Hi, I am trying to edit the xpi file of Zotfile in order to set some parameters (see this thread: here), but I am not able to make it work. After having followed the standard procedure, Zotero recognises the file as corrupted. Any suggestion? Thanks.
your general strategy - unzip, edit, zip, rename - is exactly right. I don't think we can help you with the specific issue, maybe someone at a general mozilla forum would have an idea (though you should try that Firefox also won't install your modified xpi before posting here if you've only tried with Standalone so far).
Check the compression level: I'm not certain but I think it has to be set at zero. (edit: actually it's for jar files - the compression ratio must be low for them whereas it can be high for xpi). If you unzip, say, zotfile.xpi into a zotfile dir, be careful to rezip *the content* of the zotfile dir and not the dir itself (I'm not sure to be clear...?).
Thanks a lot. The problem was precisely the fact that I was zipping the dir and not just the content. Now everything works fine. I modified the xpi to make Zotfile quote pdf annotations by using tags recognised by the RTF-scan. To be clear, this is the outcome:
«It is this internalization of resources within the firm, necessarily accompanied by their coordination through hierarchy, that is the key to the Chandlerian thesis.»{Popp et al 2006, 351}
In this way, I can just copy/paste quotations in my document without editing it at all. If there is someone interested in getting the modified xpi of Zotfile, I can share it.
You are a genius for working this out. Could you please share your modified xpi for zotfile? I am also trying to get zotfile to just output scannable cites for each quotation, so I can just paste them where I want them in my outline.
Many Scrivener people are crying for this to be a regular zotFile feature...
Try to to edit some ZotFile hidden prefs (Zotero Prefs->Advanced->Open about:config, click yes, type the name of the prefs). The relevant prefs are formatAnnotationNote and formatAnnotationHighlight. (right-click-> reset if you're not happy with the result)
But at first glance, it seems that the parens between the author-date reference are now hardcoded.
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If you unzip, say, zotfile.xpi into a zotfile dir, be careful to rezip *the content* of the zotfile dir and not the dir itself (I'm not sure to be clear...?).
The problem was precisely the fact that I was zipping the dir and not just the content. Now everything works fine.
I modified the xpi to make Zotfile quote pdf annotations by using tags recognised by the RTF-scan. To be clear, this is the outcome:
«It is this internalization of resources within the firm, necessarily accompanied by their coordination through hierarchy, that is the key to the Chandlerian thesis.»{Popp et al 2006, 351}
In this way, I can just copy/paste quotations in my document without editing it at all.
If there is someone interested in getting the modified xpi of Zotfile, I can share it.
You are a genius for working this out. Could you please share your modified xpi for zotfile? I am also trying to get zotfile to just output scannable cites for each quotation, so I can just paste them where I want them in my outline.
Many Scrivener people are crying for this to be a regular zotFile feature...
Try to to edit some ZotFile hidden prefs (Zotero Prefs->Advanced->Open about:config, click yes, type the name of the prefs). The relevant prefs are formatAnnotationNote and formatAnnotationHighlight. (right-click-> reset if you're not happy with the result)
But at first glance, it seems that the parens between the author-date reference are now hardcoded.