Re: hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
2012/4/26 Peter Coles :
> Stefano, Richard thanks. After some toying, the following worked:
>
> 1) I added to the preamble the full block Richard described, replacing the
> 's with at symbols (this replacement was probably obvious to everyone
> except
> me.) I also changed the first line as you suggested.
>
> 2) I added \setlength\itemindent{-.5in} to the block, and changed
> \leftmargin\labelwidth to \setlength\leftmargin{.5in}
>
> The bibliography style I am using, aea.bst, seems to use empty labels rather
> than, for example, numbers to enumerate bibliography items. Hence, rather than
> playing with the labelwidth, which had no effect for me, I indented by a
> negative amount and then shoved the whole list back to the right the same
> amount.
>
> A pain, but it's done! Thanks, all.
Actually, since you use natbib, a simple
\setlength\bibhang{.5in}
would have probably sufficed as well.
Jürgen
Re: hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
stefano franchi gmail.com> writes:
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Peter Coles gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> Richard Heck comcast.net> writes:
> > Thank you. Could you shed some light on where I should be making these
edits?
> > Am I to insert \renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]{} as ERT somewhere
in
> > the main .lyx document? Or is there some other file I need to edit? I'm
using
> > LyX for Windows.
> >
>
> Peter,
>
> you should copy the whole block of code and paste it into your
> preamble (Document>>Settings>>Latex Preamble)
>
> Then, change the first line to read
>
> \renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
>
> ("renew" instead of "new")
>
> Now you are ready to play with the parameters as Richard suggested.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stefano
Stefano, Richard thanks. After some toying, the following worked:
1) I added to the preamble the full block Richard described, replacing the
's with at symbols (this replacement was probably obvious to everyone
except
me.) I also changed the first line as you suggested.
2) I added \setlength\itemindent{-.5in} to the block, and changed
\leftmargin\labelwidth to \setlength\leftmargin{.5in}
The bibliography style I am using, aea.bst, seems to use empty labels rather
than, for example, numbers to enumerate bibliography items. Hence, rather than
playing with the labelwidth, which had no effect for me, I indented by a
negative amount and then shoved the whole list back to the right the same
amount.
A pain, but it's done! Thanks, all.
Re: hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Peter Coles wrote:
>> Richard Heck comcast.net> writes:
> Thank you. Could you shed some light on where I should be making these edits?
> Am I to insert \renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]{} as ERT somewhere in
> the main .lyx document? Or is there some other file I need to edit? I'm using
> LyX for Windows.
>
Peter,
you should copy the whole block of code and paste it into your
preamble (Document>>Settings>>Latex Preamble)
Then, change the first line to read
\renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
("renew" instead of "new")
Now you are ready to play with the parameters as Richard suggested.
Cheers,
Stefano
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Re: hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
> Richard Heck comcast.net> writes:
>
> ...
>
>
>See e.g.
> http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm
> for a description of what you might try changing. Ultimately, you'd
> need to do:
> \renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]{}
> Richard
>
Thank you. Could you shed some light on where I should be making these edits?
Am I to insert \renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]{} as ERT somewhere in
the main .lyx document? Or is there some other file I need to edit? I'm using
LyX for Windows.
Re: hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
On 04/24/2012 02:49 PM, Peter Coles wrote:
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Manolo Martínez
mailto:man...@austrohungaro.com>> wrote:
On 04/24/12 at 04:19pm, Peter Coles wrote:
> Hi all --
>
> A journal has requested that the hanging indent in my
bibliography be exactly .5
> inches. Is there an easy way to do this using lyx?
>
> I am using lyx 2.0, bibtex, article class, natbib, and aea.bst.
>
> Many thanks!
> Peter
>
> (I tried searching the forum on this topic, and could only find
outdated or
> inapplicable responses.)
>
I don't have time to play around with this right now, but the answer is,
yes, of course, one can do anything in LaTeX. In this case, article.cls
sets the bibliography using:
\newenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
{\section*{\refname}%
\@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\refname}{\MakeUppercase\refname}%
\list{\@biblabel{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
\leftmargin\labelwidth
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\@openbib@code
\usecounter{enumiv}%
\let\p@enumiv\@empty
\renewcommand\theenumiv{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
\sloppy
\clubpenalty4000
\@clubpenalty \clubpenalty
\widowpenalty4000%
\sfcode`\.\@m}
{\def\@noitemerr
{\@latex@warning{Empty `thebibliography' environment}}%
\endlist}
So the bibliography is itself set as a list, with the individual items
set using \bibitem (which is defined in latex.ltx).
The list parameters are defined in this block:
{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
\leftmargin\labelwidth
\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
\@openbib@code
\usecounter{enumiv}%
\let\p@enumiv\@empty
\renewcommand\theenumiv{\@arabic\c@enumiv}}
It's just the first few that are relevant here. See e.g.
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm
for a description of what you might try changing. Ultimately, you'd need
to do:
\renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]{}
Richard
Re: hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Manolo Martínez wrote: > On 04/24/12 at 04:19pm, Peter Coles wrote: > > Hi all -- > > > > A journal has requested that the hanging indent in my bibliography be > exactly .5 > > inches. Is there an easy way to do this using lyx? > > > > I am using lyx 2.0, bibtex, article class, natbib, and aea.bst. > > > > Many thanks! > > Peter > > > > (I tried searching the forum on this topic, and could only find outdated > or > > inapplicable responses.) > > > > Hi, Peter, > > Just out of curiosity: this journal asks you to typeset your paper > yourself? > > Manolo > Yes -- the journal is the online-only BE Journal of Theoretical Economics, which was recently purchased by De Gruyter. They were initially a non-profit entity, and offered free access to their journals. Presumably self-typesetting was one way to keep costs low, and the online-only nature made perfect standardization of type less critical. Seems like they would be well-served to offer some lyx/latex templates, huh? They do have strict typesetting requirements, however -- hence my question!
Re: hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
On 04/24/12 at 04:19pm, Peter Coles wrote: > Hi all -- > > A journal has requested that the hanging indent in my bibliography be exactly > .5 > inches. Is there an easy way to do this using lyx? > > I am using lyx 2.0, bibtex, article class, natbib, and aea.bst. > > Many thanks! > Peter > > (I tried searching the forum on this topic, and could only find outdated or > inapplicable responses.) > Hi, Peter, Just out of curiosity: this journal asks you to typeset your paper yourself? Manolo
hanging indentation in bibiography (using lyx & bibtex)
Hi all -- A journal has requested that the hanging indent in my bibliography be exactly .5 inches. Is there an easy way to do this using lyx? I am using lyx 2.0, bibtex, article class, natbib, and aea.bst. Many thanks! Peter (I tried searching the forum on this topic, and could only find outdated or inapplicable responses.)
