Xunius
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6 years ago Hi matteosecli,
Yes that's a legit complaint, something I overlooked when making this tool. No need for screenshots or pdfs, the issue appears quite clear, but it might take some time for me to fix it. In the meanwhile, you could create a separate entry for the supplementary in Mendeley, or use some other tools if they do it properly.
Sorry for the trouble.
matteosecli
It's quite common for papers to have "Supplementary Materials", most of the times additional PDF files with extra info. I usually save these extra materials as additional PDF files in the paper entry; however, it seems that Menotexport discards them during the export process. I have an entry with the following 2 PDF files:
article.pdfsupplementary.pdfFor some weird reason, Mendeley has decided that
supplementary.pdfis the "primary" PDF file of the entry, i.e. the file that gets opened when you double-click on the paper entry on Mendeley. If I want to open the main text, I have to click on the second file on the file list of the entry, in Mendeley's right panel. Annoying, but not a big deal.However, if I export the document with Menotexport, only the "primary" file (which in this case Mendeley has decided to be
supplementary.pdf) gets exported. What's even more strange is that both files have their own notes; however,supplementary.pdfgets exported with the highlights belonging toarticle.pdfbaked in it, which obviously looks like a complete non-sense when I open it.By digging around, I've found that this Python program, instead, does the export in the correct way (i.e., it exports both PDF files and each of them with its own highlights).
I can provide screenshots of the entry in Mendeley and/or the relevant PDF files, if you need them.