zotero-better-bibtex: Extra field does not get exported any more

Today I realised that BBT has stopped exporting the extra field from Zotero. Up until the update that changed this (not sure what version it is), the extra from Zotero was exported as notes in the .bib file. As an example, consider the Zotero entry below.

~~Its extra field gets exported as note in the .bib file as shown below:~~ In the past, its extra field would get exported as note in the .bib file as shown below:

@misc{hamman_technical_2000,
	title = {The Technical as Aesthetic: Technology, Art-making, Interpretation},
	url = {http://www.michaelhamman.com/resources/montpelier_2000.pdf},
	shorttitle = {The Technical as Aesthetic},
	author = {Hamman, Michael},
	urldate = {2019-02-04},
	date = {2000},
	note = {pdf},
	file = {Full Text:/home/gilberto/Zotero/storage/7TXU8P2T/Hamman - The Technical as Aesthetic Technology, Art-making.pdf:application/pdf}
}

I often use these to customise how my bibliography looks.

When I enable the option Export Notes when exporting my collection through BBT, the bib file will contain the note field, but it will also contain all my personal notes from Zotero’s Notes tab. These make the files huge, as I take extensive notes and quotes on every file.

I am running Zotero 5.0.89 and BBT 5.2.61.

So my question is: is there a way of exporting the extra field to my .bib file, preferably as note, without exporting all Notes taken in Zotero?

edit: clarifying that my example shows the old (and desired) behaviour, not the current one

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Created 4 years ago
Comments: 22 (8 by maintainers)

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You can do this with a postscript:

if (Translator.BetterTeX) {
  if (reference.has.note) {
    if (reference.has.annotation) delete reference.has.annotation
    reference.has.note.name = 'annotation'
  }
}

It is a bit hacky to change the name, but to cleanly change it would take more code, and this will in fact work.

retorquere on Sep 21, 2020

Just tested 5.2.63 and it all works like a charm, thank you once again!

gilbertohasnofb on Aug 28, 2020

On the other hand, some styles do use the note field, and you’d have no way to get data into that.

retorquere on Aug 27, 2020