Upgrade StorageZotero note editor: Needs option to disable autocorrect
I have used Zotero for a long time. Recently, I switched to the new Zotero but faced with some autocorrect issues in the note editor.
These issues cause problems when writing research notes (latex, maths, shell command, source code, etc.). In particular, the following are prominent:
- Bullet list: "- ", "* " are automatically changed to bullet list.
- Number list: "1. " is automatically changed to numbered list.
- Consecutive dash: --- is automatically changed to a line
- Consecutive dots: ... is automatically changed to one non-ascii character …
- Quotation marks: "" are automatically changed to non-ascii characters
- Tab: should have an option for changing tab to 4 whitespaces which is useful for writing source code
- Whitespaces: if there are consecutive whitespaces, (1) some whitespaces are changed to special character <0xa0>, (2) one whitespace is deleted from the text
Sometimes, these issues make the note content damaged and misleading. The other times, I have to undo with Cmd+Z, which disrupts the train of thoughts.
I know that autocorrect intends to make typing faster, but in case accurate and reliable typing is needed, there should be an option to disable it.
Zotero is a great contribution to the research community, I would like to thank the developers for their hard work. Zotero note is quite useful, fixing these issues will make it even more valuable as a research tool.
These issues cause problems when writing research notes (latex, maths, shell command, source code, etc.). In particular, the following are prominent:
- Bullet list: "- ", "* " are automatically changed to bullet list.
- Number list: "1. " is automatically changed to numbered list.
- Consecutive dash: --- is automatically changed to a line
- Consecutive dots: ... is automatically changed to one non-ascii character …
- Quotation marks: "" are automatically changed to non-ascii characters
- Tab: should have an option for changing tab to 4 whitespaces which is useful for writing source code
- Whitespaces: if there are consecutive whitespaces, (1) some whitespaces are changed to special character <0xa0>, (2) one whitespace is deleted from the text
Sometimes, these issues make the note content damaged and misleading. The other times, I have to undo with Cmd+Z, which disrupts the train of thoughts.
I know that autocorrect intends to make typing faster, but in case accurate and reliable typing is needed, there should be an option to disable it.
Zotero is a great contribution to the research community, I would like to thank the developers for their hard work. Zotero note is quite useful, fixing these issues will make it even more valuable as a research tool.
If you view/edit notes inside Zotero, they just look like a rendered markdown.
When you export the note to a real markdown file, they are converted correctly.