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Zotero plugin providing some additional editing features
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Zutilo is not showing the path #131

Open annajean121922 opened 4 years ago

annajean121922 commented 4 years ago

I'm having issues sharing files between multiple PCs, so I have downloaded the Zutilo add-on to find the file path. I keep getting the following error. Could you help me on how to fix this issue?

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qqobb commented 4 years ago

This doesn't look like an issue to me. Zutilo's "Show attachment paths" function shows you a relative path of a linked file in the Linked Attachment Base Directory as "attachments:references/coolPaper.pdf". See the link for an explanation how to set up your other PCs. For a linked file that is not stored with a relative path, Zutilo shows its absolute path, e.g., "C:/userData/references/coolPaper.pdf". A file in Zotero's storage is shown as "storage:coolPaper.pdf".

wshanks commented 4 years ago

@qqobb's description is correct, but the documentation of the show attachments function could be more clear about what it is showing. Technically, it shows the attachmentPath property for each item and that uses the "storage:" and "attachments:" prefixes when appropriate.

@annajean121922 I always thought of the show attachment paths function as a helper function for using the modify attachment paths function. If you just want to see the paths of individual attachments, you can right click them and choose "Show File." Please report back if you need more help with what you are trying to do.