Hi Jason,
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 7:14 AM, Jason F. Siegel <siege...@umail.iu.edu> wrote:
> Thank you! This gets me a lot farther. Now my trouble is that previewing
> with XeTeX (which I need for my font) fails and gives me 5 identical error
> messages: Undefined control sequence.
>
I use XeTeX and LuaTeX all the times with Biblatex and there are no
compatibility issues I am aware of. Most likely you have made a minor
mistake in setting up biblatex.
>
> \begin{document}
>
> The control sequence at the end of the top line
>
> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
>
> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
>
> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
>
> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
>
>
> When I try previewing with other options, the file displays but there is no
> bibliography. Following the wiki I copied this into the preamble:
>
> \usepackage[style=authoryear,natbib=true,backend=bibtex]{biblatex}
>
This is ok, although biber is preferred backend in biblatex. Unless
you have special reasons to use bibtex, replace the command with
\usepackage[style=authoryear,natbib=true,backend=biber]{biblatex}
or even
\usepackage[style=authoryear,natbib=true]{biblatex}
as biber is now the default in biblatex
> and put the path to my .bib file there as well
>
> \addbibresource{/home/username/Dropbox/LASTNAME Dissertation
> Year/Dissertation/Master List-Saved.bib}
Hmm. Do you really have a space after LASTNAME? That's a bad idea. I
would stay away from spaces in filenames and path. There are places
where you can uses and places where putting a space in a path will
throw everything off-kilter. My advice to everyone working on Linux is
to never ever use a space. Doubly so when using LaTeX (or LyX, which
uses LaTeX behind your back). You'lll spare yourself a lot of grief
>
>
> I inserted the bibliography in a comment near the end (and earlier in a
> note, with no difference), and right after that, I put \printbibliography in
> ERT. When I try to preview that, my error messages come up. Any thoughts?
That is ok.
As a test, try moving your bib file to a "space-safe" directory,
change the \addbibresource command accordingly and see if the
compilation ("preview") goes through. Report back otherwise.
Cheers,
Stefano
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