Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-06 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-06 15:47 GMT+02:00 stefano franchi : > This is the best and most succinct explanation I have ever seen. It should > probably become the header of the relevant wiki page on biblatex: > Done. Jürgen

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-06 Thread stefano franchi
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > In a way, we fool both biblatex and LyX in order to let them cooperate. > > This is the best and most succinct explanation I have ever seen. It should probably become the header of the relevant wiki page on biblatex: "How to fool bi

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-06 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-06 14:39 GMT+02:00 stefano franchi: > > Do I need to say natbib=true? Because I said so already in my > preferences. > > You do. The preference on settings is for LyX. The "natbib=true" is for > biblatex. You need both. > More precisely: You need both if you want to use author-year citatio

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-06 Thread stefano franchi
On Apr 6, 2014 6:47 AM, "Bernd Kappenberg" wrote: > > >> >> Hi Bernd, >> >> I'm not sure about what you're trying to do. The file you sent has basically no content, let alone citations. There is only one word, "LyX". There are no citations of any kind. >> >> Second, the \addbibresource command in

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-06 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
2014-04-05 22:00 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg >: I changed English to German, but "user defined", "\usepackage{polyglossia}" was default. I did not change that. Set it to "Automatically", unless you really know what you are doing. Your setting is bound to

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-06 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
Hi Bernd, I'm not sure about what you're trying to do. The file you sent has basically no content, let alone citations. There is only one word, "LyX". There are no citations of any kind. Second, the \addbibresource command in the preamble should include the absolute path to the bib file,

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-06 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-05 22:00 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg : > I changed English to German, but "user defined", > "\usepackage{polyglossia}" was default. I did not change that. > Set it to "Automatically", unless you really know what you are doing. Your setting is bound to fail. > I sent you in the last mail

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Jason F. Siegel
When I was having these problems a few weeks ago, it came up that there's a conflict between biblatex and polyglossia: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/119682/how-to-use-polyglossia-with-biblatex I solved this problem by using babel and having no language package set in Tools > Preferenc

Fwd: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread stefano franchi
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Bernd Kappenberg wrote: > Am 05.04.2014 15:15, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > > 2014-04-05 14:15 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg: > >> But I found out it works if you set the language package from "standard" >> to "automatic"! >> > > What language package do you have

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
2014-04-05 18:45 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg >: What language package do you have set in Tools > Preferences > Language Settings > Language? German, User defined, \usepackage{polyglossia} Why? I changed English to German, but "user defined", "\us

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-05 18:45 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg : > What language package do you have set in Tools > Preferences > Language > Settings > Language? > > > German, User defined, \usepackage{polyglossia} > Why? > No surprise. At least the example file you sent me does not contains any > citations. Or di

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
Am 05.04.2014 15:15, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: 2014-04-05 14:15 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg: But I found out it works if you set the language package from "standard" to "automatic"! What language package do you have set in Tools > Preferences > Language Settings > Language? German,

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-05 14:15 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg: > But I found out it works if you set the language package from "standard" > to "automatic"! > What language package do you have set in Tools > Preferences > Language Settings > Language? > > Now it compiles... but does not contain any citations: >

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
2014-04-05 13:20 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg: ! Undefined control sequence. blx@lng@\bbl@main@language This looks like a mismatch of polyglossia and biblatex. It might be a problem in your setting/distribution (the file compiles fine for me with XeTeX). Do

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-05 13:34 GMT+02:00 Jürgen Spitzmüller: > 2014-04-05 13:20 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg: > > ! Undefined control sequence. >> blx@lng@\bbl@main@language >> > > This looks like a mismatch of polyglossia and biblatex. It might be a > problem in your setting/distribution (the file compiles fin

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-05 13:20 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg: > ! Undefined control sequence. > blx@lng@\bbl@main@language > This looks like a mismatch of polyglossia and biblatex. It might be a problem in your setting/distribution (the file compiles fine for me with XeTeX). Does it work if you use pdflatex in

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-05 12:10 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg : > > I followed the instuctions on http://wiki.lyx.org/BibTeX/Biblatex, but > now it says "Undefined control sequence" (something in the language > settings?). > You need to provide more information (the full error message at least). Your file works he

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
Am 05.04.2014 09:48, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: I do not understand if you actually want to use biblatex/biber or traditional bibtex. If the latter, make sure your bibliography processor in Tools > Settings > Output > LaTeX or at least in Document > Settings > Bibliography is "bibtex" or "bi

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-05 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
I do not understand if you actually want to use biblatex/biber or traditional bibtex. If the latter, make sure your bibliography processor in Tools > Settings > Output > LaTeX or at least in Document > Settings > Bibliography is "bibtex" or "bibtex8". If you want to use biblatex instead, first read

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-04 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
Am 04.04.2014 16:35, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: 2014-04-04 16:33 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg >: I have the following error: "Biber error: Cannot find control file 'Neues_Dokument1.bcf'! - did you pass the "backend=biber" option to BibLaTeX?" In t

Re: Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
2014-04-04 16:33 GMT+02:00 Bernd Kappenberg : > I have the following error: > > "Biber error: Cannot find control file 'Neues_Dokument1.bcf'! - did you > pass the "backend=biber" option to BibLaTeX?" > > In the "Tools/Settings?", the processor is biber. It is what LyX means? > > I tried to fix it

Cannot find control file (.bcf)

2014-04-04 Thread Bernd Kappenberg
Dear list, I have the following error: "Biber error: Cannot find control file 'Neues_Dokument1.bcf'! - did you pass the "backend=biber" option to BibLaTeX?" In the "Tools/Settings?", the processor is biber. It is what LyX means? I tried to fix it (by inserting \usepackage(backend=biber]{biblat