Add support for Zotero 7

[Kullenej]

Please add support for Zotero 7. Thanks!

[daeh]

Zotero 7 will require fairly extensive rewrites of most plugins (see retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex#2522). I'm going to hold off on redeveloping MarkDB-Connect until BetterBibTeX has a working beta since one of the major MDBC workflows relies on BBT citekeys.

[nhan000]

Hi, I don't mean to be pushy, but BetterBibTeX can now work with Zotero 7 quite well. The only remaining issue is the “citekey display/edit field awaits API from Zotero” retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex#2522 (comment)

[daeh]

It's in development. The new requirements for zotero 7 plugs require a ground-up rebuild, but I have some of the core components working. An additional complication is building a plugin that supports both zotero 6 and 7. But maybe I'll release a beta with exclusively zotero 7 compatibility before tackling that.

[nhan000]

Thanks for the update. I'd say to just release a beta plugin that work only with Zotero 7. I've seen a few developers rolling out updates that work with both Zotero 6 and Zotero 7, which causes some bug with Zotero 6, or they have to remove some features. Eventually most of them just drop Zotero 6 support, and people have to trace back what the stable release for Zotero 6 was and reinstall it.

I think as of now, those who choose to remain with Zotero 6 don't want anything that's buggy. Your plugin currently works very well with Zotero 6, so I think it's better to make a separate version for Zotero 7.

[daeh]

Quick update on Zot7 support - the core functionality issues are resolved. Main remaining task is getting the preference window situated.

[Kaergo]

Thank you and please get this done as soon as possible！

[kerim]

This is one of the few plugins I really depend on for my Logseq workflow. Any progress with the preference window? Thanks for your work!

[daeh]

yeah, everything is close. I'm hoping that I'll have time next week to connect the parts and get an alpha out.

[Kaergo]

hi daeh, how it is going?

[kerim]

I got a note that there was a release candidate, zotero-markdb-connect-0.1.0-rc.0.zip, and I was able to download it, but it won't install. Says that it isn't compatible with my version of Zotero, which is 7.0.0-beta.52+2f8e536f2 for MacOS

[wklimowicz]

Just tested on mine, works perfectly on:

• Fedora 38
• Zotero 7.0.0-beta.52+2f8e536f2 (64-bit)
• zotero-markdb-connect 0.1.0-rc.0

[daeh]

@kerim That's the same version I'm on (7.0.0-beta.52+2f8e536f2 for MacOS). rc.1 will be available later today, I don't think anything will be different, but if it doesn't work I'll think about how we might go about troubleshooting.

[daeh]

Here's rc.1. Please let me know how it works for you.

https://github.com/daeh/zotero-markdb-connect/releases/tag/v0.1.0-rc.1

Since this plugin is fairly flexible and encompasses a variety of use-cases, feedback about what is working is very appreciated.

[kerim]

Great. Seems to be working as intended. Thanks!

[daeh]

fyi I found a typo that messed with the obsidian URI. It's fixed in rc.2

https://github.com/daeh/zotero-markdb-connect/releases/tag/v0.1.0-rc.2

[daeh]

If you installed a prerelease, you'll need to manually update to v0.1.0-rc.6 (or later). I changed the addon ID and it won't autoupdate to a different ID than the installed version.

https://github.com/daeh/zotero-markdb-connect/releases/tag/v0.1.0-rc.6