On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote:
> stefano franchi wrote: > > From a user's perspective, a minimally satisfactory support of biblatex > > requires the following: > > > > 1. A biblatex dialog similar to the current bibtex's dialog, where users > > can enter: > > a. the list of files (not necessarily in bibtex format) containing > the > > references > > b. the citation style to be used in-text > > c. the reference style to be used in the references section > > d. a list of additional biblatex's specific calling parameters > > Extend the existing bibliography pane of the document dialog, > Right, that would also go in Dmitiri's direction. And it may actually be simpler to do. > > > 2. A mechanism to insert citations in the text that takes advantage of > > biblatex's more extensive set of citation commands (e.g. citeauthor, > > citetitle, etc.) > > This is actually already in place. See the modules basic.module, > natbib.module > and jurabib.module. Create a biblatex.module which adds the necessary > styles > and macro. (The syntax of these modules is a bit exotic, to put it mildly, > but > you will get used to it). > > Good. The overall scheme is getting clearer. I may actually start from the module, as it seems to be the easiest point of attack. Also, you need to > > 3. Modify the bibtex inset and its dialog for \printbibliography. > > Right. But if going for a change in the Document dialog, the Bibtex inset would become overkill, wouldn't it? It'd be better to create a new and much simpler inset. > I am a bit short of time ATM, but I try to help where I can. > > Thanks, S. -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com <stef...@tamu.edu> http://stefano.cleinias.org
