Christiaan-
I found the Hidden Preference that I think you are alluding to:
" Automatically Open a .skim File
Key
SKReadMissingNotesFromSkimFileOption
Values
-integer, 1=always, 0=never, -1=ask
Explanation
When a PDF file does not have notes, but there is a separate
.skim file with the same name as the PDF, Skim can automatically read
the notes from that Skim file. By default it shows a dialog for
confirmation, but you can also force to always or never read the
notes from the .skim file without asking. "
However, when I use the command lines
defaults write -app Skim SKReadMissingNotesFromSkimFileOption -integer 1
or
defaults write -app Skim SKReadMissingNotesFromSkimFileOption 1
in Terminal, I don't see any change in behavior when I restart skim.
In other words, an updated .skim file is not automatically opened in
the pdf (which already has some notes saved in the EA of the pdf
file). An I doing something wrong here? Am I expecting the wrong
behavior? In other words, does this option only work if the notes
are completely missing from the pdf file itself?
Thanks,
Bill
At 1:36 PM -0400 9/25/08, Bill Mohler wrote:
>Is that hidden preference already documented on the Wiki?
>
>>Skim only looks at the file name, nothing more. By default, Skim asks
>>you to add the notes from a .skim file if the PDF has no Skim notes
>>and a .skim file with the same file name is found in the same folder
>>as the PDF. You can force change whether it does this, or does so
>>without asking, using a hidden preference.
>>
>>Christiaan
>>
>>On 25 Sep 2008, at 7:07 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to have Skim automatically open the .skim file
>>> associated with a pdf when the pdf is opened? I have the impression
>>> that it does this by default on many occasions, but it does not seem
>>> to be happening for files that are updated back and forth between my
>>> two machines using FileShare. In otherwords, an updated .skim file
>>> is not automatically opened by Skim when I open a pdf after an
>>> update. I think this is more a Skim behavior issue than a FileShare
>>> issue.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>
>>
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