Actually, I already figured out how to get to the xargs. By having a look at the source code I saw that you compressed and splitted the data across different arg values. I was able to join and uncompress them, resulting in a plist file (and this with not very much knowledge of Obj-C, I am kind of proud). Now my question: can maybe someone elaborate on the plist-structure for skim-notes? I want to parse the plist, however all I found was this:
http://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/wiki/Skim_Notes_Keys/ and I don't really understand the structure of that table (is that even a table, it seems wrongly formatted for a table). All the best, David > On 05 Oct 2015, at 05:10, David Becher <becher.da...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Ah, thanks for that. There See even dedicated Python libraries for xargs read > access :) > > Last question: which format did you save the notes in? Just so I know how to > properly parse :) Is it one of the Obj-C data-types like NSArray? > > > > On Oct 5, 2015, at 12:03 AM, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>> On Oct 4, 2015, at 23:59, David Becher <becher.da...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello there, >>> >>> I am right now typing up a python script which - hopefully - can extract >>> the notes of a given PDF file annotated with Skim. I don't want to use >>> AppleScript, on the one hand it is actually possible with AppleScript to >>> export the notes to text, however it does not provide enough information >>> (color of highlight e.g.). >>> >>> However, i can't seem to find the physical location in which Skim writes >>> these notes. It is not the PDF file itself, since its md5sum does not >>> change. I tried narrowing it down by using `lsof -p <Skim-PID>`, however >>> ultimately I could not find the file in which it is being stored. >>> >>> Can maybe someone help me out? I would have a look at the source code, >>> however I don't know a thing about Objective-C at all. >>> >>> All the best, >>> David >> >> It’s in the extended attributes of the file. That’s also mentioned on the >> Wiki. >> >> Christiaan >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
