It's not Skim, it's PDFKit. That also means: that's just the way it is. Christiaan
On 14 Mar 2008, at 6:07 PM, James Harrison wrote: > The Find capability in Skim currently has several limitations: > > 1. In single-column text, Skim does not find phrases when they wrap > across lines, or words that are hyphenated between lines. However, if > the wrapped phrases or hyphenated words are copied from the document > and pasted into the find box, they are found (but the non-wrapped or - > hyphenated versions are not). Thus it appears that Skim's Find > algorithm doesn't include the possibility of different types of white > space between words and that it doesn't deal with the possibility of > hyphenation. Preview addresses this issue by searching on single words > only (if a phrase is entered, it finds all instances of each word > individually). This is less desirable than true phrase searching, but > missing instances of a phrase when a line wrap occurs somewhere in the > phrase is problematic. > > 2. In multi-column text, Skim does not find wrapped phrases or > hyphenated words even when they are copied and pasted into its find > box. Presumably this is related to the known problem in targeting > columns as individual text containers on a PDF page. Preview's single > word approach also mitigates this a bit. > > If it's not possible to improve the situation, particularly for phrase > searching, users should be alerted to the fact that Find may fail to > work as they anticipate, particularly for multi-column documents, so > that they can drop back to single-word searching when necessary. > > Jim Harrison > UVa > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
