Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Rafael Cordones Marcos wrote: > Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > You're welcome... now, if you're into math or astronomy (can't remember > > which) and want something _really_ cool, they have scripts that can > > take search criteria from the \cite{}, and use that to go to

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Christian Ridderström wrote: > You're welcome... now, if you're into math or astronomy (can't remember > which) and want something _really_ cool, they have scripts that can > take search criteria from the \cite{}, and use that to go to online > databases and retrieve the bibliography entry for you

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: > I've tried a google search to find out just what else I can do with > bibtex.el. Are you aware of any documentation that describes how it works > and what it can do for the user? > See here for some tips and a link to online documentation. http

Re: Format of bibliographic references

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rich Shepard wrote: > I've tried a google search to find out just what else I can > do with bibtex.el. Are you aware of any documentation that > describes how it works and what it can do for the user? Ctrl-h m (or maybe Ctrl-h Ctrl-m, I have not had E

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: > >> If you open the bibtex file in Emacs and run M-x bibtex-validate, do > >> you get any errors? > That was, why I was saying that Emacs bibtex-mode is _much more_ than just > editing of the text (not that I would be using it any more, but I think, > that

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: > As a matter of fact, no matter which of the numerous styles presented in > that drop-down list, the generated page appears the same to me. But, I think > I'm getting closer to understanding and getting the arrangement the > publisher wants. Correctio

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > As for where: in the BibTeX inset (The Style == plain bit specifies > plain.bst) Aha! The light didn't come on until I received a message from Holger Zebner. At the end of my book, in the References chapter is the grey, "BibTeX Generated References".

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Nothing attached, but no worries. Oops! Here it is. > To create a custom bst file use makebst. It's _really_ easy to use. See > makebst.dvi which is probably part of your LaTeX distribution (grep > makebst /usr/share/texmf/ls-R) > > As for where: in

Re: Format of bibliographic references

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Ridderström wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what are you using (instead of > Emacs/bibtex-mode)? kvim (not that it is more comfortable than Emacs, but I kind of don't like Emacs at all). However, I am thinking about some reall super-duper Bi

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: > (not that I would be using it any more, but I think, that for > BibTeX-beginners it is really gift> from heaven). Just out of curiosity, what are you using (instead of Emacs/bibtex-mode)? /Christian -- Christian Ridderström

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > If you open the bibtex file in Emacs and run M-x bibtex-validate, do > > you get any errors? > > Cl! Thanks, Christian. You're welcome... now, if you're into math or astronomy (can't remember which) and want

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Rich Shepard wrote: > > While on this topic, how do I specify (or, where) which .bst to be used? You specify that in the Bibliography-inset (the one that's replaced by the bibliography in the output). /Christian -- Christian Ridderström http://

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > >> Ok, so I surmise that you're using natbib with numerical citation >> style. > > Angus, > > That's correct. > >> Question: is the bibtex file correct? Ie, if you create a latex >> file from your BibTeX data base can you run

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Angus Leeming wrote: >>> Question: is the bibtex file correct? >> >> If you open the bibtex file in Emacs and run M-x >> bibtex-validate, do you get any errors? > > Cl! Thanks, Christian. That was, why I was saying that Emacs bibtex-mode is _much more_ than just editing of the text (no

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > If you open the bibtex file in Emacs and run M-x bibtex-validate, do you > get any errors? Christian, No, I do not. Thanks, Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Ok, so I surmise that you're using natbib with numerical citation > style. Angus, That's correct. > Question: is the bibtex file correct? Ie, if you create a latex file from > your BibTeX data base can you run it through the latex compiler to > gene

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Christian Ridderström wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > >> Question: is the bibtex file correct? > > If you open the bibtex file in Emacs and run M-x bibtex-validate, do > you get any errors? Cl! Thanks, Christian. -- Angus

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Question: is the bibtex file correct? If you open the bibtex file in Emacs and run M-x bibtex-validate, do you get any errors? /Christian -- Christian Ridderström http://www.md.kth.se/~chr

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > >> Rich, whilst you can indeed use natbib with the bibitems stored >> directly in the lyx file, I'd heartily recommend that you don't do >> this. Instead I'd recommend that you use BibTeX to manage your >> database. Why? Well --- f

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Rich, whilst you can indeed use natbib with the bibitems stored > directly in the lyx file, I'd heartily recommend that you don't do > this. Instead I'd recommend that you use BibTeX to manage your > database. Why? Well --- for free --- you'll only list

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > >> Nonsense. Open the Layout->Document dialog. If using the Qt >> frontend select the Bibliography pane. If using the xforms >> frontend, select the Extra tab. Select "use natbib", choose between >> "Author-Year" or "Numerical" and

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Angus Leeming wrote: > Nonsense. Open the Layout->Document dialog. If using the Qt frontend > select the Bibliography pane. If using the xforms frontend, select the > Extra tab. Select "use natbib", choose between "Author-Year" or > "Numerical" and off you go. The citation dia

Re: Format of bibliographic references

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote: > I have here in the TeX distrib a file named natnotes.dvi which gives > an overview of the various citation calls. Thank you, Jean-Pierre. The citation calls are no problem; they are correct. It's the listing of the references that I need to und

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote: > I have here in the TeX distrib a file named natnotes.dvi which gives > an overview of the various citation calls. > > I'm afraid you need ERT to use the variants of the citation command. Nonsense. Open the Layout->Document dialog. If using the Qt frontend select the

Re: Format of bibliographic references

>> I have installed natbib and the citations are numeric within square >>brackets, just as the publisher's example doc shows. However, the listings >>in the References "chapter" have a different format from the example doc. So >>far I have not seen anything that tells me how I can change the latt

Re: Format of bibliographic references

Rich Shepard wrote: > There are two parts to using bibliographic packages: the citation > in the > text and the full reference in the list (usually) at the end of the > document. Every document I have read so far describes the different > ways of entering the citation but has nothing about the

Format of bibliographic references

There are two parts to using bibliographic packages: the citation in the text and the full reference in the list (usually) at the end of the document. Every document I have read so far describes the different ways of entering the citation but has nothing about the format of the reference listing.