On Jan 24, 2011, at 21:21, Patrik Jonsson wrote: > Hi, > > I like highlighting text in articles as I read them in Skim, just like > in actual "paper papers". However, this doesn't work for older papers > that are scanned versions of the printed papers, or for highlighting > stuff in images. The highlight function apparently only works by > attaching itself to actual text in the pdf. (It also often doesn't > work well for highlighting equations, which have super/subscripts, > fractions, etc, which seems to confuse the text selection.) > > Would it be possible to make a highlight tool that work like a > highlighter pen when you are in regions of a pdf that does not have > text, so that you can "paint" highlight over whatever is on the page? > One can almost achieve this by using the freehand tool but with a wide > line and partially transparent color, but unlike the normal highlight > tool, the partial opacity also grays out the text being highlit. > Ideally, you'd want it to only be subtractive, like the highlight tool > is. > > cheers, > > /Patrik
Possible, yes, feasible, no. That has been discussed. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
