>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Angus> On Thursday 28 November 2002 12:45 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Angus> wrote: >> >>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Angus> The idea is to store this generated .lyx file in a database Angus> accessible through the BibTeX inset. Ie, it won't be visible to Angus> the user, but he'll get things like pretty formatting of his Angus> natbib labels, display of the contents in the citation dialog Angus> and all for (almost) free. >> Why don't you just generate a text only version with a special >> .bst format? It looked like a simpler and more useful scheme. Angus> Maybe simpler to create a text version of the database, but I Angus> don't think it would be simpler to use within LyX. Correct me Angus> if I'm wrong of course... Angus> This script generates a LyX BibKey environment. We already have Angus> to handle such an environment. Many people actually use it Angus> together with natbib, so we've done all the hardwork there Angus> already. Using this script, we could through away /all/ the Angus> current BibTeX code (and boy is there lots of it). It would be Angus> replaced with something that merely generates/loads a hidden Angus> LyX buffer, to be stored either by the BibTeX inset or by a Angus> global store, à la graphics cache. But then you have to write all the code that uses this hidden buffer. JMarc
