Naming pdfs
I like to save my pdfs with meaningful filenames, e.g. "Author et al 2012 Futurism & Papers.pdf". To combine this with using Zotero (1.0.9), I save the pdf to my desktop with such a filename, drag it over the Zotero entry it should go with, then delete the file on the desktop since it just got a clone in its own Zotero folder. This isn't a big hassle, but it would be easier still if Zotero allowed naming the file when using "Take Snapshot of Current Page" - so all the work stays within Firefox.
One can use "Show File" to navigate to the file and change the filename there, but Zotero does not then seem to update the entry for the pdf in its document list - so it will now commendably link to "Author et al 2012 Futurism & Papers.pdf" but sadly still call it "CrypticFlname.pdf".
If there already is a solution please let me know - otherwise consider this a future request.
Thanks for fantastic software!
One can use "Show File" to navigate to the file and change the filename there, but Zotero does not then seem to update the entry for the pdf in its document list - so it will now commendably link to "Author et al 2012 Futurism & Papers.pdf" but sadly still call it "CrypticFlname.pdf".
If there already is a solution please let me know - otherwise consider this a future request.
Thanks for fantastic software!
Auto rename of PDFs is a killer feature for 'Papers' on MAC OS.
http://www.columbia.edu/~jpl2136/zotfile.html
It does not work with all the pdfs you have already linked/attached to your library. It's just easier with new files...
I have added a screenshot to the webpage. I hope this makes it clear...
http://www.columbia.edu/~jpl2136/zotfile.html
I know that there might be a conflict with the lytero plugin. So if you have installed this plugin, you might not be able to see the zotfile button.
Let me know if you have problems (and also if you solved the problem).
Could this be a linux problem or am I doing something wrong?
edit: oh - and thanks for putting this out there, of course!
which version of Zotero are you using? I have never tried zotfile with 1.0 and I am pretty sure that it does not work with 1.0. If you are using 1.5, I can try to figure out what is going wrong but would be surprised if the error is linux related.
yusuf martin and adam.smith, can one of you send me an email (it's on the webpage) so that I can send you a test version of zotfile back. This version is only supposed to help me finding out where the error comes from (which I cannot do on my computer because I have a mac).
Robert, I have actually done this in chickenfoot a while ago but never transfered the code to the plugin. But I can do that together with the hopeful fix of the linux problem. Any thoughts on the naming conventions? I mean the first file should still be called
Reddy_Jayadev_2008_Inequalities & Identities.pdf
And the following files?
Reddy_Jayadev_2008_Inequalities & Identities2.pdf
Reddy_Jayadev_2008_Inequalities & Identities3.pdf
That makes little sense - you can just do that by hand anyway.
But more importantly - Zotero 2.0b already has a renaming function that is customizable, as does Zotfile. I'm not sure what you are missing?