Possibility to initialize multiple given names in renaming pattern?

jandavid · 2025-08-18T22:58:48+00:00

For creators that have multiple given names (stored in Zotero as first name middle name or first name middle initial) Is there a way to use the initials of all given names in renaming conventions?
So that I would get:
Smith, Jack => Smith, J
Smith, John Paul => Smith, JP

What I have, so far is:
{{ creators name="family-given" initialize="given" initialize-with="" }}

But initialize="given" only initializes the first given name. Is there some option that would initialize all given names?

jandavid · 2025-08-18T23:19:51+00:00

Been also trying with a regex for the first creator, but clearly doing something wrong (it's simply printing the regex):

{{ creators max="1" name="family" }}, {{ creators max="1" name="given" replaceFrom="(?<=\w)(\w*)" replaceTo="" regexOpts="g" }}

jandavid · 2025-08-20T17:48:35+00:00

If there's anyone who could help me understand how to use regexes in renaming patterns, I'd greatly appreciate it.
I've played around some more and the more I read and experiment the more confused I get it seems. So it looks like this pattern is recognized [a-zA-Z0-9_], but not \w which should be exactly the same. Is there any explanation for this?

I did manage to at least make some regex work using this:

{{ creators max="1" name="given" replaceFrom="((?:[a-zA-Z0-9_])?).*" replaceTo="$1" regexOpts="g" }}

which returns the first initial of the given names. But I'm still not where I want to be at, hoping to get at all the initials of second (and third) given ("middle") names.