More notifications needed...
I love Zotero very much.
However I think Zotero needs more notifications which let people know situations.
For example, today I attached pdf file and tried to rename using [rename file from parent metadata] but failed, that is, nothing happened without notification. Embarrassed I tried many things, but after some while I came to know that I already have a file with the same name in the folder.
In situations like this, if Zotero gives more information by notification, it will be helpful for many Zotero users.
I have already written a suggestion concerning this:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/65367/zotero-5-beta-suggestion-notification-for-notes-displacement#latest
Thanks.
However I think Zotero needs more notifications which let people know situations.
For example, today I attached pdf file and tried to rename using [rename file from parent metadata] but failed, that is, nothing happened without notification. Embarrassed I tried many things, but after some while I came to know that I already have a file with the same name in the folder.
In situations like this, if Zotero gives more information by notification, it will be helpful for many Zotero users.
I have already written a suggestion concerning this:
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/65367/zotero-5-beta-suggestion-notification-for-notes-displacement#latest
Thanks.
It's not a bug.
What I want is that Zotero would have more notification messages to let users know the results of processes. For example in the case like this, it would be "There is a file with the same name. Use another name." in message window.
Thanks.
You said you "already have a file with the same name in the folder". What folder, if this isn't a linked file? Attached PDFs go into their own folders, so there can't be other files present.
There's no reason that Rename File from Parent Metadata shouldn't work, so if it didn't, that's a bug.
Can you provide Steps to Reproduce the thing that you're describing?
It is a linked file, sorry.
It is a detailed situation.
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These are my ordinary processes:
- Make an item. (e.g. The Greek Rhetoric, Jones, 2017)
- Put related pdf file into the folder used as [Base directory]. That is, I usually collect all the attached files into my Base directory.
(e.g. "Rh.pdf" into "zotero-data-attachment", my base directory)
- Link the file to the item. (e.g. Rh.pdf/zotero-data-attachment is linked to The Greek Rhetoric item)
- Rename the file (e.g. Rh.pdf is converted to "Jones - 2017 - The Greek Rhetoric.pdf")
- As a result there is "Jones - 2007 - The Greek Rhetoric.pdf" in zotero-data-attachment folder.
After some while, I forgot I added "The Greek Rhetoric".
- I add the same book. (e.g. The Greek Rhetoric, Jones, 2017)
- I put related pdf file into Base directory. This time the file name is, for example, GR.pdf
- As usual I link the file in the base directory to the item.
- And... I try to rename it. AT THIS MOMENT, the file name doesn't change and nothing happened without any notification. In fact the reason I can't rename it is that there is a file with the same name.
In the case like this, it's helpful for users to know there is a file with the same name through a notification, I think.
Thanks.
It works perfectly. Thanks.