If I wanted to do what Franz-Josef wants to do, I would think about setting
up some macros using Keyboard Maestro. (I am sure that there are other
programs at least as capable, but that is what I use).
And, yes, kudos to Christiaan, I use Skim all the time, and would spend
much more time swearing at my computer if it didn't exist.
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> On Aug 8, 2013, at 20:23, Franz-Josef Knelangen wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm new to Skim and use it to compare a scanned 1st edition of a 19th
> century German author (Ludwig Tieck, btw) with the proofs for a new PDF
> edition (that will be given away for free to students - a commercial new
> edition died half it's way and Tieck is *such* a fantastic author).
> >
> > 1st, I must say, I'm very impressed about what Skim does:
> >
> > + It saves the state of the 2 parallel windows and opens them exactly
> where I leaved them. For this I thought I had to dig the preferences, but …
> nothing … it just works!
> >
> > + It has a bunch of useful keyboard shortcuts so that I seldom have to
> leave my fingers from the keyboard (Model M).
> >
> > So everything runs smoothly and nearly perfect and so I'll wonder what
> might be left. My questions are (forgive if these already had been
> answered):
> >
> > + Is there a command for scrolls more than a line (arrow) and less than
> a screenful (space)?
> >
>
> No (and that's all standard Mac OSX.)
>
> > + Is Skim capable to scroll both windows at once? Is there a keyboard
> command for that?
> >
>
> What do you mean by "both windows"? But whatever you mean, the answer is
> certainly no. The only thing that has some shared scrolling is for a notes
> window next to a presentation window (through the presentation options).
>
> > + Screen real estate is crucial for such comparing tasks therefore I do
> a CMD+K on both windows before I go on: Is there a way that Skim recognizes
> the "cropped state" of a document?
> >
>
> No, cropping is not saved. It is only saved when exporting with embedded
> notes. The reason is that we do not modify the PDF data, as that allows
> gong back to the original PDF and would lead to a host of problems, and
> cropping is part of that.
>
> > Thanks for providing such a useful program!
> >
> > Franz-Josef
>
> You're welcome
> Christiaan
>
>
>
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