Hi Cas, Sorry for not answering sooner, I'm away from computer for a week.
Zotero is great for collecting and managing my bibliography, but it is really not made for bibtex export. I heard that others have the problem you and I have. I think Zotero is amazing, though!! What I do is quite primitive, I must admit. I export zotero to bibtex, and then import to Jabref, and clean up. But many times, it works without any problem. You probably know that in Zotero, you can build a folder with all the bibliography you want, and export that specific folder. So sometimes it works. If LyX crashes, I import to Jabref and fix it until LyX works. Primitive - I know. Specifically, Zotero doesn't like the symbol ':' in a title. If you have : in a title, LyX's bibtex goes crazy and crashes. I don't know why. There is also a plugin for Zotero and LyX called Lytero, but I think it works only on Linux. http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/6333/lytero-for-windows/ Best, Erez On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:23 PM, <castelol...@aim.com> wrote: > Hi Erez > > You said "I use also zotero to collect the citations, and export it as > bibtex file." > > The exported bibtex file does not appear to be fully compatible. A LyX (or > MikTex?) dialogue with a host of errors is blocking me from either viewing > or pdf-ing the document: 'missing $ inserted, extra } or forgotten $' > > What did I miss? > > /Cas > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erez Yerushalmi <erezyerusha...@gmail.com> > To: castelol...@aim.com > Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Sent: Sun, 17 May 2009 2:57 pm > Subject: Re: JabRef and LyX, manually putting .bib files into MiKTeX 2.7 > > Maybe this will help. > > A bib file is just a certain type of format, which can be saved in notepad. > Jabref opens it up an shows it to you in an easiser way. So, > > 1. In Jabref, you create bib file called mylib.bib. You can save it > anywhere. So lets say you created a folder where your current lyx project is > located. Save this bib file there. > > 2.Go to the place in your lyx document where you want the references to be > presented (presumably, the end). Click Insert/ Lists & TOC/ BibT E X > Bibliography. Point the LyX document to that specific file, by browsing for > the mylib.bib file. > > 3. Click Lyx's Layout/Document setting, choose Bibliography. Here you > specify the style of citations you want. > 4. Now, suppose you are writing a document and you want to cite something. > Click LyX insert/ Citation button. A menu should open and you should > see the list of reference , > > I use also zotero to collect the citations, and export it as bibtex file. > > Erez > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:31 AM, <castelol...@aim.com> wrote: > >> I just started using LyX 1.6 and JabRef 2.4 and I read here that you >> cannot push refs from Jab into Lyx in windows xp. >> >> Here's the strange thing (coming from a beginner's perspective), I can >> create a bibliography because there are .bib files already in the >> appropriate MiKTeX 2.7 folder that appears to be supplying Lyx with its >> database. I can also manually put my JabRef .bib into that same subdirectory >> (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\bibtex\bib\bibtopic) and it appears in the >> dialogue box along with the others (examples that installed with Lyx). >> >> But, insert>citation does not show any references in my .bib, though the >> others do appear and can be inserted as citations and appear in the >> references at the end of the doc. >> >> There must be, at the very least, a way to put the .bib files in the >> right directory manually? >> >> thnx, >> Casper de Tello >> >> > > > -- > Erez Yerushalmi > PhD Student > Warwick University, UK > homepage: > http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi > > ------------------------------ > We found the real 'Hotel California' and the 'Seinfeld' diner. What will > you find? Explore > *WhereItsAt.com*<http://www.whereitsat.com/?ncid=emlwenew00000001> > . > -- Erez Yerushalmi PhD Student Warwick University, UK homepage: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/phds/3rd_year/yerushalmi
