No, this only works for extensions that we don't recognize. And .fdf is one that is supported. I know about Springer's buggy PDFs, but really, that's their bug. We cannot fix it.
Christiaan On 6 May 2008, at 6:55 PM, Adam M. Goldstein wrote: > I noticed that one of the changes in the last release or so of Skim is > to open .ps files with the wrong extension, or vice-versa, I'm not > sure which. Could a similar fix be made to open files with the > extension "fdf" that are really "pdf" files? > > Springer's manuscipts for reviewers are pdf's with an fdf extension. I > look at these very frequently. It's annoying because I download it; > there is an attempt by Skim to open it, with the resulting error > message; and then I have find the file, change its extension, and open > it by hand. > > I have tried to get Springer to give the right extension, but that is > definitely not going anywhere > > ================================= > Adam M. Goldstein PhD MSLIS > Assistant Professor of Philosophy > Iona College > -- > email 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > email 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein/ > tel (914) 637-2717 > post Iona College > Department of Philosophy > 715 North Avenue > New Rochelle, NY 10801 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
