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Trashcan – web based service for indexing scientific papers, or other documents

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Re: Trashcan – web based service for indexing scientific papers, or other documents

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Noble_Lie wrote: post #5

Installing now to check this out for my large collection of PDFs. Thank you for the open source library. Edit: Was hoping there was support for this feature, but after the long build / fetching of dependencies, a mandatory ask before I could even theoretically use this software would be bulk import of files / directories (ideally tree walking, but not necessary) Also even for a single file upload, I was expecting the…

any update of usability here? I have a giant zotero library (and a folder of 100gb pdfs) that I would love to just switch to something like this...

Re: Trashcan – web based service for indexing scientific papers, or other documents

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bomewish wrote: post #11
Noble_Lie wrote: post #5

Installing now to check this out for my large collection of PDFs. Thank you for the open source library. Edit: Was hoping there was support for this feature, but after the long build / fetching of dependencies, a mandatory ask before I could even theoretically use this software would be bulk import of files / directories (ideally tree walking, but not necessary) Also even for a single file upload, I was expecting the…

any update of usability here? I have a giant zotero library (and a folder of 100gb pdfs) that I would love to just switch to something like this...

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Re: Trashcan – web based service for indexing scientific papers, or other documents

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PakG1 wrote: post #4

Interesting. However, if it can't handle creating citations for my research paper, I would need to stick with Zotero for managing and tracking the papers I care about. Ability to create and manage citations would be the killer app feature for many, I think.

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Re: Trashcan – web based service for indexing scientific papers, or other documents

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Post by pvaldes »

PakG1 wrote: post #4

Interesting. However, if it can't handle creating citations for my research paper, I would need to stick with Zotero for managing and tracking the papers I care about. Ability to create and manage citations would be the killer app feature for many, I think.

Seems the same problem that TeX has been solving really well since several decades ago. Hyperlinks included

Re: Trashcan – web based service for indexing scientific papers, or other documents

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Post by NobleLie »

bomewish wrote: post #11
Noble_Lie wrote: post #5

Installing now to check this out for my large collection of PDFs. Thank you for the open source library. Edit: Was hoping there was support for this feature, but after the long build / fetching of dependencies, a mandatory ask before I could even theoretically use this software would be bulk import of files / directories (ideally tree walking, but not necessary) Also even for a single file upload, I was expecting the…

any update of usability here? I have a giant zotero library (and a folder of 100gb pdfs) that I would love to just switch to something like this...

I believe you are asking OP?

If you were asking me, this software is very minimal and not going to compete with zotero for an unknown time frame. What's your current need after using zotero? (Just curious)

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That being said, I really appreciate these initiatives and applaud author of this library, didn't confirm but probably a one-person team.

Re: Trashcan – web based service for indexing scientific papers, or other documents

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Post by bomewish »

NobleLie wrote: post #15
bomewish wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

any update of usability here? I have a giant zotero library (and a folder of 100gb pdfs) that I would love to just switch to something like this...

I believe you are asking OP? If you were asking me, this software is very minimal and not going to compete with zotero for an unknown time frame. What's your current need after using zotero? (Just curious) --- That being said, I really appreciate these initiatives and applaud author of this library, didn't confirm but probably a one-person team.

No, I was asking you because you said you were going to implement it. I run zotero on two computers and sync them with unison -- but it just seems a bit fragile sometimes. I've corrupted the database once before and it was a hassle to restore. Sharing highlights from ipad back into the library is even more tricky: I sync the entire zotero folder (many gb, but only a portion of my ~200gb of pdfs) to rsync.net, and then sync specific folders through PDF viewer pro or whatever. Then my highlgihts sync to rsync.net, and then back to zotero.

The main benefit from zotero is automatic generation of metadata, renaming of pdfs, and syncing of highlights.

It just feels like a rube goldberg machine. I should actually just PAY 10 bucks a month for zotero unlimited itself.

Having a very rapid full text search functionality on top of all this is the dream. I haven't yet seen a super easy way to implement that beyond running elasticsearch, and that's a rabbithole I don't currently have the incentive to go down.

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