Op ma 23 mrt. 2020 19:31 schreef Dan Hicks <[email protected]: > Hello Christiaan, > > I’m very interested in this “syncable” notes feature, because syncing > tools have caused some problems for me in the past. I don’t see much > documentation of how the notes format has changed on the wiki, just > explanations for hidden preferences, command-line switches, etc. So I have > two questions: > > 1. Do you know whether syncable notes will work with other services > besides iCloud? I primarily use Google Drive. >
As far as I know other services do not respect this, only iCloud. Apple also has not done much to advertise this feature. > > 2. If we have existing files with legacy (non-syncable) notes, I’m > guessing we’ll need to “manually" change the notes format to make them > syncable. Is something like `skimnotes convert -s file.pdf` the best way > to do this? > Yes, or open and save with Skim. Christiaan > Thanks, > Dan Hicks > ----- > Dan Hicks > Assistant Professor > Cognitive and Information Sciences > University of California, Merced > > “Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their > reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who > are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the > world’s estimation.” — Susan B. Anthony > > Pronouns: they/them/their > > On Mar 23, 2020, at 5:43 AM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote: > > A new version of Skim is available for download at < > http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/> or using the built-in updater. > > Thanks to those of you who submitted reproducible bug reports and comments > along with the exception reports; as always, please continue to submit bug > reports at <http://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/_list/tickets > <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=192583>>. > > For those interested in what is fixed, release notes follow. > > Changes since Skim 1.5.6 > > NOTE: If you need attached notes to be read by older versions of Skim > (before 1.5.4), you should choose to write legacy Skim notes in the General > preferences. > > New Features > * New feature showing an overview of all pages. > * Shortcuts Control-= and Option-Control-= to auto size text notes > (ignoring width). > * Text note editing respects newlines (Tab commits, Option-Tab inserts > tab). > * Allow using note resize shortcuts when editing text note. > * Write syncable Skim notes by default (preserved by iCloud). > * New preference to write legacy Skim notes. > * SkimNotes and SkimPDF tools now write syncable Skim notes by default. > * New hidden preference to include newlines from the selection in the > default note text. > * Contextual menu item to bring a note to the front for selection of > overlapping notes. > > Bugs Fixed > * Fix opening Skim notes documents from Finder on Catalina. > * Fix some Japanese terms. > * Workaround for crash when converting notes with popups. > * Workaround for layout bugs when opening a locked PDF file. > * Fix text note layout during edit. > * Make sure edits in the notes table are committed before e.g. saving. > > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >
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