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Could someone help with lyx/latex/tex?

Could someone help with lyx/latex/tex?

Post by Praedor Tempu » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00



OK, I have read the man pages...no help, too cryptic
and assume prior knowledge.  I have searched the web
and so far, everything that relates to this question
I have examined has, again, assumed prior extensive
knowledge of tex/latex.

I am using lyx 1.0.5 and am trying two different
bibliography app/frontends to bibtex.  The one
I prefer is called sixpack.  There is no documentation
with sixpack.

I have a bibliography database that I can load into
sixpack.  When I try to export it to bibtex format,
nothing happens and nothing is produced.  The original
database remains alone and lonely.  When I select the
"insert into lyx" option (or Alt-1), nothing happens.

I have added the  \serverpipe "~/.lyx/lyxpipe"
line to my lyxrc file as required.

Is ANYONE using sixpack and lyx together successfully?
If so, could you PLEASE tell me what I have to do to
make lyx read in a bibliography database and actually
accept or create proper citations from said database?

Sixpack is supposed to be able to insert the citation,
but I believe you first need to load the database into
lyx.

HELP!
praedor

 
 
 
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  Thanks,

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