On Aug 2, 2010, at 13:12, Herbert Huber wrote:
> Hi Cristiaan,
>
> since the problem persists and I don't know if and when you can repair it I
> want to declare Adobe Reader to my "standard" program for pdf-files again.
I don't think I can ever fix it, as I have no information as to what it causes
it. I see no problem, either on 10.6 or 10.5. So I suspect there's something
wrong with your system, perhaps the fonts cache.
> I don't remember where to do it.
> Could you please give my the procedure to declare Adobe reader instead of
> Skim to my default/standard opening program for pdf-files.
>
> Servus, tschau, bye
> Herbert Huber
> http://www.gavagai.de
>
>
You set a default app using the Finder Get Info window for a file, using the
Change All button.
Christiaan
>
> Am 29.07.2010 um 22:54 schrieb Christiaan Hofman:
>
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 21:40, Herbert Huber wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Christiaan,
>>>
>>>> Huh? So what did you do with Acrobat, did you save or anything? What
>>>> actually changed to the file?
>>>
>>> No. As far as I know my Acrobat is a Reader only.
>>>
>>> I tried to reproduce this effect and didn't succeed at first. That means,
>>> the new SKIM did open pdf's correctly.
>>> Up till a certain time (or whatever): now SKIm gives me that gray page
>>> again. Even with pdf's which I opened correctly with SKIM a minute ago.
>>>
>>>> Launch Console.app (in /Applications/Utilities), select the Console
>>>> Messages in the LHS pane and look for messages from Skim.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In my Console messages I don't see anything remotely like "LHS".
>>
>> LHS = Left Hand Side (standard acronym)
>>
>>> But in the "system.log" There is this (I guess the time is not Greenwich
>>> time) concerning SKIM (I just copy the end of this log)
>>> .....
>>> Jul 29 15:03:32 users-imac-g5-2
>>> [0x0-0x25025].net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim[943]: "disk3" unmounted.
>>> Jul 29 15:03:32 users-imac-g5-2
>>> [0x0-0x25025].net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim[943]: "disk3" ejected.
>>> Jul 29 15:12:34 users-imac-g5-2 Skim[943]: An instance 0x583be40 of class
>>> SKMainWindowController is being deallocated while key value observers are
>>> still registered with it. Observation info is being leaked, and may even
>>> become mistakenly attached to some other object. Set a breakpoint on
>>> NSKVODeallocateBreak to stop here in the debugger. Here's the current
>>> observation info:\n<NSKeyValueObservationInfo 0x3b879e0>
>>> (\n<NSKeyValueObservance 0x58cd580: Observer: 0x58cd540, Key path:
>>> pageLabel, Options: <New: NO, Old: NO, Prior: NO> Context: 0x58af2b0,
>>> Property: 0x3b3a520>\n)
>>> Jul 29 15:12:34 users-imac-g5-2 Skim[943]: An instance 0x3bf9ed0 of class
>>> SKMainWindowController is being deallocated while key value observers are
>>> still registered with it. Observation info is being leaked, and may even
>>> become mistakenly attached to some other object. Set a breakpoint on
>>> NSKVODeallocateBreak to stop here in the debugger. Here's the current
>>> observation info:\n<NSKeyValueObservationInfo 0x5927c10>
>>> (\n<NSKeyValueObservance 0x5929790: Observer: 0x5929750, Key path:
>>> pageLabel, Options: <New: NO, Old: NO, Prior: NO> Context: 0x3b1ec80,
>>> Property: 0x3b3a520>\n)
>>> Jul 29 15:12:34 users-imac-g5-2 Skim[943]: An instance 0x59ad0f0 of class
>>> SKMainWindowController is being deallocated while key value observers are
>>> still registered with it. Observation info is being leaked, and may even
>>> become mistakenly attached to some other object. Set a breakpoint on
>>> NSKVODeallocateBreak to stop here in the debugger. Here's the current
>>> observation info:\n<NSKeyValueObservationInfo 0x59ad460>
>>> (\n<NSKeyValueObservance 0x59d0d00: Observer: 0x59d0cc0, Key path:
>>> pageLabel, Options: <New: NO, Old: NO, Prior: NO> Context: 0x59b07c0,
>>> Property: 0x3b3a520>\n)
>>> Jul 29 15:13:42 users-imac-g5-2
>>> [0x0-0x45045].net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim[3668]: failed to find `Sec3' in
>>> name table dictionary.
>>> Jul 29 15:13:42 users-imac-g5-2
>>> [0x0-0x45045].net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim[3668]: failed to find `Sec4' in
>>> name table dictionary.
>>> Jul 29 15:13:55 users-imac-g5-2
>>> [0x0-0x45045].net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim[3668]: failed to find `Sec3' in
>>> name table dictionary.
>>> Jul 29 15:13:55 users-imac-g5-2
>>> [0x0-0x45045].net.sourceforge.skim-app.skim[3668]: failed to find `Sec1' in
>>> name table dictionary.
>>>
>>> Does that indicate something?
>>>
>>> Servus, tschau, bye
>>> Herbert Huber
>>> http://www.gavagai.de
>>>
>>
>> This points to some problem. I've seen It's really a (long time) system bug
>> in that was (finally) fixed in Snow Leopard. I hoped a workaround I added in
>> the latest release would fix this, but the system bug seems to be even more
>> serious than I thought. Though I am not sure what exactly triggers it in
>> Skim, and I don't have a machine running Leopard anymore to debug.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>>>
>>> Am 29.07.2010 um 19:32 schrieb Christiaan Hofman:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 17:41, Herbert Huber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Christiaan,
>>>>>
>>>>>> So you're saying that it now works OK?
>>>>>
>>>>> No, it only works OK for every dataset after that very dataset has been
>>>>> once opened by Acrobat Reader.
>>>>> After that Skim also opens correctly with the first page.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Huh? So what did you do with Acrobat, did you save or anything? What
>>>> actually changed to the file?
>>>>
>>>>>> Is there anything relevant in the Console logs?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not acquainted with that,
>>>>
>>>> Launch Console.app (in /Applications/Utilities), select the Console
>>>> Messages in the LHS pane and look for messages from Skim.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> And what's your system?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mac OS X 10.5.8
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Did 1.3.6 work OK? Did the PDF have any notes attached?
>>>>
>>>> Christiaan
>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> Servus, tschau, bye
>>>>> Herbert Huber
>>>>> http://www.gavagai.de
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 29.07.2010 um 17:03 schrieb Christiaan Hofman:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 15:30, Herbert Huber wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've just installed SKIM 1.3.7 (55) and now I get a gray blank page
>>>>>>> when I open a pdf.
>>>>>>> The page counter above is at the last page. But when I go the last but
>>>>>>> 1 page (and so on) I only get gray pages all the time.
>>>>>>> Opening the same pdf with Adobe works normally.
>>>>>>> After I did this the very same pdf also works with SKIM normally.
>>>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Servus, tschau, bye
>>>>>>> Herbert Huber
>>>>>>> http://www.gavagai.de
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're probably doing nothing wrong, but I cannot say what goes wrong.
>>>>>> So you're saying that it now works OK? Is there anything relevant in the
>>>>>> Console logs? And what's your system?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christiaan
>>>>
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