Re: [Skim-app-users] Compress-archived PDF (tgz, tar.gz, or tar.bz2) doesn't preserve annotations

Compressing as a zip file using the “Compress” command in the Finder’s “File” or Contextual menu also preserves Skim annotations mf On 12 Oct 2011, at 03:05, Carl Lee wrote: > I'm trying to save an annotated PDF in a compressed format that preserves > annotations. What I fo

Re: [Skim-app-users] problem making SKIM the default pdf reader

n > it. > > Christiaan > I've had this with various applications from time to tim, caused by a corrupt Launch Services database. Try rebuilding the Launch Services database. You can do this with Onxy (amongst other apps) available from http://www.tita

Re: [Skim-app-users] Apple PDF pasteboard type

On 20 Jul 2009, at 18:39, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Jul 20, 2009, at 7:26 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Jul 20, 2009, at 6:49 PM, mf wrote: I see that with v.1.2.4 "Save as..." no longer says the the choice is between 'PDF' or 'PDF bundle' but betwee

[Skim-app-users] Apple PDF pasteboard type

I see that with v.1.2.4 "Save as..." no longer says the the choice is between 'PDF' or 'PDF bundle' but between 'Apple PDF pasteboard type' or 'PDF bundle'. Files saved as 'Apple PDF pasteboard type' now seem to be of the 'Kind' 'NSPDFboardType' rather than 'PDF'. I rather miss the simpl

Re: [Skim-app-users] Zoom question

There's a freeware product called Right Zoom which allows you to expand the window of any program to fill the whole screen: http://blazingtools.com/downloads.html#RightZoom mf On 4 Apr 2009, at 00:10, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Have you tried Zoom To Fit? You can't zoom /both/

[Skim-app-users] Link to Wiki from Help Menu

The Wiki no longer seems to be available from the link under the Help menu in v.1.2.1 , though the Help link to Skim web site (and from that a link to the Wiki) works. mf -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC

Re: [Skim-app-users] Find Skim notes in Spotlight

Thanks Christiaan, I'll try that! mf On 2 Feb 2009, at 17:02, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > You should be able to search notes, and it works for me. Perhaps the > system hasn't finished re-indexing your files yet, as this may take a > while. Skim should force this when you firs

[Skim-app-users] Find Skim notes in Spotlight

ugh Spotlight itself seems to be working fine and finding text in the ordinary body of the same pdf. mf On 2 Feb 2009, at 10:16, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > The Skim development teams is pleased to announce that Skim 1.2.1 is > available for download at <http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/&

Re: [Skim-app-users] best OCR program

dedicated OCR app ($130) but some people - me included - have serious problems with it (eg see: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14235/readiris-pro) . mf On 18 Jan 2009, at 00:00, Alex Hamann wrote: > > On 17.01.2009, at 22:33, Noam A. Osband wrote: > >> Well, if there is

Re: [Skim-app-users] Password and Keychain

Possibly a very silly question but is your Keychain working with other applications? This couldn't be a corrupt keychain, could it? On 7 Nov 2008, at 14:57, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Does it work if you enter the password in the sheet (File > > Password...) instead of the main view? > > Also,

Re: [Skim-app-users] how to find Skimmed docs

orge_skim-app_notes > > or if you want it clean: > > xattr * | grep net_sourceforge_skim-app_notes | sed -e "s/: > net_sourceforge_skim-app_notes//" > > You could also put it in an alias or a script. > > Christiaan > > On 19 Aug 2008, at 9:16 PM, mf wrote: > &

Re: [Skim-app-users] how to find Skimmed docs

FoxTrot Professional Search will find and search the contents of the .skim file in a pdf bundle (.pdfd) created with Skim. You can also search for files whose names contain .skim (ie the notes file in a pdfd bundle) and this will pull up all the .skim files you have. I expect the lower price

Re: [Skim-app-users] changing text colour, note boarders and multi columns

On 14 Jul 2008, at 16:31, Christopher Reeve wrote: A wish would be that Skim includes an aditional text tool just like Jarnal's. Skim's note tool has its uses, but being able to simply write between the lines of someones report would be very usefull, as often margins are not wide enoug

Re: [Skim-app-users] apply last action with middle mouse button - keeps your left hand free for coffee drinking

Skim's ability to go into highlighting/underlining/text note etc mode and stay there gets you half way to what you want. If you combine it with a macro program (eg QuicKeys) and a programmable mouse, you can get pretty close to what you propose. I have one of my mouse buttons set up to trig

[Skim-app-users] Underlining

If I underline several lines of text using any the recent versions of Skim (1.1.5 to 1.1.7), save and close the file and then reopen it, the several lines of underlining appear as a single thick line. The more lines that have been underlined, the thicker the single line becomes. Maurice ---

Re: [Skim-app-users] [ANN] Skim 1.1.5

At least on my system, it looks like 1.1.5 has lost the ability to open pdf bundles (pdfd), though these open fine with 1.1.4 Maurice On 27 Jun 2008, at 11:18, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > The Skim development teams is pleased to announce that Skim 1.1.5 is > available for download at

Re: [Skim-app-users] Open Skim-enhanced PDFs (feature proposal)

Skim is part way there already. Press number key '1' from anywhere in a Skim document and you go to the top of page 1, press '2' then '3' in quick succession and you go to the top of page 23, etc. Maurice On 30 Apr 2008, at 17:14, Bruce G. Seidner, Ph.D. wrote: > This reminds me of features

Re: [Skim-app-users] Underlining

On 12 Apr 2008, at 00:10, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On 11 Apr 2008, at 9:56 PM, mf wrote: On 11 Apr 2008, at 18:29, Christiaan Hofman wrote: On 11 Apr 2008, at 6:11 PM, mf wrote: >From time to ti

Re: [Skim-app-users] Underlining

On 11 Apr 2008, at 18:29, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 11 Apr 2008, at 6:11 PM, mf wrote: > >> From time to time I have shared a document marked up in Skim with >> non- >> Skim users. Exporting the document with embedded notes generally >> works and shows

[Skim-app-users] Underlining

, often showing up as struck-out text. I assume this is another limitation of PDFKit? mf - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still ti

Re: [Skim-app-users] Skim-DEVONthink redux

I sometimes need to copy and paste a standard note to multiple Skim files. I find that the original note's size, color, text, text size and font is preserved when it is pasted from the clipboard - so the process can be less laborious than it may seem, even without scripting. mf On 3

[Skim-app-users] Changed by another application?

apart from Skim on these files. The problem occurs with Skim 1.1.1 as well as 1.1.2. However, reverting to Skim 1.0.3 allows bundles to be saved without problem. mf- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It'

Re: [Skim-app-users] Time Machine and Skim notes

their highlighting, underlining, text notes and anchored notes. The restored files appear to be identical to the originals in every respect. mf On 6 Mar 2008, at 10:59, Rolf Schmolling wrote: Am 02.03.2008 um 17:32 schrieb Alex Hamann: Am 02.03.2008 um 12:15 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: On

Re: [Skim-app-users] One file needs different magnification setting from the rest...

now >>> where you are or what section, subsection etc you are reading. >> >> Okay. I still don't see the Big, but it's your document. > > I can understand why mf might want to see the document in its "native" > format and in Skim--Skim's multiple find

Re: [Skim-app-users] One file needs different magnification setting from the rest...

undifferentiated block of text. Impossible to know where you are or what section, subsection etc you are reading. On 15 Feb 2008, at 18:30, The Org Dork wrote: > On 2/14/08 11:16 PM, "mf" wrote: > >> I already have a paper copy of the document, which is a 33 page >&g

Re: [Skim-app-users] One file needs different magnification setting from the rest...

--Marc > On 15.02.2008 at 05:16h, mf wrote (with possible deletions): > >> Thanks...! >> >> I already have a paper copy of the document, which is a 33 page >> statute. I need it on the computer to be able to search >> electronically >> and to copy pas

Re: [Skim-app-users] One file needs different magnification setting from the rest...

uot;Save as PDF" function. If you can point me to it, I'd be grateful On 15 Feb 2008, at 03:12, The Org Dork wrote: > On 2/14/08 6:44 PM, "mf" wrote: > >> I have one constantly used pdf with extremely small type which I need >> to have at about 200%

[Skim-app-users] One file needs different magnification setting from the rest...

I have one constantly used pdf with extremely small type which I need to have at about 200% magnification to read properly. But for all other pdfs, this is vastly too much and I use 130% magnification as the default Skim setting. I try and keep the small print file open as much as possible,

Re: [Skim-app-users] skim like capabilities in Preview 4.0

On 19 Jan 2008, at 23:47, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 20 Jan 2008, at 12:41 AM, mf wrote: > >> >> On 19 Jan 2008, at 19:02, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> >>> On 19 Jan 2008, at 7:41 PM, mf wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>

Re: [Skim-app-users] skim like capabilities in Preview 4.0

On 19 Jan 2008, at 19:02, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 19 Jan 2008, at 7:41 PM, mf wrote: > >> >> On 19 Jan 2008, at 18:26, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: >> >>> >>> On 2008-01-19, at 4:13 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> >&

Re: [Skim-app-users] skim like capabilities in Preview 4.0

On 19 Jan 2008, at 18:26, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: > > On 2008-01-19, at 4:13 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> >> On 19 Jan 2008, at 6:03 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 18, 2008, at 8:27 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote: >>> On 2008-01-18, at 7:54 PM, Adam R. Maxwe

Re: [Skim-app-users] skim like capabilities in Preview 4.0

With Skim, you can go into highlight mode: then to highlight text you just select it - a one step exercise. In Preview you must highlight the text, then choose the highlight shortcut combination or menu choice - a two step exercise. If you are reading and highlighting through a lot of text

Re: [Skim-app-users] QuickLook plugin for PDF bundles

ed in Skim.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook. You could also copy the plugin to ~/Library/QuickLook. Christiaan On 18 Jan 2008, at 6:37 PM, mf wrote: Is the QuickLook plugin for PDF bundles still included in the latest version of Skim? I find: --if I delete all traces of earlier versions of Skim

[Skim-app-users] QuickLook plugin for PDF bundles

Is the QuickLook plugin for PDF bundles still included in the latest version of Skim? I find: --if I delete all traces of earlier versions of Skim, and work just with v. 1.0.3, pdfd files do not work with QuickLook --If I download v.1.0, and keep it on my system, QuickLook works, whether

Re: [Skim-app-users] [ANN] Skim 0.9

It didn't work for me. I had to use Dork's method of obtaining 0.9...But the link works now mf On 11 Sep 2007, at 17:53, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > On Sep 11, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Fabien Dagnat wrote: > >> Hello >> Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>> On 11 Sep 2

[Skim-app-users] Can't open bundles with 0.9

I'm finding that Skim 0.9 will not open any file saved as a bundle (.pdfd), though these open fine with 0.8... mf On 11 Sep 2007, at 16:16, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Rendering is done by Apple's PDFKit, so this is almost certainly a > PDFKit problem, which we cannot fix.

[Skim-app-users] Thanks a bundle!

This is just to say thanks for the great 'bundle' feature in v 0.8. It means I can now move pdfs between two computers (which I do constantly), without losing the ability to edit the notes afterwards. Perfect! Maurice

Re: [Skim-app-users] 0.6 remembering current view settings?

Solved for me too! Thanks for the fast response! mf On 26 Jul 2007, at 21:17, Alex Hamann wrote: > problem solved with 0.61 :-) > thanks > > > alex > > > > Am 26.07.2007 um 21:14 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> That's it exactly! If I hide the status ba

Re: [Skim-app-users] 0.6 remembering current view settings?

That's it exactly! If I hide the status bar, the problem disappears...! mf On 26 Jul 2007, at 20:03, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Are you opening windows maximized, and do you show the status bar? It > seems to happen in that case. > > Christiaan > > On 26 Jul 2007, at 8:

Re: [Skim-app-users] 0.6 remembering current view settings?

quot; !! I'm not using localization. I'm on OS 10.4.9 I've tried restarting Skim, opening 1 file, closing both panes, quitting and then restarting Skim. The new window again opens with both panes open. mf On 26 Jul 2007, at 15:33, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > It works for m

[Skim-app-users] 0.6 remembering current view settings?

helped. If I revert to version 0.51, current settings are correctly remembered. mf - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and conf

Re: [Skim-app-users] Reading bar issues

the pdf has been created? mf On 22 Jun 2007, at 10:00, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 22 Jun 2007, at 5:44 AM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have just discovered the reading bar. (I mean, just begun to use it >> regularly.) What a grea