On Saturday 11 January 2014 09:34:17 KIM Musak wrote: Just saw this; its the same issue I have posted just now under Biblatex and LyX issue #was: Re: Author-year in Lyx
Wolfgang > Dear Stefano, unfortunately I still can't get lyx to > 1) show Author-Year , instead the bibtexkey shown > 2) no bibliography listed at the end of the text > > I am pretty sure the problem happens during generation of the PDF file. > The reasons being, I could see all the reference in my Lyx document, I > could cite the selected reference. They are nicely shown in lyx file, > and nicely shown as Author-Year. The only problem is when I click > preview, the PDF only shows the citation but only in bibtexkey and no > bibliography printed. Anything to do with the module? or Windows 8? or > probably with Lyx 2.0.6? > > --, what have I done wrong? still clueless --- > > Regards, > > Kamarul > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 1:30 AM, Stefano Franchi <stef...@tamu.edu> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:49 AM, KIM Musak <kim2u4...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Stefano and all, > >> > >> Coming back to setting Lyx to work with biblatex, I am not so sure > >> how to make it works in my Lyx. I have tried the steps listed at > >> http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex , which includes > >> 1) Put the file biblatex.module in the layouts folder > > > > 2) Reconfigure Lyx - then restart > > > >> 3) Setting the Preamble with > >> a) \usepackage[style=authoryear,natbib=true,backend=bibtex]{biblatex} > > > > you should really use biber instead of bibtex with bibblatex. It is > > not mandatory but I strongly recommend it. Many biblatex features > > only wotk with biber. So replace your line with: > > > > \usepackage[style=authoryear,natbib=true,backend=biber]{biblatex} > > > > (actually biber is the default, so you clould eliminate the backend > > clause completely, but just for clarity) > > > >> b) \usepackage[style=numeric,backend=bibtex]{biblatex} > > > > This is wrong. You should only load biblatex once, with the style you > > want. So either load it with style=authoryear, or with style=numeric, > > but do not load it twice > > > > Stefano, yes, I used only > > \usepackage[style=authoryear,natbib=true,backend=biber]{biblatex} > > c) \addbibresource{<name of bib-file with .bib-extension>} > > > You should have the complete path from root here, otherwise biblatex > > won't find you bib file. This is actually lyx's problem, not > > biblatex's. The problem is that when you instruct lix to typeset your > > file into a a pdf, lyx first copies your lyx-converted tex file to a > > temp directory, then it runs (pdf)latex and biber/bibtex on it. At > > that point, the relative path you had inserted in the preamble > > becomes meaningless since you are no longer in the original location. > > IN SHORT: always use absolute paths in your \addbibresource commands > > in the preamble. > > Stefano, i did use the complete the path and also the file name only > > >> 4) insert the BibTeX inset (Insert→List/TOC→BibTeX Bibliography... ) > >> in a LyX note or comment > > > > good > > I can confirmed that I did this > > >> 5) enter \printbibliography in ERT > > > > good > > I can confirm that i did this > > > 6) change from bibtex to biber, go to Tools→Settings→Output→LaTeX and > > > >> change the bibtex > > > > good > > I can confirm I did this > > > 7) pass the option backend=biber > > > > see comment to point 3a above > > I did add this and without this > > >> When I inserted the citation, Lyx managed to find it. > >> But when I previewed it, the citation is not in author-year and no > >> bibliography printed > >> > >> Did I miss any steps? I am using Lyx 2.0.6 > > > > Let me know if it works. > > > > Cheers, > > Stefano > > -- > > __________________________________________________ > > Stefano Franchi > > Associate Research Professor > > Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 > > Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 > > College Station, Texas, USA > > > > stef...@tamu.edu > > http://stefano.cleinias.org
