Add-on to use Markdown in Zotero notes!
Hi,
I just discovered that the firefox addon markdown here works with Zotero Firefox out of the box. With the add-on you can write notes in markdown and seamlessly convert the text between markdown and formated text (html).
Right now, it doesn't work with Zotero standalone. I have started an issue on github that might lead to support. Any developers who want to help make this work should comment on the issue page. I don't think it would be such a big problem if the markdown here developers are interested in supporting Zotero standalone and we work together.
I just discovered that the firefox addon markdown here works with Zotero Firefox out of the box. With the add-on you can write notes in markdown and seamlessly convert the text between markdown and formated text (html).
Right now, it doesn't work with Zotero standalone. I have started an issue on github that might lead to support. Any developers who want to help make this work should comment on the issue page. I don't think it would be such a big problem if the markdown here developers are interested in supporting Zotero standalone and we work together.
Here is my fork on github. Note that this is entirely based on Markdown here. Just some modifications to make it work with Zotero standalone.
Several things don't work though:
- Preferences (the window opens through Actions->Markdown Options but it's not possible to change anything)
- Math formulas don't work (maybe only because the preference problem)
- It does not work in separate note windows
- It would be nice if the button is placed with the note editing stuff (maybe that would solve the problem with the separate window)
- shortcuts for bold, italic etc don't work well with the integrated markdown
I will leave it at that for now but others are welcome to jump in.
Markdown in Zotero note: http://imgur.com/YiZQvgk.png
Formated: http://imgur.com/jYxKFO0.png
Also, don't hope to use the context menu item ("Markdown Toggle") to format your note, TinyMCE's own menu prevents it to appear. But the default keyboard shortcut works well: Ctrl+Alt+M
Markdown here is awesome. Can't believe it's true.
It would allow to export the markdown ( extended with math + code block) to any format (PDF, docx, odt, etc...).
http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
For writing with Zotero and pandoc there is zotxt and more recently academic markdown.
It's not as pretty and well integrated as editing markdown directly in Zotero, but it works well enough for my use case.
https://github.com/jbaiter/zotero-cli
Might be best to start a new thread and ask/request specifically what you'd like to do.
https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/68127/feature-request-for-note-latex-math-formula-support-via-katex/p1
Answer to your question is likely not any time soon. It's fairly involved and, while certainly quite useful for some users, probably not a priority in the larger scheme of things.