FW: Problems using Bibtex with lyx.

[Kees Zeelenberg]

Op 12-06-2020 om 12:44 schreef Mike Reeks:
>  Still no reference list.

Well, this is what I get, with LyX-2.3.4.2 and MikTeX on Linux Mint: 
Lyx_example1.pdf without any changes in the settings, and 
Lyx_example2.pdf with in LyX the language code set to Unicode (utf8). 
Both do have references. So there must be something else in your setup 
that causes the problem.

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> On Friday, June 12, 2020, 11:37 am, Mike Reeks <mike.reeks at yahoo.com> 
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>     I’ll give it a go Kees. Thanks
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>     On Friday, June 12, 2020, 10:06 am, Kees Zeelenberg  wrote:
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>         Op 11-06-2020 om 17:18 schreef Paul A. Rubin:
>         On 6/11/20 7:36 AM, Mike Reeks wrote:
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>         *From: *Mike Reeks <mailto:mike.reeks at yahoo.com>
>         *Sent: *11 June 2020 10:45
>         *To: *lyx-users-subscribe at lists.lyx.org
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>         *Subject: *Problems using Bibtex with lyx. Help!!
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>         I have used bibtex generated bibliography with access to an
>         appropriates bibtex database of references in all my lyx files
>         that cite references.
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>         Upto now I have had no problems. I usually generate a pdf file
>         in the lyx document conversion. Now for some unknown reason
>         when converting a lyx file toa  pdf file or any other file the
>         reference list  is missing in the document conversion and the
>         reference in the text are not recognised and appear as [?]. I
>         have no idea what has caused the problem. Why it was working
>         before and not now since as far as I am aware I have done
>         nothing.  It happens on all my lyx files. I attach a simple
>         example lyx file, the latex file and the pdf conversion file
>         and the bib reference file. I would be very grateful if
>         someone could shed some light as to what is going on. Its a
>         really annoying. I am writing a review article using lyx which
>         is about 6o pages long
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>         Best regards
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>         Mike Reeks
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>         When I compile your MWE, I get both references printed, but
>         the second reference is garbled and causes a warning message
>         in the LaTeX log. It appears that the citation was copied from
>         a PDF file and pasted into the BibTeX database (either
>         directly or through a program such as JabRef). If you open the
>         .bib database in a plain text editor and cursor through the
>         title of the Tian & Ahmad paper, you'll see that the first two
>         letters of "flows" count as one character (due to kerning in
>         the PDF file). Similarly, the two f's in "different" are
>         actually one character.
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>         There's probably a smarter way to fix it, but all else failing
>         you can run through the database and retype anything that
>         generates a complaint in the LaTeX log.
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>         Paul
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>         Same here, on MS-Windows with MikTeX. As an alternative to
>         Paul's suggestion, you might  set the language coding to utf8
>         (in LyX: Document / Settings / Language / other)
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>         Kees
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