Jacob Bishop wrote:
> As I mentioned, apacite is not required by the apa6 document class (it was
> for the apa document class). It is only required if the apacite option or
> natbibapa option is passed to the document class. So, I think this means
> apacite should be removed from the #\DeclareLaTeXClass[]{} part. This was
> my error.
OK.
> However, it is still not clear to me how to properly allow for
> the natbibapa or apacite options to be supported. Julien has mentioned the
> Requires parameter, but it is not clear to me from reading the
> documentation in the customization manual what Requires does. What is the
> difference between using Requires and including a package
> #\DeclareLaTeXClass[]{}?
The latter only makes Lyx search if the package is available, and it issues a
warning if not. But it does not actually load the package. Requires, on the
other hand, loads the package.
I do not think "Requires apacite" is the way to go, since as you wrote, it
rules out all other citation options (most importantly biblatex), although
this could be worked around with a specific module.
> Whatever the solution, it would be ideal if it were possible to pass natbib
> as either a package option, or to include natbib and/or apacite with
> customizable options, such as in the preamble. One solution to this would
> be to provide a checkbox where natbib is selected where we can suppress
> loading natbib. Then, the options could be loaded elsewhere (preamble, or
> document options). We could also provide a textbox where addtitional natbib
> options could be passed, negating the need to load it elsewhere (but it
> still might be nice to suppress it, such as when biblatex is used). Then
> again, if we end up supporting biblatex as an option, this could happen
> automatically.
The patch I posted does the following:
By default, no package is loaded. So all things are possible: biblatex, plain
bibtex, apacite.
But if you select "natbib" from the Document settings dialog, the class loads
apacite/natbibapa. No module required. The only drawback I see is that "plain"
natbib (without apacite) is not possible with that class.
Jürgen
