New version of Lyz released

5 comments to New version of Lyz released

• zeigerpuppy

  Červen 17, 2010 at 09:01 · Reply

  Thanks so much for LyZ, it’s a really useful addon that hopefully will be integrated into Zotero at some point.

  The plugin works fine with the following process:
  1) create LyX document and insert bibliography
  2) use LyZ to pipe new references to LyZ

  I assume that LyX somehow knows how to pick up the references in the refs.bib.lyz~ file.
  All fine up to this point.
  However, if I try moving the document, the references break
  I also noticed that they are in a different form than the Zotero/Bibtex/LyX standard.

  When I insert references the old way, they are referenced as [author_title_year]
  but Lyz inserts them as [authoryeartite].

  This means that when I update the bibtex file or move the document folder, the LyZ inserted references are broken.

  I tired changing the LyZ preferences to author_title_year but it doesn’t understand this syntax.
  Any ideas of how to solve the problem?
  Also could you explain how LyX finds the references in the lyz temp file.
  I have had problems with the „Update Bibtex“ command in LyZ, so I do not use it…

  Thanks again for the great software, I am very greatful as it is a part of my daily workflow.

  zp

• Petr

  Červen 17, 2010 at 20:25 · Reply

  Hi,
  that’s strange. I’ve just tried that and it works quite well. I don’t see how ‚time‘ could appear there. Does that happen with all your citations?
  Cheers
  Petr

• zeigerpuppy

  Červenec 11, 2010 at 15:24 · Reply

  I fixed that part, I think I may have mistyped the setting,
  however, had one more question. The way that LyZ formats the reference is a little different to LyX.

  In LyX, I get, for example: (Mates et al., 1994)
  while LyZ gives: Mates et al. (1994)

  this causes problems for the document as references are not properly bracketed.
  Interestingly, if I click on the reference in LyX and the click OK, it fixes the format, but it would be good having this as default from LyZ

  My LyZ setting is „author _ title _ year“ but „author title year“ does the same
  I have also tried „( author title year )“, there appears to be no difference.
  I’m not sure if this is a LyZ problem or a LyX bug?

  I am using natbib (author-year)
  the format of the bibliography is plainnat

  Thanks for your assistance, I hope these queries help to make LyZ more usable for everyone!

• Petr

  Červenec 11, 2010 at 16:04 · Reply

  Hi,
  You stumbled upon something. That appears to be a problem in Lyx, because Lyz uses it’s server to send commands and the only command available is citation-insert. So I don’t see a way Lyz could do anything about this behaviour. I try find out more about it.
  The citation key has no effect on that. It only affects the format of citation keys (in the bibtex file).
  Cheers
  Petr

• zeigerpuppy

  Červenec 11, 2010 at 19:02 · Reply

  Thanks, it is quite a weird behaviour.
  It may be that there is something in the LyX setup that is causing it,
  please email me if you need any more details of my setup.