Awesome Christiaan, thank you! Peter On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 10:50 PM Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On 26 Jun 2019, at 21:07, Peter Olin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, I'm becoming a frequent user and fan of Skim, thanks for a great > piece of software. I'm learning more and more productive ways of utilizing > the note taking capabilities. > > When exporting the Notes I stumbled upon this anomaly, that I'm not sure > if it is by design, or merely an oversight, or if I have failed to find the > right way to do it. > > *(See screenshot for the references to point 1 and 2)* > When exporting the notes where the notes have been edited, I cannot make > the (originally) highlighted text appear in the exported notes. The default > templates don't include it, and I cant find any documentation at > https://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/wiki/Templates/#note that shows how to > get the uneditable/unedited text of the Highlight in point 1 to appear in > the exported note file. > > In point 2, it works just fine, since the two text entries are identical. > > One would assume that all the data is availble i the Skim note file - so > that it should be possible to have both of them available as Template Value > Keys. > > To add a value like "(original)Higlight" to the set of available Template > Value Keys would be a great solution from the user's perspective. > > See attached screenshot and exported file (using the original RTF > template). > > <image.png> > > — > Kind regards, > Peter Olin > <Skim Highlight export issue.rtf> > > > We don’t include it in the default template. By default the note text os > the same as the highlighted text, so this would just be a duplicate. > > As for using it in a custom template, this is returned <$textString/>, > which is defined for anchored and markup notes. It is plain text. > > Alternatively, you can use <$selection.cleanedString/>, > <$selection.string/>, or <$selection.attributedString/>, which are defined > only for markup notes. > > Christiaan > > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > -- — Kind regards, Peter Olin
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