Although many search tools use Spotlight, FoxTrot doesn't - it does its own indexing...
Maurice On 19 Aug 2008, at 20:35, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > My guess is that all those tools just use Spotlight for their search. > So actually it's Skim's Spotlight importer that searches the notes. > That won't handle Skim notes in extended attributes (i.e. attached to > PDFs) though. > > Perhaps a simpler and quicker way to get all PDF files with Skim notes > inside a given directory from the command line is: > > xattr * | grep net_sourceforge_skim-app_notes > > or if you want it clean: > > xattr * | grep net_sourceforge_skim-app_notes | sed -e "s/: > net_sourceforge_skim-app_notes//" > > You could also put it in an alias or a script. > > Christiaan > > On 19 Aug 2008, at 9:16 PM, mf wrote: > >> FoxTrot Professional Search will find and search the contents of >> the .skim file in a pdf bundle (.pdfd) created with Skim. You can >> also >> search for files whose names contain .skim (ie the notes file in a >> pdfd bundle) and this will pull up all the .skim files you have. >> >> I expect the lower priced FoxTrot Personal Search will also do this, >> though I haven't checked. I'm not sure that either will find the >> notes in an ordinary pdf file annotated with Skim, though you may >> want >> to play around with it. >> >> To use FoxTrot you set it up to index selected folders (or your whole >> drive) first. You can then do elaborate searches of file names, >> contents or metadata. Demos are available from >> http://www.ctmdev.com/download/ >> >> Maurice >> >> On 19 Aug 2008, at 19:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Christiaan -- >>> >>> I'm not sure if I asked the right question, so ... assuming there is >>> a search tool (other than Spotlight/Finder) that can look inside the >>> PDF, is there any indicator such a tool could look for that >>> indicates >>> a Skim note is in the file? >>> >>> Mike >>> >>>> You can't, Finder has no knowlegde of Skimnotes. >>>> >>>> Christiaan >>>> >>>> On 19 Aug 2008, at 5:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>>> How should one search in Finder for all docs that have >>>>> (unembedded) >>>>> Skim notes? >>>>> >>>>> Mike >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >>> great prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>> the world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win >> great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >> the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
