Hi Alan,
A couple of years ago, I patched my version of Skim to do just this. If I
remember correctly, I just switched the order such that .skim files take
precedence over the extended attributes when opening a file. I've used this
to sync my PDFs via Dropbox since and I'm very happy with how it's been
working.
Because I've been happy with it, I haven't tried to port my patch to
current versions of Skim, so I don't know if it even applies these days. If
you're interested, I'd be happy to send you my patch for you to try, though.
Regards,
/Patrik
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 5:33 AM, Alan Harper (lists) <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Dropbox does not synchronize the extended attributes that Skim uses to
> store notes. I think that with a small modification to Skim, it would be
> easy to use .skim files to maintain synchronized notes across computers.
>
> When I add a pdf to Computer A and then make some notes (and have
> "Automatically save Skim notes backups" checked), then the notes are saved
> to the extended attributes and a .skim file is created.
>
> If I then open the pdf on Computer B, Skim notices that there is a .skim
> file (brought over by Dropbox) but no .skim notes (since the extended
> attribute was not synchronized), and helpfully asks me whether I want to
> read the notes from the .skim file. This behavior is exactly right in my
> opinion.
>
> If I then change the the notes on computer B, the change is reflected in
> the .skim file on computer A, but not in the .pdf file, and I have to
> remember to read the notes on A in order to have them synchronized.
>
> However, it should be easy to have Skim offer to read the notes, just as
> it does in the first case.
>
> When I save the notes on computer B, the modify date of both the .pdf and
> the .skim files are updated. But when I go back to computer A, the modify
> date of the .pdf is older than the .skim file on that computer. (Dropbox
> brought the .skim file over, but since there was no change, for the
> attributes that Dropbox monitors, in the .pdf, the modify date of the .pdf
> was not changed).
>
> If Skim noticed that the .skim file had a later modify date than the .pdf,
> and offered to read the notes from the .skim file, it would make keeping
> the notes in sync easy. Skim could put up the message like ("The notes
> associated with this file may have been modified, would you like to load
> the new notes?") I don't see any downside to this behavior, but perhaps I
> haven't thought enough about it.
>
> I don't think that this would violate Christiaan's rule against sidecar
> files, which I can understand, even if I don't always agree with it.
>
> Alan
>
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