On Jun 28, 2012, at 9:10, humanengr wrote:
> For storing files on Dropbox, etc., I had been variously saving as pdf-embed
> or pdfd. Adding the possibility of further annotating on iOS (say, with
> GoodReader) constrains the choice to pdf-embed.
>
> In an effort to embed the foremost doc more conveniently (keystroke and
> cursor-movement wise) than File:Export-dialog-menu selection, I wrote an
> Applescript and call it with a FastScript shortcut:
>
>
> tell application "Skim"
>
> set _filename to first document's file as string
>
> if _filename ends with ".pdf" then
>
> save first document
>
> set cmdPath to "/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/skimpdf"
>
> do shell script (quoted form of cmdPath) & " embed " & quoted form of POSIX
> path of _filename
>
> close first document saving yes -- remove this step to keep the file open
>
> tell application "Finder" to say "embedded"
>
> else
>
> tell application "Finder" to say "not a pdf"
>
> end if
>
> end tell
>
> Similarly, to unembed I use the following with another FastScript shortcut:
>
> tell application "Skim"
>
>
>
> set _filename to first document's file as string
>
>
>
> if _filename ends with ".pdf" then
>
>
>
> save first document
>
>
>
> convert notes first document
>
>
> tell application "Finder" to say "unembedded"
>
>
> else
>
>
>
> tell application "Finder" to say "not a pdf"
>
>
> end if
>
>
> end tell
>
>
> For those storing in the cloud and moving back-and-forth to iOS or other
> annotaters, the only way I've thought of that might be more convenient would
> be to include a preference to 1) change "Save" to "Save as Embedded" and 2)
> automatically unembed each pdf on opening.
>
> This situation is a bit different than discussed below, given that the format
> remains pdf.
>
> humanengr
If you save an open document using AppleScript, I strongly advise you to use
the "save" AppleScript command rather than an using a shell script. The shell
script is a compromise that does not do exactly the same as Skim for embedding,
that was developed for the case where you don't want to have to open the
document and/or launch the app. The command is something like
save as "PDF With Embedded Notes" in theFile
Christiaan
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