Am 30.07.2009 um 00:46 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: > > On Jul 30, 2009, at 12:38 AM, Ralph Schäfermeier wrote: > >> >> Am 30.07.2009 um 00:30 schrieb Christiaan Hofman: >> >>> >>> On Jul 30, 2009, at 12:00 AM, Ralph Schäfermeier wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> as the title says: I just realized that I cannot select text in the >>>> split PDF. I can only scroll using the scroll hand, no matter which >>>> tool is activated. >>>> >>>> Is this by design, is it a bug, or have I just overlooked some >>>> setting >>>> to activate it? >>>> >>> >>> Yes, this is by design. >> >> Okay, thank you. But why is it designed like this? Apart from >> possible >> difficulties in implementing it, I don't see where this could be an >> advantage. >> >> No offense, just asking... >> >> Cheers, >> Ralph >> > > Because of the purpose of the split PDF feature, which is mostly for > reviewing a particular section, like the snapshot feature. Also it > typically has a small area, and scrolling conveniently is more > important than selecting for that. Moreover, tools and menu actions > are targeted to the main view, the secondary view should be as simple > as possible without any actions, because you'll get confusing > situations when you don't. Basically, it's part of the compromise of > having the split pdf feature in the first place (you could search for > my arguments against this feature in the first place, which are > related to this). > > Christiaan
Okay, then I have misinterpreted the concept of the split PDF and snapshot feature. Thanks for clarifying, and excuse me if similar questions have been answered before. I did a search in the mailing list archive for split PDF and snapshot but couldn't find anything related (except one unanswered question dating back to 2007). Thanks, Ralph > >>> >>> Christiaan >>> >>>> In any case, I would find it very handy if I could select text in >>>> either part of the split view. I am currently reading a lot of >>>> scientific papers and use the split view for reading in the upper >>>> part >>>> and checking the referenced literature in the lower part. >>>> Sometimes I >>>> would like to highlight an important paper or copy its title or >>>> author's name and do a google search with it. >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards, >>>> Ralph >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports >>>> 2008 >>>> 30-Day >>>> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - >>>> and >>>> focus on >>>> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >>>> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >>> 30-Day >>> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and >>> focus on >>> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >>> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skim-app-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Ralph Schäfermeier >> Freie Universität Berlin >> Institut für Informatik >> Corporate Semantic Web Working Group >> E-Mail: [email protected] >> Skype: ralph.schaefermeier >> http://www.corporate-semantic-web.de/ralph-schaefermeier.html >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and >> focus on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Schäfermeier Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Informatik Corporate Semantic Web Working Group E-Mail: [email protected] Skype: ralph.schaefermeier http://www.corporate-semantic-web.de/ralph-schaefermeier.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
