On Dec 3, 2013, at 15:59, Ivan Werning wrote:

> I noticed that the new Skim update 1.4.7 (81) worked wonders solving all 
> Mavericks problems for me on some of my machines, but not on others. 
> 
> They are all running Mavericks OS X. So I suspect the different behavior has 
> to do with hidden preferences for Skim.app, which are set differently on 
> different machines. Basically, one one new machine I hadn't bother yet 
> editing these hidden preferences (but was definitely planning to).
> 
> In particular, on the machines where I had tweaked Skim's hidden preferences 
> a lot of things are fixed (e.g. initial display bug is solved), but I am 
> having the problem that if I am sufficiently zoomed in then I cannot pan 
> horizontally (vertically works fine) i.e. pinch to zoom on the trackpad and 
> then try to glide around with two fingers sideways---the displayed area does 
> not move.
> 

No, this cannot be a hidden preferences, there is no hidden preference related 
to this. THis really is a PDFKit bug, ther they should fix, and we have not and 
can not fix.

> Supposing my theory about hidden preferences right (I don't know yet), I 
> still haven't isolated which particular hidden preference may be interacting 
> with Mavericks and Skim to produce this result.
> 
> Two questions
> 
> Is there a quick way to reset all the hidden preferences? Or must I go one by 
> one using the CLI.
> 

Remove the file ~/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim.plist (this 
resets all preferences, do this while Skim is not running.)

> Is there a quick way to save these preferences to bring them all back?
> 

Keep the file so you can move it back.

> I tried moving the library files related to Skim and that didn't seem to 
> work. Sorry for my ignorance regarding where these preferences are stored.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -Ivan



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