> Now if you are talking about clicking a remote URL that links to a PDF,
than that's
> a totally different thing, and in fact has nothing to do
with Skim. Remote URLs are
> opened by your default browser.
I should have clarified that I was not referring to a disk file but to what you
refer to as a 'remote URL' that links to a PDF. I guess then you are saying
this is something that Firefox (my browser), and not Skim, controls.
As an example of what my inquiry referred to, I may want to simply view (and
perhaps print) a bank statement (stored as a PDF at the institution's website),
rather than download it.
My inquiry was based on my experience opening 'remote URL' PDF's on a PC
(although I currently use a Mac). I would always see a dialog box with an
option to either 'View' or 'Save' the PDF. Presumably then, that's a function
of Internet Explorer (that may or may not be available in Firefox) which allows
a PDF to be viewed without being saved.
It's that I would like to be able to do on my Mac.
Thanks.
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--- On Fri, 1/21/11, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Viewing PDF's without saving them
To: "For general discussion about using Skim"
<skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 1:00 PM
On Jan 21, 2011, at 18:23, Michael Kraft wrote:
I have not been able to locate any information in the SKIM user guide
documentation that explains how SKIM can be used to view PDF files
without saving them.
I have SKIM set up as my default PDF reader
on my MacBook, but I find that whenever SKIM opens (i.e., when I click
on a PDF file), the file is first saved to disk before opening for
viewing. Most of the time, I only wish to read the PDF document, not
save it.
So I'd appreciate knowing how to configure SKIM for
'viewing only.'
Thanks.
What you say makes no sense. When you click on a PDF file, then that file is
already saved on disk, and Skim won't save it. If the file is not already
there, then you can't click it.
Now if you are talking about clicking a remote URL that links to a PDF, than
that's a totally different thing, and in fact has nothing to do with Skim.
Remote URLs are opened by your default browser. This may forward it to Skim
when it is a PDFm but that will happen /after/ the file is downloaded to disk.
I.e., it's downloaded by your browser, not by Skim. Programs that can view
remote files are called browsers. Skim is not a browser, it is a viewer for
local files, and therefore it cannot be configured for 'viewing only'.
As an aside, Skim /can/ download remote URLs, and it can be configured (from
the Downloads window) to discard the downloaded file on disk (anything that you
see locally must be downloaded, and that data must be located somewhere). But
this is certainly not the function you're talking about, because this cannot be
initiated by clicking anything, file or URL.
Christiaan
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