Can't save pdf annotaion if call org-noter from org-roam notes about org-roam-bibtex HOT 5 CLOSED

Actually windows support symlink, and I'm using it in my config.
I think this is a bug of org-noter, after I changed the NOTER_DOCUMENT to a symlink path, the bug occurs, and pdf-tools alone handles symblink path without any problem.
Thanks for your help ❤️

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Setting `directory-abbrev-alist' solved this bug perfectly, so maybe its just compatibility issue with emacs? Anyway to verify this I'll open issue on org-noter and pdf-tool's repo. Thanks agian.

@pRot0ta1p The highlighting is done by pdf-tools. Org-noter just tells pdf-tools which PDF document to open reading this information from NOTER_DOCUMENT. So it must be a bug in pdf-tools, although it might as well be an intentional feature. You can try setting directory-abbrev-alist, it may help. And as I wrote above, telling org-roam-bibtex to convert the retrieved path to an absolute file name also works around the issue.
I'm glad I could help.

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I was only able to reproduce the behaviour you described when the PDF file was in a symlinked directory, otherwise it works perfectly fine. With the ORB/org-noter setup suggested in the README, the BibTeX file field is retrieved. We do not care what you put in there 🤣.

ln -s /directory/with/my/pdfs /symlink/to/directory/with/my/pdfs

@article{Doe2020,
...
File = {/symlink/to/directory/with/my/pdfs/Doe2020.pdf}
...
}

It seems to be an issue with pdf-tools or org-noter, or whatever 😂.

You can try one of the following (or all at once):

• Write absolute file names into your BibTeX file(s)
• Request absolute file names in orb-templates, e.g. %(file-truename (orb-process-file-field \"${citekey}\"))
• Report the issue to pdf-tools or org-noter, or both

Anyway, it has nothing to do with org-roam-bibtex 😜

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Ah, you're using Windows. They do not have symlinks, do they? Maybe something's wrong with your Windows installation.

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@pRot0ta1p The highlighting is done by pdf-tools. Org-noter just tells pdf-tools which PDF document to open reading this information from NOTER_DOCUMENT. So it must be a bug in pdf-tools, although it might as well be an intentional feature. You can try setting directory-abbrev-alist, it may help. And as I wrote above, telling org-roam-bibtex to convert the retrieved path to an absolute file name also works around the issue.
I'm glad I could help.

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