Actually, Bill, there is a way to get the functionality you're looking
for, but it involves overriding the default behavior of skim. You will
need keyboard macro software. I use Keyboard Maestro ($36 US) a tool
that has changed my life.
Here's what you do:
0. Enbable the Skim hidden preference
(SKReadMissingNotesFromSkimFileOption)
1. Set up a macro (using Keyboard Maestro in my case) to intercept
the Command-S (default "Save") behavior in Skim
2. Tie this macro to execute an AppleScript that saves the skim notes
ONLY.
3. When you close the PDF and are asked "Do you want to save the
changes you made in the document [Name of Document]" choose "Don't
Save" with Command-D or a mouse click.
This way, when you open up your PDF in Skim, the notes will be read in
automatically.
Given that you're using a network space to store your PDFs, your files
may be well-organized in which case the solution outlined above has a
few advantages, one of which is the fact that your PDFs are untouched
by Skim. The other advantage is that OS bugs in saving EAs across the
network are neutralized.
At the end of this email, you will find the AppleScript I invoke with
Command-S (step 2) to save skim notes. Note that the "repeat 2 times"
chunk is used to flash the screen to provide feedback that the notes
were in fact saved.
hth,
JW
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try
tell application "Skim"
set filepath to path of front document
end tell
set filepath to POSIX file filepath
set filepath to Unicode text 1 thru -5 of (filepath as Unicode text)
& ".skim"
tell application "Skim"
save document 1 in filepath as "Skim Notes"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
repeat 2 times
key code 28 using {command down, control down, option
down}
end repeat
end tell
--display alert "notes saved" giving up after 1
on error
display dialog "Could not save Skim Notes"
end try
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