyX puts the babel-command right before
 Dominik \begin{document}. Note that you have to use the same
 Dominik babel-options as in the LyX-settings.
 
 No option is OK, ie just \usepackage{babel}.
 
 JMarc
 

That is right, but IF using options in the LyX settings (e.g. 
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}), then just typing \usepackage{babel} in the preamble 
causes new problems: Babel cannot be loaded twice with differing options. (At least 
this problem occured here).

Dominik.-
__
Ihre eigene Internet-Seite! Kinderleicht fur Anfaenger und Profis
Kostenlos testen unter http://mypage.web.de/?mc=021110




Re: Re: Bibliography

2003-02-20 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 20.02.03 12:34:30:
> 
> > "Dominik" == Dominik Wassenhoven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> Dominik> Maybe you have to add a \usepackage{babel} *before*
> Dominik> \usepackage{jurabib}, because babel *has* to be loaded before
> Dominik> jurabib, but LyX puts the babel-command right before
> Dominik> \begin{document}. Note that you have to use the same
> Dominik> babel-options as in the LyX-settings.
> 
> No option is OK, ie just "\usepackage{babel}".
> 
> JMarc
> 

That is right, but IF using options in the LyX settings (e.g. 
"\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}"), then just typing "\usepackage{babel}" in the preamble 
causes new problems: Babel cannot be loaded twice with differing options. (At least 
this problem occured here).

Dominik.-
__
Ihre eigene Internet-Seite! Kinderleicht fur Anfaenger und Profis
Kostenlos testen unter http://mypage.web.de/?mc=021110




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Guenter Milde

On Wed, 15 May 2002 12:17:36 +0200 (MET DST) wrote Jean-Pierre.Chretien 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 When it comes to sorting on other fields (and more generally to
 fine sorting control), I'm not aware of the possibilities of gbib and
 pybliographics (nor tkbibtex that I use to push to LyX), 

tkbibtex does only an alphabetical sort after the key (EditSort).

 but there is bibsort among the excellent suite of awk scripts written by 
 Nelson Beebe.

You might also try BibTool, a C program for fast manipulating (sorting,
automatic key generation, remove of doublettes, excerpts, ...) available
from CTAN.

 once merged and sorted in a new bibfile, the unsrt style take the
 cited stuf as it is.

AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
and would like to see as default in LyX)).

Günter

--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Rod Pinna


 AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
 item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
 sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
 and would like to see as default in LyX)).

It isn't what I need more often, and I'm sure my preference is more
important ;)

Rod

rod   | Beneath the waves, the waves / That's where I will be /
  | I'm going to see the cow beneath the sea.
  | They Might Be Giants, Lincoln




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien


Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:59:58 +0200 (CEST)
From: Guenter Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re: Bibliography
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Wed, 15 May 2002 12:17:36 +0200 (MET DST) wrote Jean-Pierre.Chretien 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 When it comes to sorting on other fields (and more generally to
 fine sorting control), I'm not aware of the possibilities of gbib and
 pybliographics (nor tkbibtex that I use to push to LyX), 

tkbibtex does only an alphabetical sort after the key (EditSort).

 but there is bibsort among the excellent suite of awk scripts written by 
 Nelson Beebe.

You might also try BibTool, a C program for fast manipulating (sorting,
automatic key generation, remove of doublettes, excerpts, ...) available
from CTAN.

 once merged and sorted in a new bibfile, the unsrt style take the
 cited stuf as it is.

AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
and would like to see as default in LyX)).

OK, I guess I was unclear because I often use \nocite{*}
to cite the whole database, in which case unsrt prints it in the
order of the bib file.
So to make use of an advanced external sorting tool, I don't see
any other solution than issuing a \nocite{*} 
just after the \begin{document} and restricting the database to
the set of desired records.
Issuing an explicit \nocite{key1,key2,...} with unsrt is OK, but it
removes in fact the need for external sorting.

plain sorts by {author|editor|organization},year,title in all cases.

Does this sound OK ?

-- 
Jean-Pierre




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Guenter Milde

On Wed, 15 May 2002 12:17:36 +0200 (MET DST) wrote Jean-Pierre.Chretien 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 When it comes to sorting on other fields (and more generally to
 fine sorting control), I'm not aware of the possibilities of gbib and
 pybliographics (nor tkbibtex that I use to push to LyX), 

tkbibtex does only an alphabetical sort after the key (EditSort).

 but there is bibsort among the excellent suite of awk scripts written by 
 Nelson Beebe.

You might also try BibTool, a C program for fast manipulating (sorting,
automatic key generation, remove of doublettes, excerpts, ...) available
from CTAN.

 once merged and sorted in a new bibfile, the unsrt style take the
 cited stuf as it is.

AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
and would like to see as default in LyX)).

Günter

--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Rod Pinna


 AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
 item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
 sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
 and would like to see as default in LyX)).

It isn't what I need more often, and I'm sure my preference is more
important ;)

Rod

rod   | Beneath the waves, the waves / That's where I will be /
  | I'm going to see the cow beneath the sea.
  | They Might Be Giants, Lincoln




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien


Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:59:58 +0200 (CEST)
From: Guenter Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re: Bibliography
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Wed, 15 May 2002 12:17:36 +0200 (MET DST) wrote Jean-Pierre.Chretien 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 When it comes to sorting on other fields (and more generally to
 fine sorting control), I'm not aware of the possibilities of gbib and
 pybliographics (nor tkbibtex that I use to push to LyX), 

tkbibtex does only an alphabetical sort after the key (EditSort).

 but there is bibsort among the excellent suite of awk scripts written by 
 Nelson Beebe.

You might also try BibTool, a C program for fast manipulating (sorting,
automatic key generation, remove of doublettes, excerpts, ...) available
from CTAN.

 once merged and sorted in a new bibfile, the unsrt style take the
 cited stuf as it is.

AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
and would like to see as default in LyX)).

OK, I guess I was unclear because I often use \nocite{*}
to cite the whole database, in which case unsrt prints it in the
order of the bib file.
So to make use of an advanced external sorting tool, I don't see
any other solution than issuing a \nocite{*} 
just after the \begin{document} and restricting the database to
the set of desired records.
Issuing an explicit \nocite{key1,key2,...} with unsrt is OK, but it
removes in fact the need for external sorting.

plain sorts by {author|editor|organization},year,title in all cases.

Does this sound OK ?

-- 
Jean-Pierre




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Guenter Milde

On Wed, 15 May 2002 12:17:36 +0200 (MET DST) wrote "Jean-Pierre.Chretien" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> When it comes to sorting on other fields (and more generally to
> fine sorting control), I'm not aware of the possibilities of gbib and
> pybliographics (nor tkbibtex that I use to push to LyX), 

tkbibtex does only an alphabetical sort after the key (Edit>Sort).

> but there is bibsort among the excellent suite of awk scripts written by 
> Nelson Beebe.

You might also try BibTool, a C program for fast manipulating (sorting,
automatic key generation, remove of doublettes, excerpts, ...) available
from CTAN.

> once merged and sorted in a new bibfile, the unsrt style take the
> cited stuf as it is.

AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
and would like to see as default in LyX)).

Günter

--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Rod Pinna


> AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
> item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
> sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
> and would like to see as default in LyX)).

It isn't what I need more often, and I'm sure my preference is more
important ;)

Rod

rod   | "Beneath the waves, the waves / That's where I will be /
  | I'm going to see the cow beneath the sea."
  | They Might Be Giants, Lincoln




Re: Re: Bibliography

2002-05-16 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien


>>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:59:58 +0200 (CEST)
>>From: Guenter Milde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Re: Re: Bibliography
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>On Wed, 15 May 2002 12:17:36 +0200 (MET DST) wrote "Jean-Pierre.Chretien" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>> When it comes to sorting on other fields (and more generally to
>>> fine sorting control), I'm not aware of the possibilities of gbib and
>>> pybliographics (nor tkbibtex that I use to push to LyX), 
>>
>>tkbibtex does only an alphabetical sort after the key (Edit>Sort).
>>
>>> but there is bibsort among the excellent suite of awk scripts written by 
>>> Nelson Beebe.
>>
>>You might also try BibTool, a C program for fast manipulating (sorting,
>>automatic key generation, remove of doublettes, excerpts, ...) available
>>from CTAN.
>>
>>> once merged and sorted in a new bibfile, the unsrt style take the
>>> cited stuf as it is.
>>
>>AFAIK, the unsrt bibtex style does a sequential numbering: the first cited
>>item gets [1], the next [2] and so on. (i.e. it is not really unsorted but
>>sorted by appearance in the doc (which BTW is the style I need most often
>>and would like to see as default in LyX)).

OK, I guess I was unclear because I often use \nocite{*}
to cite the whole database, in which case unsrt prints it in the
order of the bib file.
So to make use of an advanced external sorting tool, I don't see
any other solution than issuing a \nocite{*} 
just after the \begin{document} and restricting the database to
the set of desired records.
Issuing an explicit \nocite{key1,key2,...} with unsrt is OK, but it
removes in fact the need for external sorting.

plain sorts by {author|editor|organization},year,title in all cases.

Does this sound OK ?

-- 
Jean-Pierre