> On 14 Mar 2022, at 10:50, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 14 Mar 2022, at 04:49, Mark Roberts <mroberts1...@gmail.com >> <mailto:mroberts1...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Is there some way to get more detailed information about skim notes, i.e., >> other than the code framework? >> >> I have tried the skimnotes command line tool (e.g., the 'get' and 'format' >> commands), but it seems to only output the basic information about notes, >> such as the note type, page number, and note text. >> >> Perhaps(?) there's another mode for the skimnotes tool, but I couldn't find >> it from reading the documentation. >> >> I'd like to get more complete data on each note, such as a timestamp, the >> coordinates of the boxes that are highlighted in the PDF file, the highlight >> color, and the text contained in each box. >> >> I assume(?) this data is in the notes file, but the skimnotes app ignores it >> for now. >> >> I'm wondering about this because if possible I'd like to make a script that >> gathers my notes for a PDF file, and tries to fix words that were broken by >> hyphenation in the original PDF. If I can get the highlight boxes in the >> notes file, and the text in each box, then it should be possible to check >> for a hyphen character at the end of each line, and then stitch together the >> words that were split across lines. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> M. > > The skimnotes tool is not a tool that can interpret the data. It only copies > the data around to various locations that are supported (such as between > extended attributes, .skim files, or within a .pdfd bundle). There is no tool > to interpret he data. The Wiki has information about how the data is > formatted. You could try to build your own tool to unarchive the data from > that, but that would be quite a bit of work. > > Christiaan >
I can also note that in the near future the skim notes will be saved in a plist format, which can be read by various tools and apps, including AppleScript. You can already have Skim do that by activating a hidden preference, see the Wiki for details. Christiaan
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