I could, but the context of the handler is that is part of an AppleScript that compares an Evernote notebook and a bib File. If the PDF connected with the entry of the bib file is annotated, it should export the annotations and store them to the annote field for the bib entry or the main text field of the Evernote note.
I guess I could prepare a template, use "format using template" in the AppleScript (although I have not yet figured out how that command works) on the PDF and then read the content of the resulting file again but I feel like that might become a performance issue when reading 300 PDFs in a row. The beauty of the AppleScript handler was that everything will be stored in RAM until the resulting bib file gets written. Cheers, Jan On 2012-10-23, at 12:04 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: > This can be done much more easily and more customizable using export > templates (see the WIki). > > Christiaan > > On Oct 23, 2012, at 11:47, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I use a little handler to extract all highlight notes from my Skim document >> per page. However, the notes on any page will not be sorted by the order >> they are on the page but by time created. Has anyone done anything similar >> and knows how to sort them by order on the page? They are sorted in that >> order in the GUI so I assume it must be possible. I also noticed they are >> sorted in appearance order when exporting the notes to a text file, but I >> don't want all these "Highlight page X" headings and keep them grouped by >> page, which is the purpose of this script. >> >> Here is the handler: >> >> on exportSkimNotes(theSkimDocument) >> set theSkimNotes to {} >> >> tell application "Skim" >> >> open theSkimDocument >> set theSkimDocumentForSkim to the result >> >> set numberOfPages to count pages of theSkimDocumentForSkim >> repeat with currentPage from 1 to numberOfPages >> set pageNotes to {} >> set currentPDFpage to page currentPage of >> theSkimDocumentForSkim >> set pageNotes to notes of page currentPage of >> theSkimDocumentForSkim >> if pageNotes is not {} then set theSkimNotes to >> theSkimNotes & my implode("", {"Page " & currentPage & ":"}) >> repeat with i from 1 to count of pageNotes >> set theSkimNote to item i of pageNotes >> set theSkimNote to (get text for theSkimNote) >> as string >> set theSkimNotes to theSkimNotes & theSkimNote >> end repeat >> set pageNotes to {} >> end repeat >> set numberOfPages to {} >> >> save theSkimDocumentForSkim >> >> close theSkimDocumentForSkim >> >> return theSkimNotes >> >> end tell >> end exportSkimNotes >> >> For anyone wanting to try or use this handler, it should be noted that the >> implode handler in my script behaves roughly like the one that can be found >> here: http://applescript.bratis-lover.net/library/string/ >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jan >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. >> Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics >> Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
