Actually, I do use a bibtex file in order to insert references. However, I'd like to be able to insert single bibliographic references anywhere in the text, and not just at the end under a section title (References). Is this possible?
2011/6/16 Julien Rioux <jri...@physics.utoronto.ca>: > On 16/06/2011 7:28 AM, Trevor Jenkins wrote: >> >> I don't have answer but a related question. >> >> Occasionally I want to include a citation in a document that doesn't >> warrant >> being added to my set of LaTeX .bib files. I can't figure out how I might >> to >> that in LyX (other than hard coding the TeX stuff by hand). >> > > As Richard said you would need ERT or at the very least preamble code. LaTeX > provides a filecontents environment to produce external files. You could use > that. See e.g. > > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/20317/internal-bibliography-with-biblatex/20318#20318 > > (the question is about biblatex, but it doesn't matter) > > So you would put > > \begin{filecontents*}{extra_citation_not_worth_a_bib_file.bib} > <the bibtex code> > \end{filecontents*} > > in the preamble and add extra_citation_not_worth_a_bib_file to the bibTeX > inset in your LyX document. > > Although if a citation is worth adding to a document in my opinion it is > worth adding to a bib file. > >> As to your specific question I agree with Manolo Martinez the overhead of >> including more than an *ad hoc* citation will result in your LyX file(s) >> becoming bloated. You will probably save effort by using a dedicated >> bilbiography management tool such as BibDesk or Jabref. Not least saving >> time and face by only having the need to update a single copy of your >> entrie >> rather than all of them in all LyX files. >> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen< >> torq...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> What is the simplest way of working with a LyX document involving >>> citations, without using a bibtex file for each LyX file? I want to be >>> able >>> to use the LyX frontend to select citations from a list. Can this be done >>> in >>> a way that does not involve a separate bibtex file? >>> >>> Will LyX have a "self-contained" bibliography system sometime? I.e. one >>> where you both insert and retrieve citations within LyX, and it is all >>> stored in the *.lyx file. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Torquil Sørensen >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Julien > >
