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Whats your favorite free open source software that everyone should try? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Sigmatank@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Lemmy seems like the right place to ask this. Personally I've really enjoyed Gurgle, which is a FOSS Wordle clone app.

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[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Question about zotero, I just started using it and I can't seem to find a way to direct it to PDFs I have already downloaded? Is there a way to do that or does it only have the PDF finding feature? The citation thing is pretty cool though, it's gonna make my writing class easier and I won't have to use mybib anymore. Also, is there a way to make it always use the classic interface when adding a citation? I keep having to click "show classic interface" or whatever the button is, and it's a tad annoying.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Question about zotero, I just started using it and I can’t seem to find a way to direct it to PDFs I have already downloaded? Is there a way to do that or does it only have the PDF finding feature?

You can just drag and drop PDFs. Either to the list to create a new item or to an existing item if you already have it there.

Also, is there a way to make it always use the classic interface when adding a citation? I keep having to click “show classic interface” or whatever the button is, and it’s a tad annoying.

Zotero: Edit: Preferences: Cite: Word processors: Use classic Add Citation dialog [X]

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you much!

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BTW, why use classic dialog? The quick one is great, when you learn to use it: it allows you to easily find a bibliography item by any keyword or tag; lists previously cited items on top; can automatically add locator (page number) and also lets you modify the citation appearance by double-clicking the cited item. I can't imagine how the classic interface could be more usable in any application

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I guess I just didn't like having to type and find what I wanted to cite when I knew I wanted to cite the first or second article in my paper. But I guess that could become a problem once I have more citations, so I'll definitely try to get used to the other way too.