zotero/zotero — pull request #182 by fbennett (2012-10-14 04:48:04+00:00)
Title: Scannable cites

This set of changes implements an alternative to the RTF Scan feature. It adds an option to the Export preferences, which changes the behaviour of a cite drag-and-drop of Ctl-Alt-A capture to produce a scannable cite using the currently selected style. The cites contain a zotero:// protocol link, which ties the cite to the original Zotero entry, both for scanning and for clickability is external note-taking, outlining and word processing tools. Scannable cites can be converted to Zotero references in an ODF document using this Python script: https://github.com/fbennett/zodfscan

There are quite a few changes, so this isn't a serious proposal for 3.0, but the patch can be used to try out the approach for bugs and usability. There are a couple of blemishes:

* I have had a report that the self-destructing window fails sometimes on a Mac system; and
* The option in Export preferences is maybe not the ideal means of controlling the behaviour.
* The conversion tool assumes that a document with existing Zotero cites has been set to
an in-text style before conversion, and an in-text style should be selected on the first document
refresh.

Apart from that., it seems to work quite well.