My guess is that all those tools just use Spotlight for their search. So actually it's Skim's Spotlight importer that searches the notes. That won't handle Skim notes in extended attributes (i.e. attached to PDFs) though.
Perhaps a simpler and quicker way to get all PDF files with Skim notes inside a given directory from the command line is: xattr * | grep net_sourceforge_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: > 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 priced FoxTrot Personal Search will also do this, > though I haven't checked. I'm not sure that either will find the > notes in an ordinary pdf file annotated with Skim, though you may want > to play around with it. > > To use FoxTrot you set it up to index selected folders (or your whole > drive) first. You can then do elaborate searches of file names, > contents or metadata. Demos are available from http://www.ctmdev.com/download/ > > Maurice > > On 19 Aug 2008, at 19:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Thanks, Christiaan -- >> >> I'm not sure if I asked the right question, so ... assuming there is >> a search tool (other than Spotlight/Finder) that can look inside the >> PDF, is there any indicator such a tool could look for that indicates >> a Skim note is in the file? >> >> Mike >> >>> You can't, Finder has no knowlegde of Skimnotes. >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>> On 19 Aug 2008, at 5:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> How should one search in Finder for all docs that have (unembedded) >>>> Skim notes? >>>> >>>> Mike >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >> the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
