Re: Biblatex or bibtex
Zitat von Baris Erkus : On 20-Jul-19 4:41 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: I used bibtex so far but thought to switch to biblatex, since I assumed it would handle diacritics better. However, I am unexperienced and e.g. don't know how to get in the bibliography the surname, a comma, and only the first character of the prename with a ., example: Biblatex gives me in the setting (were and how do I change it??) Leis, Jeffrey M. and Siebeck, Ulrike and Dixson, Danielle L. I would, however, like to have it as Leis, J. M. and Siebeck, U. and Dixson, D. L. Do I have to do this in the reference manager? could somebody recommend information on biblatex? Or should I stay with bitex and battle the diacritics? Wolfgang If you are not currently working on a very urgent document, I think biblatex is worth to learn. I believe biblatex will replace bibtex. The manual of biblatex is great but some google'ing and stackexchanging really helps... -- ↓↓ Please bottom-post. Start your reply here: Yes, but I am afraid I am too old to learn it as fast as I have to in order to finish my book chapter. It's a Springer book and they have a special style file. Wolfgang
Re: Biblatex or bibtex
On 20-Jul-19 4:41 PM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > I used bibtex so far but thought to switch to biblatex, since I > assumed it would handle diacritics better. However, I am unexperienced > and e.g. don't know how to get in the bibliography the surname, a > comma, and only the first character of the prename with a ., example: > Biblatex gives me in the setting (were and how do I change it??) > > Leis, Jeffrey M. and Siebeck, Ulrike and Dixson, Danielle L. > > I would, however, like to have it as > > Leis, J. M. and Siebeck, U. and Dixson, D. L. > > Do I have to do this in the reference manager? > > could somebody recommend information on biblatex? Or should I stay > with bitex and battle the diacritics? > > Wolfgang > If you are not currently working on a very urgent document, I think biblatex is worth to learn. I believe biblatex will replace bibtex. The manual of biblatex is great but some google'ing and stackexchanging really helps... -- ↓↓ Please bottom-post. Start your reply here:
Re: Biblatex or bibtex
Am Samstag, den 20.07.2019, 15:41 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann: > example: Biblatex gives me > in the setting (were and how do I change it??) > > Leis, Jeffrey M. and Siebeck, Ulrike and Dixson, Danielle L. > > I would, however, like to have it as > > Leis, J. M. and Siebeck, U. and Dixson, D. L. For this particular case: Add option giveninits=true to Document > Setting > Bibliography > Citation Style > Options Styles can be selected at the same pane of the dialog. > Do I have to do this in the reference manager? No. > could somebody recommend information on biblatex? The biblatex manual is comprehensive. For a first start, the LyX user guide (6.5.2) has some general information. > Or should I stay with > bitex and battle the diacritics? Biblatex is worth the learning curve. Jürgen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
