Re: [ANN] Zotero for plain text (including org-mode)

[Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>]

On 12/20/10 12:52 AM, Erik Hetzner wrote:
> At Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:27:32 +0100,
> Christian Moe wrote:
>> I can insert a Zotero link with `C-c z i', but it's very touch and go
>> -- sometimes it's inserted, sometimes nothing happens, most of the
>> time I don't get a description part, and `C-c z u' doesn't necessarily
>> work, though sometimes it does.
(...)
>> So on a quick test drive, it's not as stable as I'd like. Otherwise, I
>> think zotero-plain could be a boon for Org-mode and Zotero users.
(...)
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. mozrepl interaction is definitely
> troublesome; my experience has not been as bad as yours, but there can
> be problems.
>
> I have changed zotero.el to reset the mozrepl process frequently; it
> is a bit of a hack, but it seems to improve things a bit.T
>
> I am hoping that using the recently announced zotero.org API for
> citation generation will be more stable than using mozrepl.
>
> best, Erik

Hi, Erik,

That's solved it for me. It still does not happen /every/ time I 
insert a Zotero link that the link is expanded with a full biblio 
description, but it happens most of the time, and for when it doesn't, 
`C-c z u' seems to work reliably now.

(Firefox taxes my old system a bit, and runs with frequent pauses, 
which may account for my having more trouble communicating with 
MozRepl than you're seeing. Looking forward to the API.)

One more issue I see is with Unicode characters. They are preserved 
when I command-shift-copy a reference from Zotero into an Org buffer 
(I have current-language-environment set to UTF-8). Org-zotero-mode 
does not preserve them. I've had a quick look at the code but haven't 
pinned it down why not.

I may have some more feedback in a week's time when I've cleared my 
Christmas deadlines, but for now, thanks for this!

Yours,
Christian