On Monday 10 June 2002 9:40 am, R. Lahaye wrote:
> Juergen Spitzmueller writes:
> > R. Lahaye wrote:
> > > Hmmm, if LyX by its own is able to decide whether it needs natbib, then
> > > why do we need a manual checkbox for "use natbib"? Why not using natbib
> > > automagically when needed?
> >
> > And how should LyX decide this?
>
> Don't know, but Angus wrote in
> http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel%40lists.lyx.org/msg39253.html :
>
> "It is intended in that we call InsetCitation::validate to ascertain
> whether we need a \usepackage{natbib}."
>
> So I understood that LyX can determine whether it needs natbib or not.
> If indeed so, there's no need to bother the user to select it manually.
>
> Rob.
Well LyX knows your citations will be in natbib style (the use natbib check
button), but won't add a usepackage{natbib} command unless you have a
citation. Seems reasonable to me.
If you know enough LaTeX to add a \nocite*{} command, then you know enough to
add a usepackage{} to your preamble.
A
