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
