ZoteroQuickLook
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mronkko
In compatible with Zotero 6.0
This plugin is not currently being maintained. The new PDF reader is much faster than QuickLook ever was. I will accept pull requests to fix the issues needed to make the plugin functional again, but I'm not going to spend time to fix them myself
On osx, being able to page / leaf through your documents via ZoteroQuickLook does make browsing quite a pleasure.
The immediacy of access is really key for doing research.
So when you need to page through a nr of documents ZoteroQuickLook still presents a huge advantage over opening the file in a reader. In terms of browsing, nothing really has changed, since either opening in the new reader or in Preview.app pretty much is the same latency.
@tenglu0417 Please consider a rename to remove the "beta", thanks in advance.
For Mac OS, it appears initScripts or initExecutable is no longer properly completing, the functions. When openQuickLook gets called the this.viewerBaseArguments and this.viewerExecutable are null.
I was able to fix it for Mac by putting this in to set the values.
this.viewerBaseArguments=['-p'];
this.viewerExecutable = Zotero.File.pathToFile("/usr/bin/qlmanage");
right after
openQuickLook: async function(items) {
Note: the install.rdf update to 6.0.* for the maxVesion for the target.
I don't have time to create a proper fork and pull request. Cheers
As I've said multiple times, I am happy to accept a pull request if someone wants to make the plugin compatible with Zotero 6, but I don't have the time to make the updates myself. If you have done so, please submit a pull request.
@tenglu0417 Please consider a rename to remove the "beta", thanks in advance.
For Mac OS, it appears initScripts or initExecutable is no longer properly completing, the functions. When openQuickLook gets called the
this.viewerBaseArgumentsandthis.viewerExecutableare null.I was able to fix it for Mac by putting this in to set the values.
this.viewerBaseArguments=['-p']; this.viewerExecutable = Zotero.File.pathToFile("/usr/bin/qlmanage");right after
openQuickLook: async function(items) {Note: the install.rdf update to 6.0.* for the maxVesion for the target.
I don't have time to create a proper fork and pull request. Cheers
It works in Mac.
And sorry to ask, the Chinese.pdf can not be opened, how to sovle it ?
Thanks!
@zoelir729 @AddictArts Thank all of you for discussing and fixing the issue. But I'm new to Zotero and don't actually understand where to put the code in. Could you please tell me more details about it?
If you are new to Zotero it is probably not a good idea to start making changes to the code.
I originally developed the plugin and was using it actively until upgrading to Zotero 6. I see value in the ability browse through articles with quicklook and this is not something that the built-in viewer provides. I will probably fix this at some point, but given that this is a side project it is difficult to say when that might be.
@mronkko Thanks! We will deeply appreciate your help and look forward to the new ZoteroQuickLook Plugin.
Zip these files (Do not zip the upper level folder), and change the .zip into the .xpi.
@zoelir729 A temporary solution:
Tools -> ZotFile Preferences -> Advanced Settings -> "☑️rename special characters (diacritics) from file name"
Update:
Works for non English non Chinese file name, but still does not work for Chinese file name.
@tenglu0417 Please consider a rename to remove the "beta", thanks in advance. For Mac OS, it appears initScripts or initExecutable is no longer properly completing, the functions. When openQuickLook gets called the
this.viewerBaseArgumentsandthis.viewerExecutableare null. I was able to fix it for Mac by putting this in to set the values.this.viewerBaseArguments=['-p']; this.viewerExecutable = Zotero.File.pathToFile("/usr/bin/qlmanage");right after
openQuickLook: async function(items) {
Note: the install.rdf update to 6.0.* for the maxVesion for the target. I don't have time to create a proper fork and pull request. Cheers
It works in Mac. And sorry to ask, the Chinese.pdf can not be opened, how to sovle it ? Thanks!
@zoelir729 I have a quick look at the file named zoteroquicklook.js, and just after I remove the code as below in the function cleanFileName, the plugin works well for the Chinese file name.
if (this.getPref("usefilenameworkaround") && ! Zotero.isWin){
filename=filename.replace(/[^A-Z0-9.:\/\\_\- ]/gi,'*');
}
@zoelir729 I have a quick look at the file named zoteroquicklook.js, and just after I remove the code as below in the function cleanFileName, the plugin works well for the Chinese file name.
if (this.getPref("usefilenameworkaround") && ! Zotero.isWin){ filename=filename.replace(/[^A-Z0-9.:\/\\_\- ]/gi,'*'); }
It works. Thanks!
I tried to modify the code by following the discussions above to make ZoteroQuickLook work with Zotero 6.x in this fork version, which can be downloaded and installed directly. Thanks for all good comments above.
Also Have found another new fork version - ZoteroQuickLookReload which is compatible with Zotero 6.x too. Guys could test the compatibility on your system. (Change the extension name to .xpi or .zip to install on Zotero 6.x)
I have forked the project again because ZoteroQuickLookReload (the fork mentioned above) does not provide an un-obfuscated version of the source and I was worried about running it on my system.
My version is here (and only supports macOS): https://github.com/beaugunderson/ZoteroQuickLookNG
That was my favorite way to quick check files. Hopefully we can get working again. I am not a MAC user at the moment =(
Thanks for this @beaugunderson! I had the same worry. I found I could make the old version work just by changing the target version, but I see you did a lot of cleanup and removed calling the perl file. Your version also seems more responsive on my system.
