Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-06 15:47 GMT+02:00 stefano franchi :

> This is the best and most succinct explanation I have ever seen. It should
> probably become the header of the relevant  wiki page on biblatex:
>

Done.

Jürgen

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

[stefano franchi]

On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller  wrote:

>
>
In a way, we fool both biblatex and LyX in order to let them cooperate.
>
>
This is the best and most succinct explanation I have ever seen. It should
probably become the header of the relevant  wiki page on biblatex:

"How to fool  biblatex and LyX in order to let them cooperate."
[details on natbib settings/authoryear syle and natbib=true follow]

Stefano



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Re: Compatibility between Maverick and Lyx

[Murat Yildizoglu]

I am using the recent beta2 (not the RC yet) without much problems.

Le dimanche 6 avril 2014, Harold Mouras  a écrit :

>
>
>
> Dear Lyx Users,
> I just moved to OS X 10.9.2 and Lyx does not want to open anymore (last
> version of Lyx available as a mac installable package). Have you heard
> about some incompatibilities between LyX and Maverick ?
> Thank you very much in a advance,
> Sincerely yours,
> Harold MOURAS
>
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Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-06 14:39 GMT+02:00 stefano franchi:

> > Do I need to say natbib=true? Because I said so already in my
> preferences.
>
> You do. The preference on settings is for LyX. The "natbib=true" is for
> biblatex. You need both.
>
More precisely: You need both if you want to use author-year citation
support of LyX for biblatex. "natbib=true" simply enables natbib syntax in
biblatex (i.e., \citep, \citealt etc. in addition to biblatex's own
commands, \textcite, \parencite etc.). You can use biblatex for author-year
citations without "natbib=true", and actually, this is the preferred
approach from the biblatex POV. However, LyX currently does not support
biblatex's own commands, so you would have to enter these in TeX mode
(ERT). The "natbib=true" trick in conjunction with the biblatex.module
provided on the wiki allows you to use biblatex with LyX _as if_ you would
use natbib. In a way, we fool both biblatex and LyX in order to let them
cooperate.

These workarounds will hopefully vanish eventually (once someone has
volunteered to implement native biblatex support in LyX, which is quite a
big task).

Jürgen

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

[stefano franchi]

On Apr 6, 2014 6:47 AM, "Bernd Kappenberg"  wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Hi Bernd,
>>
>> I'm not sure about what you're trying to do. The file you sent has
basically no content, let alone citations. There is only one word, "LyX".
There are no citations of any kind.
>>
>> Second, the \addbibresource command in the preamble should include the
absolute path to the bib file, even if it is in the same directory as the
lyx file It works as it is in the your document because the bib file is in
a standard TeX location. This is not usually the case though).
>>
>> Third, I am not sure if you want to use natbib. You did select the
natbib option in the settings, but you did not load the biblatex module,
nor did you indicate to biblatex that you want to use a natbib-like style.
You need to add the natbib=true option when you load biblatex.
>>
>> I added a couple of citations to your document, modified the biblatex
loading command, and added the biblatex module. The file compiles as
expected, it seems to me (see enclosed).
>>
>> Or were you trying to cite all the references in the
biblatex-example.bib file in one single swoop? In that case, you should add
the command \nocite{*} in ERT in your document (I put it in a LyX note, if
you want to try it)
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Stefano
>>
> Dear Stefano,
>
> Thank you very much. Yes, \nocite{*} did the trick! I'm sorry I was not
clear what I wanted to do.
>
> Do I need to say natbib=true? Because I said so already in my preferences.

You do. The preference on settings is for LyX. The "natbib=true" is for
biblatex. You need both. You also need a biblatex style consistent with
natbib. The most commonly used is author year and its variations. You may
want to take a look at biblatex's extensive documentation about styles.

Cheers,

Stefano

> Regards,
> Bernd

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

[Bernd Kappenberg]

2014-04-05 22:00 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg >:


I changed English to German, but "user defined",
"\usepackage{polyglossia}" was default. I did not change that.


Set it to "Automatically", unless you really know what you are doing. 
Your setting is bound to fail.


Strangely it worked, but anyway, now I've set it to "Automatically".

Thank you Jürgen and Stefano for helping me!

Bernd :)

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

[Bernd Kappenberg]

Hi Bernd,

I'm not sure about what you're trying to do. The file you sent has 
basically no content, let alone citations. There is only one word, 
"LyX". There are no citations of any kind.


Second, the \addbibresource command in the preamble should include the 
absolute path to the bib file, even if it is in the same directory as 
the lyx file It works as it is in the your document because the bib 
file is in a standard TeX location. This is not usually the case though).


Third, I am not sure if you want to use natbib. You did select the 
natbib option in the settings, but you did not load the biblatex 
module, nor did you indicate to biblatex that you want to use a 
natbib-like style. You need to add the natbib=true option when you 
load biblatex.


I added a couple of citations to your document, modified the biblatex 
loading command, and added the biblatex module. The file compiles as 
expected, it seems to me (see enclosed).


Or were you trying to cite all the references in the 
biblatex-example.bib file in one single swoop? In that case, you 
should add the command \nocite{*} in ERT in your document (I put it in 
a LyX note, if you want to try it)




Cheers,

Stefano


Dear Stefano,

Thank you very much. Yes, \nocite{*} did the trick! I'm sorry I was not 
clear what I wanted to do.


Do I need to say natbib=true? Because I said so already in my preferences.

Regards,
Bernd

Re: Compatibility between Maverick and Lyx

[Anders Ekberg]

With ²last version² I assume 2.0.7.1?
Works fine for me on two computers (although I have mainly changed to
2.1rc1-now).
Could you elaborate on "does not want to open²?

/Anders

From:  Harold Mouras 
Date:  söndag 6 april 2014 13:03
To:  
Subject:  Compatibility between Maverick and Lyx

Dear Lyx Users, 
I just moved to OS X 10.9.2 and Lyx does not want to open anymore (last
version of Lyx available as a mac installable package). Have you heard about
some incompatibilities between LyX and Maverick ?
Thank you very much in a advance,
Sincerely yours, 
Harold MOURAS

Compatibility between Maverick and Lyx

[Harold Mouras]

Dear Lyx Users,
I just moved to OS X 10.9.2 and Lyx does not want to open anymore (last
version of Lyx available as a mac installable package). Have you heard
about some incompatibilities between LyX and Maverick ?
Thank you very much in a advance,
Sincerely yours,
Harold MOURAS


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Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

2014-04-05 22:00 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg :

>  I changed English to German, but "user defined",
> "\usepackage{polyglossia}" was default. I did not change that.
>

Set it to "Automatically", unless you really know what you are doing. Your
setting is bound to fail.


> I sent you in the last mail the updated version.
>

As Stefano already wrote: This one does not contain a single citation.

Jürgen


>
> Bernd
>