btw, bibtex syntax may seem stupid, but it is extremely flexible, which is needed in a typographic world, where there are very limited use of any standards.
martin On 25/01/06, Martin A. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the question is if the bibtex parser should be "smart"? > > actually, iirc bibtool provides a nice API - why doesnt lyx use the > bibtool libs and API? > > > > martin > > > On 25/01/06, Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Am Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006 20:19 schrieb Martin A. Hansen: > > > i have stumpled upon this ugly bibtex record, which causes peculiar > > > behaviour. > > > > > > the article entry below does not contain the mandatory author field, > > and > > > this causes strange things to happen in lyx 1.3.6 using natbib > > numerical > > -> > > > the citation menu goes fubar. > > > > > > can someone confirm this? > > > > > > shouldnt the bibtex parser within lyx raise warnings about this? > > > > The bibtex parser in LyX is too stupid (and bibtex syntax is stupid, > > too). > > I normalize all my bibtex files with bibtool and never got any problem: > > http://www.gerd-neugebauer.de/software/TeX/BibTool.en.html > > > > > > Georg > > > > >
