Bibliography links

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 8/10/24 12:47 PM, Brian Kneller wrote:
> Hello Riki,
>
> Sorry for the poor description. Each reference can be configured by Bibtex to  have an identifier number 1 ….n where each acts a link/index to a specific reference.  There is an order of increase in the numbers which corresponds in the alphabetic order of the references . The BibTex function can generate this but I don’t know if this is embedded in LyX . My question is if I add or remove a reference will the Bibtex  / LyX combination automatically change the sequence of numbers  ensuring each reference  has a link / index number where the numerical and alphabetic order is maintained without any gaps or out of sequence numbers and the changes in these numbers are reflected in the LyX generated document.

Anything being done by BibTeX will be done automatically by LyX. Any 
time you generate a PDF or DVI, LyX runs a sequence of TeX commands 
being the scenes. It tracks when commands need to be re-run, and so 
forth. So any change to references will re-run BibTeX (or whatever 
bibliography processor you've configured that document to use).

Riki

PS Keep the discussion on the list, in case others have similar 
questions, or have something to contribute. Others definitely know more 
than I do about bibliography stuff.