On 03.03.2010, at 14:39, Jeremy Dolan wrote: > Howdy all. I've begun to use the Dropbox file synchronization service > recently. Unfortunately, it, like everything else in this world, doesn't > synchronize file EAs. So no skim notes by default get copied between home and > the office. > > So a few question. 1) I've set Skim to "automatically save a skim notes > backup when saving" at both locations. Seemed to work fine, but I've now > discovered that Skim will only load these notes if the file itself has none > in the extended attributes. So for files that I've edited from both places, > they now only read in the locally embedded EA copy of the notes, even if the > .skim notes backup is more recent. Sure, I can, every time I open a PDF, do > File>Read Notes, but that's tedious and, way more importantly, I'm bound to > forget on many occasions, which would cause serious data loss, when I later > save and overwrite the .skim file from another location. What can I do?! Is > there a way to disable EA saving entirely? > > 2) Relatedly, because of all these hijinks dealing with syncing and EA, I > really want to locate all of the files which I have that contain embedded > Skim EAs, so that proper attention and care may be payed to them, backups can > be exported, etc. I seem to recall some terminal command to find EAs, or a > particular type--presumably y'all know it? > > Oh, and finally, as long as I'm writing, I've wondered about this for a long > time. 3) Is it possible to inverse-crop a PDF's page size? Suppose I have a > journal article on 6x9 paper size, and want to enlarge it to 8.5x11 so that > there are larger margins which I can write on with text notes. Can Skim, or > some other (free) tool do this? > > Cheers, thanks for any help everyone! > Jeremy > > PS: Shameless plug, but if you're not familiar with Dropbox and you ever work > from two places, I can't recommended it highly enough. It is now tied with > Skim as the most essential piece of software I use. Free storage up to 2 GB, > and, (here's the plug) if you sign up through this link, we both get an extra > 250MB. https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTQ3NzQxMDg5
If I understand correctly, Dropbbox 0.8x which can be downloaded for beta test from the DropBox forum (http://forums.dropbox.com/ ) will keep the extended attributes intact. Quoting from a forum post: > • syncing of extended attributes and resource forks! supporting xattrs > reliably and performantly across all three platforms was no small feat. we > now sync everything from spotlight comments to label colors, the executable > bit, bundle bit, preferences on what application to open a particular file > with, etc. just yesterday, we played tic-tac-toe with label colors within a > shared folder at dropbox hq :-) HTH Simon -- Simon Spiegel Steinhaldenstr. 50 8002 Zürich Telephon: ++41 44 451 5334 Mobophon: ++41 76 459 60 39 http://www.simifilm.ch „It will take time to restore chaos.“ George W. Bush
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