DO NOT edit this preferencedirectly, but create a CSV (not semicolons) file named charmap.csv in the zotero data directory under the better-bibtex folder with columns unicode (the source character), text (representation in LaTeX text mode, if any) and math (representation in LaTeX math mode, if any, without dollar signs). charmapĪ JSON mapping from single character to raw LaTeX, to augment the default mapping these will be applied when you export as ASCII. Note that your database is always saved when your computer goes idle, or when you exit Zotero. How often the Better BibTeX database should be saved to disk. Support for EDTF dates in biblatex cacheFlushInterval When > 0, BBT will automatically pin the first citation keys it generates for an item after this many seconds. On your first citation a citation style preference box will appear, be sure to select American Medical Association or whichever style you will be citing in. Click Add/Edit Citation in the toolbar on the left. Place your cursor where you’d like to insert a citation. Number of seconds to wait after your system goes idle before kicking off auto-exports. In the document, click on the Zotero tab. Changes to this preference take effect after restarting Zotero. If you have auto-exports set up, BBT will wait this many seconds before actually kicking off the exports to buffer multiple changes in quick succession setting off an unreasonable number of auto-exports.
If you have unicode turned on you can still selectively replace some characters to plain-text commands any characters entered here will always be replaced by their LaTeX-command counterparts.
The following settings are not exposed in the UI, but can be found under Preferences/ Advanced/ Config editor. Really large library, but you can read about what is involved here. This is usually not a problem unless you have a Making any change here will drop your entire export cache. The defaults should just work, but here’s an attempt to describe what they do. The configuration of Better BibTeX is a little baroque compared to the standard Zotero Bib(La)TeX exporters (which The Better BibTeX Configuration can be found under the regular Zotero preferences pane, tab ‘Better BibTeX’.