Interesting ! but I trust more isbn/doi retrieval to add the entry, then zotfile to attach the pdf. Most of my pdfs are preprint version with no metadata for zotero to retrieve. In my experience, star

I use zotfile to attach a document I just downloaded to a zotero entry. With my configuration, zotfile will move the document to a specific folder and rename it.

Yes, I'm pretty sure ZotFile handles the PDF link function entirely separately of Zotero settings, so you'd have to set that separately.

It still seems that, assuming one uses ZotFile, in order to open the pdf at links (e.g. imported chapter headings), one will need to adjust the ZotFile advanced settings.

No need for ZotFile — in the latest version of Zotero you can select the PDF viewer to use from the General preferences if you don't want to use the system default.

Zotfile advanced settings allow you to make Skim the default reader.

If you export a pdf With embedded notes from Skim these can be extracted by Zotfile. When I do this I add an _N to the end of the file name (so that it doesn't overwrite the original pdf), make sure i

I think that's just a byproduct of how ZotFile works:

I use Zotfile and Zutilo, all parameters include my personal folder.

Since we're hoping to take over some of the ZotFile functionality, the idea was that that would apply to linked files as well, and so the auto-renaming behavior and pref kind of needed to do the same

Not currently. When Zotfile was originally written, there was no analogous free library like pdf.js for reading ePub. That’s changed, but the Zotfile developer is very active with his academic job and

I'm curious: has this or anything like it happened to anyone else? Perhaps the new “Retrieve Metadata for PDF” feature may have spawned this somehow? Or perhaps ZotFile?

I know that Zotfile extracts pdf annotation. Is there a way to extract epub?

I'm not sure whether ZotFile does automatic renaming for existing linked files that you add to Zotero

It was intentional (and is mentioned in the blog post). The ultimate goal here is to absorb some of the more popular ZotFile's functionality, which would include managing filenames for linked files (t

You can obviously re-install the various add-ons (assuming they are compatible with Zotero 5 -- but Zotfile, Zutilo, and most other popular add-ons are) but no, I'm afraid there's no (reasonably easy)

Like Zotfile, Zutillo etc. I reinstalled Windows thus Zotero as well. I important libraries no problem. Can I import the plugins I had with their settings?

Zotfile extract annotations into Zotero notes. The notes are part of the main Zotero database, i.e. zotero.sqlite, in the Zotero data folder https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data

I just updated to Zotero 5.0.37 for mac (I am running High Sierra 10.13.3). Zotfile has been not working for at least a day. I have tried re-downloading Zotfile (version 5.0.7) and restarting Zotero t

version => 5.0.37, platform => MacIntel, oscpu => Intel Mac OS X 10.13, locale => en-US, appName => Zotero, appVersion => 5.0.37, extensions => ZotFile (5.0.7, extension), Zotero Word for Mac Integrat