File format of notes

sesselastronaut

I was wondering if there's a possibility to generate 'Notes' so they can be attached to an item and are a file at the same time, so they can be searched with other tools?

My current workflow is to edit a markdown file and generate an .html which I then attach to the item with the "attach link to file" and/or then copy and paste the html with the different highlighting into a 'Note' but if this could be done in one go would be the top of the skyline.

adamsmith

Not really, no, sorry. The notes are part of the database of Zotero and handling them as separate files wouldn't really work with the way that's set up (e.g. note are part of the data that syncs for free, attached files only sync for free up to a limit).

I think it's conceivable to think of a hook based on the Zotero server API doing this, but that'd likely be a 3rd party project, not something Zotero does.

(that would look something like:
1. monitor the library feed for new or modified notes
2. Retrieve their content as html
3. Write that to a new file and
4. Attach that new file to the same item as the note, replacing previous versions as needed. )