On Oct 23, 2011, at 7:49, Gary Yuen wrote:
> Hey humanengr,
>
> I've switched back to Skim. Lots and lots of things that really it's hard to
> imagine how I went without when I was using Preview.
>
> Then I need to ask, how is really going to be interoperability. Let's say I
> make a bunch of Skim notes. Then I have the PDF on my iPad and make some
> embedded annotations. When I sync it (thru Dropbox) back to my desktop, I
> would guess there's a chance it's going to overwrite the PDF and perhaps
> erase the Skim note EAs?
>
> About convert notes. There's also an issue. Like I like to keep the notes
> embedded but if I convert (and then embed later), often notes that already
> were converted to Skim notes, are re-created as duplicates. Like if I convert
> notes, make some new Skim ones, save, and then make some new notes on an
> unconverted PDF on my iPad (which then has a later timestamp), sync it back,
> convert again in Skim. Duplicates.
>
> Really it would be nice if any annotations (that are part of the PDF spec)
> are both automatically embedded (when normally saved) and made as Skim notes.
> Any extra Skim features could be part of the Skim note EAs. Something like
> that, I would guess would let Skim completely replace Preview, offer decent
> interoperability, and would be transparent to the user. Seem like a decent
> compromise?
>
> Gary
>
No, I said this before. It is either one way or the other. Mix and match can
not work.
Christiaan
>
> Le Oct 18, 2011 à 5:59 PM, humanengr a écrit :
>
>> At 12:35 PM -0700 10/13/11, Gary Yuen wrote:
>>> Yes you can embed notes or convert notes to Skim but that is an extra step.
>>
>> Elaborating my comment:
>>
>> At 3:22 PM -0400 10/13/11, humanengr wrote:
>>> annotate in Skim -> embed (not bundle) notes -> annotate in GoodReader ->
>>> convert notes in Skim -> repeat
>>
>> One only needs to "convert notes" to edit prior notes. It's not needed to
>> add notes. (0 extre steps)
>> To embed: <cmd><ctl>s, <return>, <cmd>r. (2 extra keystrokes vs <cmd>s)
>> To close after the last embed: <cmd>w and <cmd>d. (2 extra keystrokes)
>>
>> Minimal extra effort for the benefits of Skim.
>>
>> humanengr
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