On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Oliver Sargent <o.g.sarg...@googlemail.com > wrote:
> Hi, > > I am wondering if it is possible to have some kind of Master .bib file > which would (for instance) include all bibtex entries from mathscinet, the > file could be hosted remotely and updated periodically and everyone could > download his or her own copy. > > In my opinion this would be a nice feature, I guess for latex in general, > but the advantage of doing it from within Lyx, is that you do not need to > remember the labels of citation since the search function in the cite > dialoge box is very nice (seems roughly equivalent to a search on > mathscinet). > > This sounds more like a job for a bibtex reference manager. Many such managers (e.g. jabref, bibdesk) allows querying of remote databases and importing bibtex-format references. The ref(s) can then be pushed to LyX through the pipe (LyX server) system. BTW, MathSciNet is not a free service (although it appears as such to most academic users, since the university picks up the tab). I sincerely doubt they would allow anyone to download their database (or to upload it to the cloud). But even if they did, who would then take care of maintaining such a copy? Cheers, Stefano > Best wishes > > Oli > -- __________________________________________________ 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
