On 28 Apr, 2014, at 10:53, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Apr 28, 2014, at 4:55, Jan David Hauck wrote:
>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> as a frequent skim user for quite a while I have come across one issue.
>> While reading a paper I find myself often highlighting text and then
>> changing the tool to select the same text and copy it for into my research
>> notes, a paper I'm writing, or into a document for a class I'm teaching. I'd
>> love to find a way to streamline this procedure without having to change the
>> tool from highlight to selection and back. I could select the highlight in
>> the panel on the right and copy it hitting cmd-C but I was wondering if
>> anyone has come up with a slightly quicker solution?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> Jan
>
> If you do this a lot you may instead use Ctr-Cmd-H to highlight rather than
> the tool.
>
> Christiaan
You could also create a Script Menu by creating a folder at
~/Library/Application Support/Skim/Scripts (unlike BibDesk, Skim does not seem
to accept a symbolic link at this place), create an AppleScript in this folder,
and then assign a Skim-specific keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard-Shortcuts
preference pane; the menu title should correspond to the name of the script
file. The script should be
tell document 1 of application "Skim"
set theSelection to selection
set theText to theSelection as string
make note with properties {type:highlight note, selection:theSelection,
text:theText}
set the clipboard to theText
end tell
This script copies the currently selected text to the clipboard and highlights
it at the same time.
Cheers,
Jan Jakob
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