Add-on to use Markdown in Zotero notes!

Joscha
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.
  • RintzeRintze
    Your link to the GitHub issue is incorrect (it points to this thread). Correct link: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/issues/92
  • Joscha
    I have a first version running on Standalone. It's easy to write in markdown, format the text and convert it back. The keyboard shortcut works and there is a little icon to the right of the sync symbol. Below are some example images.

    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
    image

    Formated: http://imgur.com/jYxKFO0.png
    image
  • adamsmith
    neat! Thanks
  • adamsmith
    blogged here: http://zoteromusings.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/keyboard-magic/
  • hwileniu
    edited August 22, 2013
    This is excellent, I've been wishing for markdown in Zotero for a long time... Thanks! Oh, and thanks @adamsmith for blogging about it and bringing it to my attention. =)
  • Gracile
    Thanks Joscha !
  • Gracile
    I tried Markdown Here (the original version) with Zotero Firefox. The major issue is that it does not work if you edit a note in a separate window (Joscha: I don't know if the limitations you list above are only for Z Standalone).

    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
  • bk322

    Markdown here is awesome. Can't believe it's true.

  • Nodragem
    I know this thread is old, but what about integrating pandoc to Zotero?
    It would allow to export the markdown ( extended with math + code block) to any format (PDF, docx, odt, etc...).

    http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
  • adamsmith
    Not sure what you have in mind, but integrating pandoc to convert Zotero notes seems rather overkill.
    For writing with Zotero and pandoc there is zotxt and more recently academic markdown.
  • JeanMarieStraub
    I wrote a small command-line utility that allows creating/editing notes in markdown (and other pandoc-supported markup formats) from the command-line: https://github.com/jbaiter/zotero-cli

    It's not as pretty and well integrated as editing markdown directly in Zotero, but it works well enough for my use case.
  • MrMvMan
    @JeanMarieStraub, this is a great tool. I'm using TUI/CLI a lot and this zotero-cli thing is amazing. I've all power of my vim/markdown here.

    https://github.com/jbaiter/zotero-cli
  • dualer
    edited September 25, 2019
    It doesn't work in standtone in standalone now.
  • adamsmith
    If you're referring to Zotero-cli, this user says he has a working fork: https://github.com/abers/zotero-cli
  • dualer
    No, I mean markdownhere. In fact, markdownhere is not a good solution for this question. Are there any new progress in it?
  • adamsmith
    Not sure what you're really asking. The initial post here is an _announcement_ about using MDhere in Zotero, not a question. Then there's some later discussion about Zotero-CLI.
    Might be best to start a new thread and ask/request specifically what you'd like to do.
  • dualer
    For example, see this
    https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/68127/feature-request-for-note-latex-math-formula-support-via-katex/p1
  • emilianoeheyns
    The report customizer plugin adds mathjax support for notes, but only for the generated reports, not in the editor. You still have to enter mathjax code manually.
  • dualer
    I want to know when zotero can support latex formula in itself, instead of adding other plugins. Markdownhere can just transform latex code into picture, sometimes picture cannot be loaded, and if it could be loaded, it's also ugly.
  • adamsmith
    why not you just ask this from the start? I wasn't even clear to me you were after LaTeX support.

    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.
  • dualer
    I'm sorry for my unclearness. Many people have asked similar question. So I thought you could see what I mean. I hope zotero can support this function as soon as possible, after all, scientific research can't live without the equation.
  • zpeng94
    @Maxwell_Guo I agree with you. Zotero 5 is perfect for me except the non support for latex formula in notes. Researchers need take notes of some important formulas.
  • nicole-brewer
    I would also like this feature.
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