Thanks for the suggestions, works like a charm!
I've added one more thing: I assigned a specific gesture (three finger tap)
to that shortcut that triggers the script via BetterTouchTool, so I can now
select the text and tap with three fingers and it's there in an instant.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Jan Jakob Bornheim
<[email protected]>wrote:
> 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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