Zotero-better-bibtex: Z5: quick-copy & automatic journal abbreviation

[RafalSkolasinski]

• continuation of additional posts in https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex/issues/604
  Thanks for a quick reply there! I am afraid however that it is still not working for me.

I installed pre-relase v5.0.22 (through the automated update) and updated Zotero to 5.0.20 (through the automated update too).

I see the new option in Better BibTeX settings Pane: Journal abbrevations, and I have the only option there checked.

Unfortunately still when I do quick copy of an entry with ctrl+shift+c the journal names don't get abbreviated. When I click it however with RMB and select export, then it does---just in case you'd be worried that the entry on which I am testing it is corrupted.

I will be happy to provide any additional details you may need.

[retorquere]

What quick-copy translator do you have set?

[RafalSkolasinski]

It is Better BibTeX. This is the option I set. Is there any other place I should change settings in?

[retorquere]

Can you right-click the reference you were quick-copying and select "Send BBT error"?

[RafalSkolasinski]

Here it comes IZ8RPBY6

[retorquere]

Ah, that's a different matter. You're not looking for auto-abbreviation (which is what the preference controls) but to have the abbreviated title exported to the reference journal field instead of the full title.

What you want is not possible; during regular export you can check Use journal abbreviation, but there's no way to communicate this intent to quick-copy, and Zotero doesn't tell translators whether they're being used for quick-copy or regular exports, so I can't enforce it for quick-copy only.

[RafalSkolasinski]

Ah... I see... Do you know maybe about some extension that could go over all my entries and abbreviate them? Anyway, this issue can be closed then.

[retorquere]

You want all your reference titles replaced by their abbreviated titles? Or do you want the Abbreviated Title field filled for all your references?

[RafalSkolasinski]

I want to have Quick-Copy export abbreviated name as a title so I hope just substituting all names by abbreviated form would do the trick. I could always export first to file (checking abbreviate option) and then copy paste it wherever I want to but it seems like annoying hassle to do.

[retorquere]

If Zotero had export options for quick-copy I could make use of those, but as it is there's nothing I can do about this that would not also affect regular exports.

I don't know of any extensions that do what you want, sorry.

[stroitzsch]

For reference if anyone comes across this issue:

A workaround to get journal abbreviations with Better BibTeX quick-copy is to edit Zotero\translators\Better BibTeX.js and set "useJournalAbbreviation" to true.

[retorquere]

Which will get overwritten the next time BBT updates.

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