Upgrade Storage[Zotfile] Extract Annotations from PDF Files in Ubuntu (Evince pdf editor)
Dear community,
I had a look at the mega-thread on Zotfile closed on May 2020, but I couldn´t find a suitable answer to my quite basic problem.
I installed the latest Zotfile extension, but the extracting annotation feature is not working. I am on Ubuntu 20.04, I use the default Evince as pdf editor (that I want to keep) and Zotero 5.0.96. My pdf are all indexed and saved as default each in a separate folder in ~/Zotero/storage/. In Zotero they attached to the Zotero entries.
In Zotfile general preferences I set the Source folder as ~/Zotero/storage/, and the Location of files as Attached stored copy of file(s).
If I open a pdf, highlight something, and save it, the Note section remains empty.
All the already highlighted pdfs still have the Note section empty.
Am I doing something wrong?
I had a look at the mega-thread on Zotfile closed on May 2020, but I couldn´t find a suitable answer to my quite basic problem.
I installed the latest Zotfile extension, but the extracting annotation feature is not working. I am on Ubuntu 20.04, I use the default Evince as pdf editor (that I want to keep) and Zotero 5.0.96. My pdf are all indexed and saved as default each in a separate folder in ~/Zotero/storage/. In Zotero they attached to the Zotero entries.
In Zotfile general preferences I set the Source folder as ~/Zotero/storage/, and the Location of files as Attached stored copy of file(s).
If I open a pdf, highlight something, and save it, the Note section remains empty.
All the already highlighted pdfs still have the Note section empty.
Am I doing something wrong?
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1. No, it doesn´t extract the annotation automatically.
2. FOR ONE FILE: right-click on the pdf, Manage attachment->Extract annotations
3. FOR MULTIPLE FILES: open one of the parent item to show a pdf, ctrl+a to select all parent items in the folder of interest (can be MyLIbrary too), right click, Manage attachment->Extract annotations
The procedure is not clear described on Zofile.
NEW PROBLEM: when many files (ca. 800 in my case) are selected and Zotfile is asked to extract the annotations, the process gets stuck.