On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 08:06:46AM -0400, Zailong Bian wrote:
>
> I actually FIXed it! I specifyed the key value in each of the bib item. I
> used <author's lastname+year> as the key and ignore the label(so the
> citation appears as number in print). It is easier when I want to cite it
> since the key is more meaningful than number only.
>
> I just had to go throw my report and change all the citations. But I am
> happy with lyx now!
>
> I think there is still a problem: if I change the key value in Bibliography
> item, the key value cited in text will not get updated then it appears as
> error (?). Also, it does not detect duplicate key value...
It is much better to build a bibtex database than enter the bibliography
inside LyX. If you don't know the bibtex file format, you can use a GUI
bibliography managers like gbib, pyliographer, tkbibtex or barracuda.
