Configuring Zotero connector for Chrome

Gabriel_p

I'm running Zotero Connector v4.0.26 on Chrome v41.0.2272.89 (64-bit).

When I use it to store an article from NASA/ADS (with my standalone Zotero open) it stores the metadata and the PDF, which is ok.

But when I use it to store an article from arXiv, it decides to also store a snapshot and 'Comments' along with the PDF (I believe storing the PDF was added recently since not long ago Zotero wouldn't download PDFs from arXiv).

I don't need that snapshot or the 'Comments' file, but I can't find an option in the Zotero Connector extension to tell it to stop downloading that.

Am I missing something here or is that decision (ie: don't create a snapshot from NASA/ADS but create one from arXiv) hard-coded into the extension?

adamsmith

it's hardcoded into the arxiv translator. Nothing you can do about that, sorry.

Gabriel_p

Thanks for the clarification Adam. I'll post over at the Github translators page to see what people think about removing this entirely from the arXiv translator since a PDF will always be available at arXiv.

adamsmith

no, keep that discussion here. github issues not a great place for discussion of feature changes, we keep those mainly for confirmed bugs or technical discussion.

Gabriel_p

Got it. Here's what I was just about to post over there:

The current arXiv translator (https://github.com/zotero/translators/blob/master/arXiv.org.js) always stores a snapshot of the article. There is currently no way to disable this from the Chrome Connector extension at least.

Since there will always be a PDF available at an arXiv article, what is the necessity of also saving a snapshot? Could this be removed entirely, at least until the connector extension is updated with the ability to choose to download a snapshot or not?

aurimas

Just to be clear, if you're using Chrome connector with Zotero Standalone, the snapshot setting can be controlled in Standalone. You just can't control it if saving directly to zotero.org

Gabriel_p

@aurimas, where is that option in standalone? I looked for it but couldn't find it.

What I did find was the option to disable saving a snapshot from the connector, but only when saving to zotero.org.

aurimas

In Standalone Preferences -> General -> "Automatically take Snapshots..."

What I did find was the option to disable saving a snapshot from the connector, but only when saving to zotero.org.

Oh, right. I keep forgetting that setting exists, since it only appears when saving to server is activated.

Gabriel_p

You are right aurimas, I had not seen that option, thank you!

It still downloads the 'Comments', but I guess I can live with that.

Cheers.

aurimas

I'm not opposed to omitting the Snapshot from arXiv translator btw

adamsmith

comments were specifically requested, though, so I'd like to keep those in.