ZotFile - Advanced PDF management for Zotero
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My set up is - the Zotero source file is in the default folder, but I put the attachments (pdfs) in one folder of dropbox. But the problem is at work the dropbox was installed in the D drive, but at home the dropbox was installed in the C drive. I am not sure if it is the reason, but at home the files are not longer linked with the references, and I have to manually locate the files one by one.
Any ideas? Thanks a lot!!!!
Zotero Standalone 4.0.4
Zotfile 2.3.4
EzPDF on Cyanogenmod 9 (ie Android 4.0.x)
When Zotfile tries to extract annotations it freezes with the progress bar and "press ESC to cancel", maxing out one CPU core.
The file is not OCRed, and it has notes and highlights. Adobe Reader XI shows them all fine.
If I try opening the PDF in pdf.js (the version in Firefox 21 beta), the notes appear but not the highlights.
So, it looks as though there's a problem in pdf.js?
I can forward a copy of this PDF if it helps - just let me know where to send it. Happy to help with further information as well.
first, thanks for this nice addon.
Concerning the extraction of annotations, is there a possibility extracting annotations in single notes instead in one "big" note?
Best regards
Tobi
My two questions are (as of now):
Does zotfile actually move all the files from the original zotero standard directory to my new directory or does it creaty a second, renamed copy of it in the new directory? (I know that someone already asked, but only got an "I assume this is how it works" answer, as far as I looked through).
If it creates a copy, do I have to leave the entire zotero structure as it is to be able to sync with zotero online or is there a way to get rid of all those ridiculously named subfolders?
Thanks and best regards.
[EDIT]: Actually, I tried to follow a particular file and it seems that the folder is actually removed from the original zotero storage folder and the file is indeed moved and not copied. If anyone could confirm that this is not a bug, I would be really glad. [/EDIT]
first, thanks for the nice add-on. Me and some of my colleagues are looking for a solution to easily manage files outside of the Zotero database, that is, have Zotero move them to a specified location and store a link to that location in its database (instead of attaching a copy of the file). And since that would be similar to the tablet sync feature of ZotFile, we wondered whether we might just file a feature request. Is there a chance that you could include a feature along these lines in the next version of Zotfile?
Best,
Odin
ZotFile takes an existing attachment and copies it to another location.
What we need is something that takes a file that is not yet attached to an entry, copy it to a defined location, rename it, and then add a link to that file to an entry.
I hope that clarifies it a bit.
If you open Zotfile settings, the first thing you see is "Source folder for attaching new files". Then, just right-click any entry, and select "Attach new file" (second to last in the menu, do not use functions in the "Add attachment" submenu, which is higher up).
I am running Zotero 4.0.5 with Zotfile 2.3.4 on Windows 8 64 bit. I have spent several hours double checking my set up and searching the web for a solution but so far all I have found is this forum which states that the problem was fixed in an earlier version of Zotfile.
Has anybody else experienced this? It makes the Zotfile tablet workflow pretty much unusable :-(
I've made sure that Firefox and Zotero are closed everywhere, so no other machines should be interfering with Zotfile's Dropbox folder.
David Pollard, I can't reproduce this. Any chance you are selecting "top level item, snapshot or the file does not exist"?
swaldman, this does not seem to be related to zotfile...
But please only send files for which (a) you can copy & paste meaningful text from the pdf file in your pdf viewer (open your pdf viewer (not the browser plugin), select text, copy and paste it somewhere) and (b) the pdf annotations follow the normal standard (skim, for example, has an own annotation standard).
Apologies if that's considered off-topic here.
I have a straightforward PDF for which extractioon of annotations is not working, with version 2.3.4 (script is unresponsive) or the beta version on github (script just seems to stop). Linux, FF 20, Zotero 4.0.6.
But how do I send it to you for testing?
Edit:
Just to add, I checked the error log:
[JavaScript Error: "TypeError: file is undefined" {file: "chrome://zotfile/content/zotfile.js" line: 252}]
This was a PDF I downloaded from IEEE, then annotated with EZPDF.
scottcampbell, you can join the zotfile group here https://www.zotero.org/groups/zotfile. I will confirm your membership so that you can upload files, add comment etc. Please attach pdf files to zotero items and not just as independent attachments.
Zotfile 2.3.4
Zotero 4.0.6
Firefox 20.0.1
Windows 7
If I had three highlighted segments on page 1 and four highlighted segments on page 2 when I select extract annotations in Zotero I will have a note that only has two segments (the first segment from each page).
I have tested new and old annotated PDFs, PDFs marked up on an iPad in GoodReader, as well as PDFs marked up by Acrobat and by Adobe Reader. I have tried the same on two different PCs. The result is always the same: one highlighted segment per page is displayed in the note.
I am not getting any error messages in the Error Console when I run “extract annotations”
Mac OSX 10.8.3
Zotero standalone 4.0.6
ZotFile 2.3.4
gpatten, I guess that is because zotfile is storing some information in the notes field of attachments (you can see it when you click on the attachment). Do not remove this information! Unfortunately, fixing this would require rewrite a lot of the tablet-related zotfile code so that there is no easy fix and it won't happen for now.
I'm running:
Zotero 4.08
Zotfile 2.3.5
Firefox 20.0
Mac OS 10.6.8
My rules for renaming are:
Location of files: /Users/[myname]/Desktop/Zotero attachments
Use subfolder defined by /%T
Format: %a %y %t
and normal settings under renaming rules.
"Use Zotero to Rename" is not checked.
Any tips on how to get this working again?
Thanks!
I guess that the absolute (or relative) path used to specifying a file in this plugin take responsible of this issue.
My zotero version is: 4.0.8
Zotfile version is: 2.3.5
Firefox version is: 20.0.1
Thanks for your great contribution, the plugin is really helpful.