You should be able to search notes, and it works for me. Perhaps the system hasn't finished re-indexing your files yet, as this may take a while. Skim should force this when you first launch 1.2.1. You could force it yourself from the command line by typing the following on a single line in Terminal.app
mdimport -r /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/ SkimImporter.mdimporter Christiaan On 2 Feb 2009, at 5:17 PM, mf wrote: > I've been playing with 1.2.1 to see if I can now find Skim notes with > Spotlight, but so far I haven't managed to. With 1.2.1 should I now > be able to find text within a newly created text note or anchored note > once the pdf has been saved? I don't seem to be able to - though > Spotlight itself seems to be working fine and finding text in the > ordinary body of the same pdf. > > mf > > > > On 2 Feb 2009, at 10:16, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> The Skim development teams is pleased to announce that Skim 1.2.1 is >> available for download at <http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/> or using >> the built-in updater. >> >> Thanks to those of you who submitted reproducible bug reports and >> comments along with the exception reports; as always, please continue >> to submit bug reports at <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=192583 >>> . >> >> For those interested in what is new and fixed, release notes follow. >> >> Changes since 1.2 >> >> New Features >> * Add preset for synchronization with TeXMaker and AlphaX. >> * New AppleScript command to convert PDF annotations to Skim notes. >> * Handle PDF files in Skim's Spotlight importer, so Skim notes can >> be searched. >> * Add alternate contextual menu in notes table to edit text in a >> separate window. >> * Black screen feature in Presentation mode, use the 'b' key. >> * Improved AppleScript support for rich text >> * The width of the reading bar is now sticky. >> * Set fill color from Favorite Colors toolbar item when holding >> the Option key. >> * Add Traditional Chinese localization (thanks Jim Chiu!). >> * Some initial support for Open Meta tags. Readable by >> ApppleScript and saved with Save As and Export as PDF. >> >> Bugs Fixed >> * Rotate pages in the correct direction using gestures. >> * Use larger margins around selectable text. >> * Show find panel on the current space. >> * Ignore mouse moved events for PDF-TeX synchronization. >> * Fix Quick Look generator for Freehand notes. >> * Prevent clipped small toolbar buttons on Tiger. >> * Fix Help on PDF-TeX synchronization. >> * Respect page rotation in copied TIFF images. >> * Better conversions of PDF annotations to Skim notes. >> * Prefer using SyncTeX over PDFSync. >> * Improvements to template support. >> * Fix resizing and tracking rect of full screen side panels. >> * Make freehand note tool mode accessible through shortcuts. >> * Make sure full screen windows fill the screen after illegal >> moves in Spaces. >> * Fix row height in thumbnail and snapshot tables. >> * Display more context around a selected find result. >> * Full screen windows are now shown on all Spaces to avoid >> inconsistencies. >> * Fix automatic cropping of a single page. >> * Make sure the window is redrawn after a reload. >> * Improved thread safety for dvi conversion. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> SourcForge Community >> SourceForge wants to tell your story. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
