Creating References
Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson
Re: Creating References
How are you trying to go about creating your list? It is pretty simple, actually. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 02:35pm, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson --
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson Hi Bill, Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Put it somewhere. (I like to keep a dedicated BiBTeX dir.) In LyX, move the cursor to the bottom of a document you are working on and select Insert - List/TOC - BibTeX Bibliography. That will bring up a dialog. Click on Add... and then click on Browse... in the smaller dialog that pops up. Navigate to wherever you put the bibliography and select it and click Add and OK. That should insert a greyish thingy at the bottom of your document that says BibTeX Generated Bibliography. Now, when you need a citation in your document, select Insert - Citation. You should see all of the entries on the bibliography in the Available Citations window to the left. Use the Search function to find a citation. (You might try hanson! ;-) Select the one(s) you want and click Add (for each one). You can fine-tune the citation in the lower half of the window (e.g., add page numbers, etc). You will want some sort of BibTeX bibliography manager for your platform. The program of choice under OS X is BibDesk (free), which is excellent. I use BibDesk but also the desktop application from Mendeley.com, which is available under all three major platform; it is capable of managing BibTeX bibliographies. Let me know how that works for you. -chris ps: There *might* be some problems using a BibTeX bibliography manager with the bibliography above, as there are links to PDFs on my system, although I suspect all that will happen is that they will be flagged as bogus.
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib -chris
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib *blush* Two slashes needed after http:, of course. Sorry everyone...
Re: Creating References
On 10/18/2011 09:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). There are two ways - by using or not using a .bib (bibtex) file 1. without using .bib file at the end of your document, choose paragraph style Bibliography and enter your references directly in the document. Once you enter them, you can InsertCitation... 2. using a .bib file (usually produced by a reference management program, like Mendeley) InsertList/TOCBibTeX bibliography Use the Add... button to choose your .bib file Choose the style, in the same dialog, my favourite is abbrvnat Now you can Insert/Citation...
Re: Creating References
On 10/18/2011 03:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson The standard bibliography environment, available for the article, AMS-article, and most other document classes, works well for a smallish bibliography. It is, frankly, all I ever use. I have had some coauthors who use bibtex, but we have also always used raw LaTeX to write the file under those conditions (I was not the main text-writer on those). So, I have no experience with bibtex in LyX, but lots of people use it. -- David L. Johnson A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. -- Paul Erdos
Creating References
Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson
Re: Creating References
How are you trying to go about creating your list? It is pretty simple, actually. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 02:35pm, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson --
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson Hi Bill, Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Put it somewhere. (I like to keep a dedicated BiBTeX dir.) In LyX, move the cursor to the bottom of a document you are working on and select Insert - List/TOC - BibTeX Bibliography. That will bring up a dialog. Click on Add... and then click on Browse... in the smaller dialog that pops up. Navigate to wherever you put the bibliography and select it and click Add and OK. That should insert a greyish thingy at the bottom of your document that says BibTeX Generated Bibliography. Now, when you need a citation in your document, select Insert - Citation. You should see all of the entries on the bibliography in the Available Citations window to the left. Use the Search function to find a citation. (You might try hanson! ;-) Select the one(s) you want and click Add (for each one). You can fine-tune the citation in the lower half of the window (e.g., add page numbers, etc). You will want some sort of BibTeX bibliography manager for your platform. The program of choice under OS X is BibDesk (free), which is excellent. I use BibDesk but also the desktop application from Mendeley.com, which is available under all three major platform; it is capable of managing BibTeX bibliographies. Let me know how that works for you. -chris ps: There *might* be some problems using a BibTeX bibliography manager with the bibliography above, as there are links to PDFs on my system, although I suspect all that will happen is that they will be flagged as bogus.
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib -chris
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib *blush* Two slashes needed after http:, of course. Sorry everyone...
Re: Creating References
On 10/18/2011 09:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). There are two ways - by using or not using a .bib (bibtex) file 1. without using .bib file at the end of your document, choose paragraph style Bibliography and enter your references directly in the document. Once you enter them, you can InsertCitation... 2. using a .bib file (usually produced by a reference management program, like Mendeley) InsertList/TOCBibTeX bibliography Use the Add... button to choose your .bib file Choose the style, in the same dialog, my favourite is abbrvnat Now you can Insert/Citation...
Re: Creating References
On 10/18/2011 03:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson The standard bibliography environment, available for the article, AMS-article, and most other document classes, works well for a smallish bibliography. It is, frankly, all I ever use. I have had some coauthors who use bibtex, but we have also always used raw LaTeX to write the file under those conditions (I was not the main text-writer on those). So, I have no experience with bibtex in LyX, but lots of people use it. -- David L. Johnson A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. -- Paul Erdos
Creating References
Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson
Re: Creating References
How are you trying to go about creating your list? It is pretty simple, actually. Manolo On 10/18/11 at 02:35pm, William Hanson wrote: > Dear All, > > I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm > now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of > references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various > links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably > missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. > > Bill Hanson --
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: > Dear All, > > I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm > now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). > The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX > web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something > petty simple, but I'm stuck. > > Bill Hanson Hi Bill, Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Put it somewhere. (I like to keep a dedicated BiBTeX dir.) In LyX, move the cursor to the bottom of a document you are working on and select Insert -> List/TOC -> BibTeX Bibliography. That will bring up a dialog. Click on "Add..." and then click on "Browse..." in the smaller dialog that pops up. Navigate to wherever you put the bibliography and select it and click "Add" and "OK". That should insert a greyish thingy at the bottom of your document that says "BibTeX Generated Bibliography". Now, when you need a citation in your document, select "Insert -> Citation". You should see all of the entries on the bibliography in the "Available Citations" window to the left. Use the Search function to find a citation. (You might try "hanson"! ;-) Select the one(s) you want and click "Add" (for each one). You can fine-tune the citation in the lower half of the window (e.g., add page numbers, etc). You will want some sort of BibTeX bibliography manager for your platform. The program of choice under OS X is BibDesk (free), which is excellent. I use BibDesk but also the desktop application from Mendeley.com, which is available under all three major platform; it is capable of managing BibTeX bibliographies. Let me know how that works for you. -chris ps: There *might* be some problems using a BibTeX bibliography manager with the bibliography above, as there are links to PDFs on my system, although I suspect all that will happen is that they will be flagged as bogus.
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: > Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: > > http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib -chris
Re: Creating References
On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: > On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:02 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: >> Grab my main BibTeX bibliography here: >> >> http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.org > > Yikes! Make that: http:/cmenzel.org/MenzelBib.bib *blush* Two slashes needed after "http:", of course. Sorry everyone...
Re: Creating References
On 10/18/2011 09:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). There are two ways - by using or not using a .bib (bibtex) file 1. without using .bib file at the end of your document, choose paragraph style "Bibliography" and enter your references directly in the document. Once you enter them, you can Insert>Citation... 2. using a .bib file (usually produced by a reference management program, like Mendeley) Insert>List/TOC>BibTeX bibliography Use the Add... button to choose your .bib file Choose the style, in the same dialog, my favourite is "abbrvnat" Now you can Insert/Citation...
Re: Creating References
On 10/18/2011 03:35 PM, William Hanson wrote: Dear All, I've used LyX for a while, and I'm familiar with the basic features, but I'm now trying for the first time to create a bibliography (list of references). The Users' Guide doesn't help, and neither do the various links on the LyX web site (e.g., to information on BibTeX). I'm probably missing something petty simple, but I'm stuck. Bill Hanson The standard bibliography environment, available for the article, AMS-article, and most other document classes, works well for a smallish bibliography. It is, frankly, all I ever use. I have had some coauthors who use bibtex, but we have also always used raw LaTeX to write the file under those conditions (I was not the main text-writer on those). So, I have no experience with bibtex in LyX, but lots of people use it. -- David L. Johnson A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. -- Paul Erdos
