The next version of the skimnotes CLT (version 2.3) will be able to
handle PDF bundles, including conversions.
Christiaan
On 17 Jul 2008, at 11:46 AM, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:
> You mean, data.plist and data.txt?
> Fortunately (or unfortunately) I don't use Spotlight at all.
> Good to know it, though. Thanks again.
>
> By the way, would it be useful to provide a command line tool,
> I mean officially, that converts between Skim supported formats?
> (Now I have a handy one thanks to your help. ;-))
>
> Best,
>
> mahn-soo
>
> 2008/7/17 Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Almost. A PDF bundle saved by Skim contains two more files that are
>> used by the Spotlight importer. So bundles saved with this script
>> will
>> have only partial Spotlight support.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>> On 17 Jul 2008, at 9:05 AM, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Christiaan,
>>>
>>> even better! Now I understand the structure of the PDF bundle.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> mahn-soo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/7/16 Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>> And if you don't like launching Skim you can also use the skimnotes
>>>> tool.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>>
>>>> file="$1"
>>>> bundle="${file%.pdf}.pdfd"
>>>> name="${file##*/}"
>>>> name="${name%.pdf}"
>>>>
>>>> skimnotes="/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/skimnotes"
>>>>
>>>> mkdir "$bundle"
>>>> cp "$file" "$bundle"
>>>> "$skimnotes" get -format skim "$file" ${bundle}"/${name}.skim"
>>>> "$skimnotes" get -format text "$file" ${bundle}"/${name}.txt"
>>>> "$skimnotes" get -format rtf "$file" ${bundle}"/${name}.rtf"
>>>> "$skimnotes" remove ${bundle}"/${name}.pdf"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christiaan
>>>>
>>>> On 16 Jul 2008, at 11:57 AM, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Christiaan,
>>>>>
>>>>> that's exactly I wanted. Thanks a lot!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> mahn-soo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2008/7/16 Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 16 Jul 2008, at 4:41 AM, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a simple way to export a PDF to a PDF bundle
>>>>>>> from command line (without using Skim GUI)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for any help in advance.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mahn-soo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It takes a few lines (or one very long line), but you could do it
>>>>>> using osascript. If you save the lines below in a script file and
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> it executable, you could use it from the command line.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christiaan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>>>>
>>>>>> file="$1"
>>>>>> [ ${file:0:1} == "/" ] || file="${PWD}/${file}"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> osascript \
>>>>>> -e "tell application \"Skim\"" \
>>>>>> -e "activate" \
>>>>>> -e "open POSIX file \"${file}\"" \
>>>>>> -e "save front document in POSIX file \"${file}d\" as \"PDF
>>>>>> Bundle
>>>>>> \"" \
>>>>>> -e "end tell"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>
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