Scannable cite...
... doesn't show for me. I had to reinstall Zotero on a new system. Installing the ODF-scan I thought would now automatically install scannable cite.js. It did not. So I downloaded it manually, put it in the translators folder translators in the Zotero data directory. I then opened Zotero as I was watching that folder. Initially the translator file is there in the list, but as soon as I open the Preferences to select it, it disappears. It's as though it does a reset translators. Any solution to this? (Crashing to finish a paper before tomorrow evening, so in a rush...) Thanks
I found the "Scannable Cite.js" file online and tried to manually install it in Zotero/translators folder. I could see how It was removed automatically from the folder after a while. Strange!
We currently have only two reports of Scannable Cite actively disappearing after manual download (and several others where it doesn't), and it works for us -- difficult to fix anything we can't reproduce.
(ariek hadn't been able to download the file when they posted here, so not necessarily the same issue).
Can you please prepare an "official" page with detailed instructions and troubleshooting regarding the issue?
Currently, when I am trying to find how to use ODF scan (with Scrivener), I have to search for scattered information throughout the forum. perhaps such a page exist and I missed it, so if this is the case I apologize.
I am really surprised I'd be the only one having this problem repeatedly and on multiple (newly installed) systems. So I 've just installed it with debugging on - report D137578991.
Here are also some screenshots:
I'm not saying I have the same problem as the other person. But I AM 'stuck'. Is there realluy no way for me to sideload that file manually? Thanks
The surprising thing, that we've only had two people mention, and can't replicate, is scannable cite disappearing after it is manually moved to the translator folder (which would be the way to sideload, so to speak, the translator). You're saying that, too, happens to you on multiple computers?
It didn't work for me and I am trying manual installation. I understand I should copy the code from here: (https://github.com/Juris-M/zotero-odf-scan-plugin/blob/master/resource/translators/Scannable Cite.js). What should be the next step? thanks.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Juris-M/zotero-odf-scan-plugin/master/resource/translators/Scannable Cite.js (right-here in the forum) and save the downloaded file into the translator folder in the Zotero data directory. Restart Zotero and Scannable Cite shoudl be available.
https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data#the_zotero_data_directory
Incidentally - I can re-confirm that the installation still does not work automatically when one installs odf scan... So we have a functioning work-around now, but it seems to me it would still be preferable if people could have this installed automatically - the way it used to work.
Scannable Cite not available despite the extension "ODF Scan for Zotero" being installed.
Versions:
macOS 10.14.6
Zotero: 5.0.83-beta.6+eec0f0078
ODF Scan for Zotero: 2.0.43
I checked $ZOTERO_DATA/translators for the file "Scannable Cite.js" and it's not there.
I confirm that adamsmith's workaround (saving above linked file into translators folder and restarting Zotero) makes "Scannable Cite" available both in the QuickCopy Export drop-down and in the right-click export menu.
1. The ScannableCite.js translator doesn't currently install when you install the add-on. That's a known issue.
2. Manually installing the translator by downloading the .js file and placing it in the translator folder definitely works. If it doesn't, we'd want a more precise, step-by-step description of what you're doing and seeing,
3. Any issues with LibreOffice have nothing to do with ODF Scan. JRE/LibreOffice has been buggy for a while, on Mac in particular, so this is most likely not even a Zotero issue, but in any case you'd want to report that separately.