Scripting: Remove reading notes from tex field "notes" based on tag

[Neigelily]

Debug log ID

remove-reading-notes

What happened?

Hello,

Would it be possible to get help writing a postscript that removes Zotero reading notes from tex field "note" based on tag specifying that a Zotero note is a reading note?

Thanks a lot in advance!

[github-actions]

Hello @Neigelily,

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[retorquere]

remove-reading-notes is not a debug log ID of course.

[Neigelily]

I'm very sorry for not including a debug log ID. I wasn't sure as to whether I should since I'm not encountering any bug. Here it is: P8LZ55QA-euc/6.7.192-6

[retorquere]

I'll need a debug log obtained by right-clicking the item of interest abs sending it from the menu that pops up. It will have -refs- in it.

[Neigelily]

Thank you, here it is: 6QZ8IQX2-refs-euc/6.7.192-6

[retorquere]

I will take a look when I'm back home.

[Neigelily]

Thanks a lot!

[retorquere]

if (Translator.BetterTeX) { // only for tex, not for CSL
  if (zotero.notes) { // only if the item has notes
    // remove the field unconditionally -- if you filter all notes away, the input may be empty, and add doesn't do anything if the input
    // is empty -- maybe I should change that
    tex.remove('notes')
    // keepeverything except the unwanted note, that is: notes without tags, or, if a note has tags, not the tag 'Reading note'
    zotero.notes = zotero.notes.filter(note => !note.tags || !note.tags.find(tag => tag.tag === 'Reading note'))
    // add the field back
    this.add({ name: 'note', value: zotero.notes.map(note => note.note).join('</p><p>'), html: true })
  }
}

[Neigelily]

It works, thank you so much! And thanks a lot for your work on this awesome plugin.