

The default key pattern is auth.lower + shorttitle(3,3) + year if you have papers that use keys which were generated by the key generator of the standard Bib(La)TeX exporters of Zotero you may want to use zotero.clean instead in order to ease migration from existing exports for people who previously used the standard Zotero Bib(La)TeX exports. Preferences (you can get there via the Zotero preferences, or by clicking the Better BibTeX “Preferences” button in the addons pane. You can set your generator pattern in the Better BibTeX

The JabRef key formatting syntax, but now uses a javascript-ish format. Configurable citekey generatorīBT also implements a citekey generator for those entries that don’t have a citekey set explicitly the formatter pattern language used to follow
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Zotero: Report Customizer to display the BibTeX key plus anyĬonflicts between them in the zotero report.

The plugin will generate BibTeX comments to show whether a key conflicts and with which entry. Find duplicate keys through integration with Report Customizer This feature requires a one-time setup: choose the Quick Copy format under the Citation keys preferences for BBT, and go to Zotero preferences, tab Export, under Default Output Format, select “Better BibTeX Quick Copy: ”. You can drag and drop citations into your LaTeX/Markdown/Orgmode editor, and it will add a proper \cite/ The cite command isĬonfigurable for LaTeX by setting the config option in the preferences. You can generate a pinned citation key by selecting one or more items, right-clicking, and selecting Generate BibTeX key, which will add the current citation key to the extra field, thereby pinning it. You can fix the citation key (called pinning in BBT) for an item by adding the text Citation Key: anywhere in theĮxtra field of the item on a line of its own. Such keys are called dynamic keys, which are marked with a pushpin the item list view and in the item details to distinguish them from dynamic keys. Show your citation keys in the item list view.īy default, BBT generates the citation key from the item information, and this key may change when you edit the item.Drag and drop LaTeX citations using these keys to your favorite LaTeX editor.Generate citation keys from JabRef(-ish) patterns.BBT is conservative about citation key changes, and allows you to fix keys to any value of your choosing.BBT generates citation keys that take into account other existing keys in your library in a deterministic way, regardless of what part of your library you export, or the order in which you do it. Stable citation keys, without key clashes.As the citation key is the piece of data that connects yourīibliography, this is a piece of data you want to have control over. People usually pick a naming scheme related to them. You can’t see the citation keys until you export themįor a LaTeX author, the citation keys have their own meaning, fully separate from the other entry data, even if.The keys are always auto-generated, so if you correct a typo in the author name or title, the key will change.If a non-unique key is generated, which one gets postfixed with a distinguishing character is essentially.For serious LaTeX users, “usually” presents the following problems: The BibTeX citations keys generated by the standard Zotero exporters are always generated at time of export, using an algorithm that usually generates unique keys.
