On Sep 10, 2010, at 18:40, Charles Turner wrote:

> Hi all-
> 
> I read with interest the recent thread about an application, but I went back 
> to fix an issue with my Applescript and found that this seems to be about all 
> you need to say to convert highlights:
> 
> tell application "Skim"
>  convert notes document 1
> end tell
> 
> I used to have to say something like:
> 
> tell application "Skim"
>  convert notes document 1
>  set theNotes to notes of document 1
>  repeat with i in theNotes
>    if type of i is equal to highlight note then
>      set theRun to get text for (get selection of i)
>      set text of i to attribute run 1 of theRun
>    end if
>  end repeat
> end tell
> 
> So has the Applescript changed? If so, thanks so much!
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Charles
> 

No, this hasn't changed, except that you don't need to do the extra stuff 
anymore, because the text should already be set with the latest release.

But Alex's gripe was that the AppleScript launches Skim, he wanted to convert 
notes without the need to do that.

 On the other hand, the AppleScript will still have some advantages over the 
(coming) tool. For instance, the tool won't be able to automatically set the 
text for highlights, it won't be able to handle password protected PDFs, and it 
won't be able to substitute some default properties (such as the font for 
anchored notes). 

Christiaan


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