>>From: J Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: Adding extra references
>>Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:31:01 +0100
>>
>>On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, you wrote:
>>> J Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>
>>> | I laughed at a colleague who added a reference in Word and then had to
>>> | manually renumber everything, the same thing seems to apply to LyX
>>> | unfortunately and I find it bizarre that no one has come across this
>>> | before.
>>>
>>> I think you just are misunderstanding the references in LyX. The "Key"
>>> is not what will end up on paper but the key that is set in the bibtex
>>> file or the bibliography section.
>>>
>>> You can set the key to whatever you like and the output will use "1",
>>> "2" ... in the correct order.
>>>
>>> The same goes for biblio-references the "Key
>>>
>>> So you should really never use the default key given to you by LyX but
>>> rather a memnonic(sp?) to rembemer the bilio-reference.
>>>
>>> Lgb
>>
>>(mnemonic)
>>
>>Ahhh, I did wonder if I was getting the wrong end of the stick somewhere.
>>
>>If you don't fiddle with the key it does go odd if you add extra references.
>>So, my advice to my users (and myself) will be "always choose a key for each
>>reference yourself".
I strongly insist again (I posted already on the subject) to
turn it into "always put your references in a bibtex file" :-)
--
Jean-Pierre
