retorquere
commented
3 months ago The question mark is when it has no info yet. Info is calculated after export. Reset empties the cache btw.
I'm in the middle of a total overhaul of the caching system, being tracked under #2315. I wouldn't worry about the cache until that comes out, ETA is about two weeks.
The cache is currently a tradeoff between speed and memory use, functionally there's no difference, so wrt streamlining, nothing will change functionally.
After the overhaul, start of export will be faster, and memory use will drop significantly for large libraries.
dlawisch
Debug log ID
MI76ZBZ6-euc/6.7.206-6
What happened?
No matter how I configure Better Bibtex, the cache always appears as "0%".
Steps I've taken to eliminate variables:
Disabled all extensions except for Better Bibtex.
On Better Bibtex Preferences -> Automatic Export:
On Better Bibtex Preferences -> Export -> Miscellaneous:
Removed Better Bibtex extension. Restarted Zotero, closed again.
On data and profile folders, deleted anything resembling Better Bibtex related.
Opened Zotero. On Preferences -> Advanced -> Files and Folders -> Database Maintenance:
Restarted Zotero. Installed Better Bibtex extension. Restarted Zotero. Waited for Better Bibtex to reassign citation keys. Took a couple of minutes, ~5k items.
On Better Bibtex Preferences -> Export -> Miscellaneous:
Made sure no automatic export existed.
On Tools -> Better Bibtex -> Send debug log:
Made sure better bibtex cache settings were still applied. Waited for "bibtex waiting for zotero" and regular zotero sync.
Selected My Library -> Export Library -> Better Bibtex
Exported to a new file test.bib. Around 6k items, took around 30 seconds.
On Better Bibtex Preferences -> Automatic export:
Auto export is "On Change", set delay for 5s. Made tiny change in library, waited 5s. Export started and took around 20 seconds.
On Better Bibtex Preferences -> Automatic export:
Then on Tools -> Better Bibtex -> Send debug log:
Does it seem like the cache is working and perhaps it's just displayed as 0%?
As I understand if a cache error occured it would show up as "Cached ?%", is that right?
I want to make sure it's working because Zotero uses a lot of CPU during export and the GUI hangs a bit.
Increasing export delay or setting it to idle might alleviate that but I would like to streamline the path from "creating/editing zotero item" to "generate updated .bib" as much as possible.
Thanks!