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• This works for well formed PDFs only. Any file of other types still result in attachments and non-properly formed PDFs generate bad data (e.g. I have a government policy which did generate a parent item but with the name "For Official Use Only". :)…

  in Drag 'n' Drop: Can the default Item Type be changed? Comment by dag92821 June 14, 2023
• Anyone still having problems with this? I'm on Linux w/Zotero 5.0.88 (with Zutilo installed) ona MBP and neither the option key, control key, Alt-key, Fn-Option key, or command key work. None of them are showing the collection an item resides in. …

  in How to identify the folder that contains a specific reference Comment by dag92821 July 11, 2020
• I created a script called "zotero-evince" which contains: #!/bin/sh unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH exec evince "$@" Make sure you make it executable and then point Zotero's config to use this script as the custom PDF viewer (Preferences -> General ->…

  in [5.0 Beta] - error on linux related to libnss3.so Comment by dag92821 February 26, 2020
• Hello, I'm running OS : Linux, Debian Buster (10) Kernel: 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1 (2020-01-26) Zotero: 5.0.83 and this error exists on my system as well now (didn't a while back). I attempted the workaround script p…

  in [5.0 Beta] - error on linux related to libnss3.so Comment by dag92821 February 25, 2020
• I had the same issue and finally understood the solution (optimum or not). So here are concise instructions for search engines and others in the "newbie" boat: To add a "web page" in Zotero StandAlone with no connectors or browser addons: …

  in What type for a web site? Comment by dag92821 July 10, 2012
• Just my $.02, If Zotero was able to utilize locally stored private keys (say from GPG), the data could be encrypted prior to sync'ing without affecting the syncing process. i.e. any changes in the ciphertext would indicate a change in the plaintext…

  in synch with server and privacy / security Comment by dag92821 October 14, 2011