[Sorry if you already saw this; I sent it about a week ago, but it looks
like it bounced.]
It would really be nice if user-level customization would let you add
additional \cite style commands to the Insert->CitationReference menu.
For instance, my research group has LaTeX commands that variously give -
(St. John and McClelland 1990)
vs.
St. John and McClelland (1990),
for a citation, depending on which command is used, and we often mix
both types in a single paper.
Thanks,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas