Feature Request: Support Latex Syntax in standalone notes

laoyang

hi guys, I love zotero so much and I am using it to manage all my research stuffs.
One thing I need is that I can type in some latex code and preview it in zotero panel.
would it be possible?
thanks a lot

ajlyon

No, this isn't supported and probably won't happen at all, unless someone decides to add something like this as a third-party plugin. The whole apparatus of LaTeX is a huge dependency, and there's no way it's going to happen in Zotero proper. I suppose there might eventually be support for MathML in notes, particularly if a reasonably MathML plugin were found to use with the existing editor (TinyMCE).

laoyang

My new idea is that the generated report could convert the latex code into formula or something. some online api, like google, could be utilized.

qi_de

Hi guys I may have a solution to this problem.
Over there on
http://www.gold-saucer.org/mathml/greasemonkey/
you get a detailed way to display Latex formulas on third-party webpages. I think if we can get a general pattern of the URL of the notes, that might also be a solution to our problem. The only problem here is that I do not know how the URL looks like.:(

RyoScript

As a follow-up question, if you have a file in your library which is generated from Latex (but the file itself if pdf, say), but the original Latex source is also available, is there a way to add that source as a separate document in the library, but so that the relation between the two files is obvious?

fbennett

If the PDF is a child attachment to a Zotero item, the source can be added as a sibling to the PDF.