> On Apr 28, 2016, at 17:33, 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
>
> --
> Alan Harper
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Yes, this goes strongly against my problems with sidecar files. Because what
you want is for us to ignore notes is EAs when there is a .skim file. The .skim
file is only supposed to be a backup, not a primary storage, so when there are
notes in the EAs, we have no reason to look any further, and certainly not
override them.
Christiaan
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