Thanks Christiaan. Sorry for not being clearer. You mention that links can point to a location in a PDF in principle. My question is how are those links/URLs formatted or look like, so I can be able to create links that point to a location in a PDF. Say I want a URL, when handled by Skim or a PDF reader, to open/scroll the PDF to page 5 or to a certain 'location'. Would it look something like file:///~/nameofpdf.pdf#5 or something. I'm trying to find a way in which I can, upon following an external link to a PDF, have the reader (or Skim) go to a specific location/page/annotation in that PDF. Thanks again.
On Mar 2, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Mar 2, 2010, at 23:05, Loai Naamani wrote: > >> Thanks Christiaan. Two questions: >> 1) what does the link pointing to a location in a PDF look like (that you >> mention, in principle)? > > It does not look like anything, it's invisible. Unless of course you mean > something different with "look like"? > >> (even if Skim can't add/read it. I'm assuming other readers would be able to >> read such a link and scroll the PDF to the specified location?) > > Skim can read them and open them. You just can't add them in Skim. > >> 2) how does Spotlight open a PDF, say in Skim, while passing the search >> attributes that Skim automatically displays in the 'search' field? is the >> search string passed in the URL to the file? and can skim be instructed to >> automatically search for this 'string' in the notes panel instead of the >> contents panel (which it currently does after Spotlight opens the document >> in Skim)? >> Thanks again. >> > > The search string is passed in the Apple Event sent to Skim to open the > document. And you can't tell Skim to handle that differently. It also makes > less sense, because Spotlight only searches the PDF, not the notes. > > Christiaan > >> >> On Mar 2, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> >>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 19:52, Loai Naamani wrote: >>> >>>> Hello there-- Can specific Skim annotations be directly linked to? That >>>> is, an annotation URL that Skim would open, and scroll the PDF to that >>>> specific annotation and highlight/select it in the notes list? This URL >>>> can of course point to the PDF or the .skim notes file as its root. If >>>> not, is there a URL format to link to specific pages in a PDF? That is, a >>>> URL that any PDF reader (including Skim) would open and scroll to the >>>> specified page? Thank you. >>> >>> No. In principle, links can point to a location in a PDF though, which is >>> essentially the same thing. Skim doesn't support adding links though. >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >>> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >>> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >>> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
