On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Andrea Landella <[email protected]>wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> I'm using LyX 2.0.1.5 on Windows 7 (MiKTeX 2.9.4813).
> Since my thesis covers a very specific topic (QM of Retinal's
> Photoisomerization) I have to divide my Bibliography in two sections:
>
>    1. Essential Bibliography
>    2. Further Reading
>
> First I looked up the package biblatex <http://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex>,
> which I found very useful for this purpose, the only bad thing is that I
> have to use only LyX (I even searched http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatexbut 
> the procedure described is too tricky).
> After consulting the "Additional LyX Features" I searched the package
> bibtopic <http://ctan.org/pkg/bibtopic> and, after following to the
> letter the description on paragraph 3.1.2, I get this unexpected looking
> division:
>
> Essential Bibliography
> [1] Document...
> [2] Document...
> Further Reading
> [3] Document...
> [4] Document...
>
> The problem is that the citation numbering doesn't stop for each
> paragraph, even if two BibTeX Bibliographies have been generated; maybe it
> is determined by the absence of an appropriate Bibliography title: since
> bibtopic <http://ctan.org/pkg/bibtopic> removes it, I had to manually
> re-add that (as a \chapter* or \section*, for instance).
> I know that biblatex <http://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex> offers a better
> result, since the citation numbering is divided properly, but to use this
> feature I have to switch to TeXworks:
>
> Essential Bibliography
> [1] Document...
> [2] Document...
> Further Reading
> [1] Document...
> [2] Document...
>
> I use a sectioned bibliography exactly like this in LyX. After selecting
"sectioned bibliography" from the document settings as per the instructions
on the wiki ( http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Tips ). Passing the option
"sectcntreset" in the document class options will produce the desired
behavior. This option is indicated in the bibtopic documentation.


>  So can I still use BibTeX (and the related extensions) and be able to
> generate the same result as biblatex?
>

I have been able to use BibTeX with LyX with good success. Biblatex support
in LyX is limited at the moment but will hopefully be better in the future.


>  P.S.: I apologize fot the possibly bad English and the request itself,
> because on other forums I've been told to switch directly to 
> biblatex<http://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex>and forget about LyX.
>
> Best Regards,
> Andrea Landella
>

If you need more detail, I can clarify or provide a working example.

Jacob

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