Upgrade StorageBibtex export (custom key format+option of omitting abstract)
Hello developers,
First of all, big thank you for zotero. I used to keep all my references in endnote when writing with word and jabref when writing with vim-latex. But Zotero has made it possible to replace both.
Now,I have a query regarding bibtex export :
I have seen a request for custom bibtex key export format( e.g. %a1-%yy-%t1 = author-year-first-word-in-title ). Has this been made available as a patch or something like that? If it is still in development, I want to put a word for a field that allows including 'entry-type' (e.g webpage, article, book etc.). This should be helpful when e.g. the entry doesn't have an author or some other key info. that distinguishes it from the rest(as in case of webpage which doesn't have author name associated).
The second issue has more to do with latex compilation:
bibtex has finite buffer size and if .bib file is very large (e.g. when entire zotero library is exported as .bib) buffer overrun occurs. The abstract of each entry sometimes takes more space then the entry itself and most of the times, abstracts are not used in citations. As of now, I am running into buffer overrun problems with library exported from zotero in bibtex format. As a workaround, I have written a simple awk script to get rid of certain fields (e.g. abstract) from .bib file that are not useful in citations. I can share with people who are facing the same problem.
However, it will be better if there is a choice of excluding abstracts when exporting .bib files.
Are these features expected in upcoming releases of Zotero?
Thanks
Best
shalin
First of all, big thank you for zotero. I used to keep all my references in endnote when writing with word and jabref when writing with vim-latex. But Zotero has made it possible to replace both.
Now,I have a query regarding bibtex export :
I have seen a request for custom bibtex key export format( e.g. %a1-%yy-%t1 = author-year-first-word-in-title ). Has this been made available as a patch or something like that? If it is still in development, I want to put a word for a field that allows including 'entry-type' (e.g webpage, article, book etc.). This should be helpful when e.g. the entry doesn't have an author or some other key info. that distinguishes it from the rest(as in case of webpage which doesn't have author name associated).
The second issue has more to do with latex compilation:
bibtex has finite buffer size and if .bib file is very large (e.g. when entire zotero library is exported as .bib) buffer overrun occurs. The abstract of each entry sometimes takes more space then the entry itself and most of the times, abstracts are not used in citations. As of now, I am running into buffer overrun problems with library exported from zotero in bibtex format. As a workaround, I have written a simple awk script to get rid of certain fields (e.g. abstract) from .bib file that are not useful in citations. I can share with people who are facing the same problem.
However, it will be better if there is a choice of excluding abstracts when exporting .bib files.
Are these features expected in upcoming releases of Zotero?
Thanks
Best
shalin
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noksagtAre you certain that it is filesize, and not the size of a particular string? BibTeX has a maximum string length (it varies, but perhaps ca. 1000 characters) & strings that exceed this length can lead to problems. The problem wouldn't be having abstracts, but having long abstracts.Assuming that you are encountering string length issues, you could just split the abstract string up--the pound character (#) will concatenate substrings.
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shalin.mehtaYes, you are right... It works alright now...
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