On 10 Apr 2008, at 5:37 PM, Allen wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm sure this has come up in the past, but I have a small idea/ > suggestion. >
You bet. > Basically, a two-column highlight mode would be wonderful... > especially > since the majority of journals publish in a two-column format, and > have > the page split in the center. My suggestion would be to have a > speical > two-column highlight which allows you to chose which side of the page > you are interested in highlighting, and crops out one half of it's > highlighting due to the two-column format. > Apart from the fact that this is a bad idea for many reasons, it does not address the problem at all, which is that PDFKit does not take the columns into account when it determines the selection. And this is probably related to the question: what is a column? (and please, this is rhetoric.) Christiaan > Of course normal highlighting causes both columns to highlight... > but if > there was a simple crop, or a simple half-page choosing function > (could > be as simple as pressing L or R while highlighting) one could > highlight > one column only. > > Loving Skim even without a two-column mode. :) > -Allen > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
