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pdf_fulltext_indexing [2017/11/12 19:53] – external edit 127.0.0.1pdf_fulltext_indexing [2017/11/23 10:30] – Remove Zotero 5 warning bwiernik
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-<html><p id="zotero-5-update-warning" style="color: red; font-weight: bold">We’re 
-in the process of updating the documentation for 
-<a href="https://www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-5-0">Zotero 5.0</a>. Some documentation 
-may be outdated in the meantime. Thanks for your understanding.</p></html> 
- 
- 
 ====== PDF Full-Text Indexing ====== ====== PDF Full-Text Indexing ======
  
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   - The different executables can be placed directly in the data directory or linked to from there. Either way, platform-specific files must be created, conforming to the format ''pdfinfo-{platform}'' and ''pdftotext-{platform}'', where ''{platform}'' is "Win32", "MacIntel", "Linux-i686", etc. To determine your current platform, open the Firefox Web Console and enter ''navigator.platform.replace(' ', '-')''. The Windows executables require the .exe extension (e.g., ''pdftotext-Win32.exe'').   - The different executables can be placed directly in the data directory or linked to from there. Either way, platform-specific files must be created, conforming to the format ''pdfinfo-{platform}'' and ''pdftotext-{platform}'', where ''{platform}'' is "Win32", "MacIntel", "Linux-i686", etc. To determine your current platform, open the Firefox Web Console and enter ''navigator.platform.replace(' ', '-')''. The Windows executables require the .exe extension (e.g., ''pdftotext-Win32.exe'').
-  - One or two scripts are required for proper functioning of the PDF tools within Zotero. <del>On Windows systems, [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zotero/zotero/4.0/resource/redirect.vbs|redirect.vbs]] should be saved as ''pdfinfo.vbs'' and [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zotero/zotero/4.0/resource/hide.vbs|hide.vbs]] should be saved as ''pdftotext.vbs''.</del> [Note: These scripts are not currently usable on Windows, and Zotero instead uses custom versions of the binaries. If you use different versions of the tools, PDF page counts will not be available, and console windows will appear briefly while the tools run.] On OS X and Linux, [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zotero/zotero/4.0/resource/redirect.sh|redirect.sh]] should be saved as ''pdfinfo.sh'', with the executable bit set.+  - One or two scripts are required for proper functioning of the PDF tools within Zotero. 
 +    - On OS X and Linux, [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zotero/zotero/master/resource/redirect.sh|redirect.sh]] should be saved as ''pdfinfo.sh'', with the executable bit set. 
 +    - <del>On Windows systems, [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zotero/zotero/4.0/resource/redirect.vbs|redirect.vbs]] should be saved as ''pdfinfo.vbs'' and [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zotero/zotero/4.0/resource/hide.vbs|hide.vbs]] should be saved as ''pdftotext.vbs''.</del> [Note: These scripts are not currently usable on Windows, and Zotero instead uses custom versions of the binaries. If you use different versions of the tools, PDF page counts will not be available, and console windows will appear briefly while the tools run.] 
   - Text files containing the installed version number should be created with filenames in the format ''{executable-name}.version'' (e.g., ''pdftotext-MacIntel.version'').   - Text files containing the installed version number should be created with filenames in the format ''{executable-name}.version'' (e.g., ''pdftotext-MacIntel.version'').
pdf_fulltext_indexing.txt · Last modified: 2018/04/29 19:11 by dstillman