On 28 Jun 2008, at 12:57 AM, J.A.Wilcox wrote: >> On 28 Jun 2008, at 12:25 AM, J.A.Wilcox wrote: >> >>> I think Skim 1.1.6 may not like reading notes automatically. That >>> is, >>> when a PDF has no Skim notes but there is a PDF file with the same >>> name in the directory and the hidden preference >>> SKReadMissingNotesFromSkimFileOption is set to "1", Skim 1.1.6 >>> complains "Skim was not able to read notes at [Path/to/Skim/Notes]. >>> Options not recognized. Do you want to continue to open the PDF >>> document anyway?" >>> >>> Once the PDF is open, selecting File > Read Notes? and selecting the >>> Skim notes works fine. >>> >>> JW >> >> No, it should work. However the error you are seeing signifies that >> some real error did occur while reading the notes from the extended >> attributes. The hidden pref only automatically reads the notes from >> a .skim file when there were no notes, not when an error occurs. >> >> Christiaan > > It is as you say, Christiaan, Skim 1.1.6 is having trouble reading > notes from the extended attributes. The problem even goes so far that > Skim 1.1.6 is having reading notes for a PDF file that *does not have > notes*, .skim file or extended attributes. This problem does not occur > in 1.1.4. > > JW
I see no problem with files that don't have notes, they open without any problem. Also the error you reported shows that there are EAs being read and it fails. If there are no notes in the EAs than you don't get an error, certainly not this one. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
