zim-zotero-plugin

This ZIM Wiki plugin provides integration between Zotero (Reference Manager) and zim (Personal Wiki Software).

Clone this repo to your plugins folder and restart your zim wiki:

git clone https://github.com/shivams/zim-zotero-plugin ~/.local/share/zim/plugins/zim-zotero-plugin

Note that you will need to install zotxt (https://github.com/egh/zotxt) plugin in your Zotero to make this plugin work.

Warning

This version is not compatible to older ones. The link format has changed. It follows the direct supported link format of Zotero and therefore it can not support the easylink format. The old easylink format will have the Zotero key as its address.

###Convert the old link format into Zotero links

The script will do a move of the original txt files and copy the content to the original name while rewriting the Zotero links. The backup of original file is not changed.

Warning: a second run will overwrite the backup files!

python3 update_links.py path/to/zim-wiki

How does it work?

Press <Control><Alt>-I or go to Insert -> Citations. A dialog will open up, where you can enter your query to search for items in your Zotero collection. After pressing GO, all the matching items will be added into your zim wiki.

Changing the default link display format

In zim go to Edit -> Preferences -> Plugins -> Zotero Citations

Under Configure you can choose the display format of Zotero links in zim:

• betterbibtexkey, e.g. bloomAreIdeasGetting2017
• key, e.g. 1_MGYAJ483
• bibliography, e.g. Bloom, Nicholas, Charles Jones, John Van Reenen, and Michael Webb. “Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?,” 2017. https://doi.org/10.3386/w23782.

The option Bibliography Style can now change the citation style used by the option bibliography. Be careful as the option shown in Zotero needs mostly to be transformed.

RTF Style -> rft-style

Handling zotero:// Links

Under Linux you need now a zotero.desktop for handling the links. The link should work then in every program. The important part is the MimeType=x-scheme-handler/zotero;. With it Zotero is used for zotero:// links. Adjust your path to Zotero!

$ cat .local/share/applications/zotero.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Zotero
TryExec=zotero
Exec=zotero -url %U
Icon=Path_to_Zotero/chrome/icons/default/default256.png
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Categories=Office;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/zotero;text/html;text/plain

After updating the mime-database and a zim restart, zim should find Zotero and open the links with it.

update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications

If the Zotero handler is in the database, the output of gio should look like this:

$ gio mime x-scheme-handler/zotero
Default application for »x-scheme-handler/zotero«: zotero.desktop
Registered applications:
        zotero.desktop
Recommended applications:
        zotero.desktop

If Zotero is not set as default, you can try to set it with

gio x-scheme-handler/zotero zotero.desktop

In the worst case you need to right click on a Zotero link and click Open with -> Customize and select Zotero as standard application.

Alternative using the zotxt

If the way above is not working. There is the zotero-zotxt.py script which could be used. Add another desktop entry:

$ cat .local/share/applications/zotero-zotxt.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Zotero zotxt wrapper
TryExec=zotero
Exec=python3 path/to/zotero-zotxt.py %U
Icon=Path_to_Zotero/chrome/icons/default/default256.png
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Categories=Office;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/zotero;text/html;text/plain

Update the database as written above and set now zotero-zotxt.desktop as default:

gio x-scheme-handler/zotero zotero-zotxt.desktop

TODOs

• Intra-page References
  • See this launchpad wishlist: https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim/+bug/380844
  • And this blueprint by Jaap (zim BDFL): https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-wiki/wiki/Blueprint-anchors
• Bibtex Support