bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar behaviour. the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and this causes strange things to happen in lyx 1.3.6 using natbib numerical - the citation menu goes fubar. can someone confirm this? shouldnt the

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar behaviour. the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and this causes strange things to happen in lyx 1.3.6 using natbib numerical -

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
the question is if the bibtex parser should be smart? actually, iirc bibtool provides a nice API - why doesnt lyx use the bibtool libs and API? martin On 25/01/06, Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled upon this

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
btw, bibtex syntax may seem stupid, but it is extremely flexible, which is needed in a typographic world, where there are very limited use of any standards. martin On 25/01/06, Martin A. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the question is if the bibtex parser should be smart? actually, iirc

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:41 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: the question is if the bibtex parser should be smart? No, an external parser written by BibTeX experts would be preferable IMO. actually, iirc bibtool provides a nice API - why doesnt lyx use the bibtool libs and API? The API is

bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
have anyone contacted the author of bibtool. i think i saw his homepage at some point - he seems to be quite a geeky fellow doing nothing but latex/bibtex by the look of his publications/talks - perhaps he could be moved to adapt the api to work with stdin instead of some file? and if not - well,

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:24 schrieb Georg Baum: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar behaviour. the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and this causes strange

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
try here http://www.gerd-neugebauer.de/software/TeX/BibTool.en.html (pølsetysker :o) martin On 25/01/06, Wolfgang Engelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:24 schrieb Georg Baum: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled

bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar behaviour. the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and this causes strange things to happen in lyx 1.3.6 using natbib numerical - the citation menu goes fubar. can someone confirm this? shouldnt the

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar behaviour. the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and this causes strange things to happen in lyx 1.3.6 using natbib numerical -

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
the question is if the bibtex parser should be smart? actually, iirc bibtool provides a nice API - why doesnt lyx use the bibtool libs and API? martin On 25/01/06, Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled upon this

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
btw, bibtex syntax may seem stupid, but it is extremely flexible, which is needed in a typographic world, where there are very limited use of any standards. martin On 25/01/06, Martin A. Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the question is if the bibtex parser should be smart? actually, iirc

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:41 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: the question is if the bibtex parser should be smart? No, an external parser written by BibTeX experts would be preferable IMO. actually, iirc bibtool provides a nice API - why doesnt lyx use the bibtool libs and API? The API is

bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
have anyone contacted the author of bibtool. i think i saw his homepage at some point - he seems to be quite a geeky fellow doing nothing but latex/bibtex by the look of his publications/talks - perhaps he could be moved to adapt the api to work with stdin instead of some file? and if not - well,

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:24 schrieb Georg Baum: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar behaviour. the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and this causes strange

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
try here http://www.gerd-neugebauer.de/software/TeX/BibTool.en.html (pølsetysker :o) martin On 25/01/06, Wolfgang Engelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:24 schrieb Georg Baum: Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: i have stumpled

bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar behaviour. the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and this causes strange things to happen in lyx 1.3.6 using natbib numerical -> the citation menu goes fubar. can someone confirm this? shouldnt

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: > i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar > behaviour. > > the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and > this causes strange things to happen in lyx 1.3.6 using natbib numerical

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
the question is if the bibtex parser should be "smart"? actually, iirc bibtool provides a nice API - why doesnt lyx use the bibtool libs and API? martin On 25/01/06, Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: > > i have stumpled

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
btw, bibtex syntax may seem stupid, but it is extremely flexible, which is needed in a typographic world, where there are very limited use of any standards. martin On 25/01/06, Martin A. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the question is if the bibtex parser should be "smart"? > >

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:41 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: > the question is if the bibtex parser should be "smart"? No, an external parser written by BibTeX experts would be preferable IMO. > actually, iirc bibtool provides a nice API - why doesnt lyx use the bibtool > libs and API? The API

bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
have anyone contacted the author of bibtool. i think i saw his homepage at some point - he seems to be quite a geeky fellow doing nothing but latex/bibtex by the look of his publications/talks - perhaps he could be moved to adapt the api to work with stdin instead of some file? and if not - well,

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:24 schrieb Georg Baum: > Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: > > i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar > > behaviour. > > > > the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, and > > this

Re: bibtex parser bug

2006-01-25 Thread Martin A. Hansen
try here http://www.gerd-neugebauer.de/software/TeX/BibTool.en.html (pølsetysker :o) martin On 25/01/06, Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 21:24 schrieb Georg Baum: > > Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: > > > i have