ddcttrl

You say this exists but I don't see anywhere to simply select several , right click -> copy citation_keys_as_csv This is really what is needed. I'm not sure why one would copy individual entire citations out as you can just export your whole lib…

in Copying citation keys Comment by ddcttrl October 15, 2024

So this is what I have in my old Zotero: zotero.clean I feel there is not enough posted about how to set up a new computer. The standard set up is: * have pdfs somewhare shared (via syncthing, nfs whatever) * use Zotero sync for data but not pdfs…

in How to reset to the standard citation key format for bibtex of authshort_titleshort_year Comment by ddcttrl February 24, 2023

It looks like you need to click background updates first. Then you can click that.

in Where is bibtex auto update/sync? Where to set the location of the bibtex file? Comment by ddcttrl February 23, 2023

Following here https://libguides.rhul.ac.uk/referencing/Zoterolatex#:~:text=Click the File tab, then,file will automatically add a . selecting better bibtex on export, the "keep updated" option will not allow me to click it.

in Where is bibtex auto update/sync? Where to set the location of the bibtex file? Comment by ddcttrl February 23, 2023

Ok, after some digging around I found it. You need to go to Preferences -> Export then change item format to "better bibtex quick copy: citekeys". I also changed the export functionality int the preferences -> better bibtex -> export sect…

in Is there a plug or existing way to copy multiple keys for pasting in latex? Comment by ddcttrl June 22, 2022

Found that this was needed to catch all the entries. Some attachments do not have localPath attributes and the filter was bailing on those: if (Translator.BetterTeX && !Translator.options.exportFileData && item.attachments &&a…

in A way of having Zotero use "~" for $HOME paths to avoid git diffs on different machines? Comment by ddcttrl February 10, 2022

I grabbed the updated bibtex and it works now! (the old postscript). Awesome! Thanks for that ... small things but significant quality of life improvement as different Zotero's syncing to a .bib file should now largely avoid creating git diffs.

in A way of having Zotero use "~" for $HOME paths to avoid git diffs on different machines? Comment by ddcttrl February 6, 2022

This is an example from the log ``` (3)(+0000002): HERE: [{"key":"S4GIB757","version":2965,"itemType":"attachment","title":"Snapshot","url":"https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/2018/7928953/","accessDate":"2021-04-11T09:24:06Z","parentItem":"T22FQ…

in A way of having Zotero use "~" for $HOME paths to avoid git diffs on different machines? Comment by ddcttrl February 5, 2022

Thanks, I have figured out how to debug this and see the change in the logs but am still seeing the old paths being displayed. This is what I am doing: ```js if (Translator.BetterTeX && !Translator.options.exportFileData && item.att…

in A way of having Zotero use "~" for $HOME paths to avoid git diffs on different machines? Comment by ddcttrl February 5, 2022

Thanks, I guess the notification being "on top of all applications" is Zotero. For what it's worth, in case anyone ends up here, I closed the app and came back a bit later and there was yet another update and after another cycle of restarts the pr…