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
>
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> 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.
>
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