Yes, I have done the "convert notes" function prior to exporting with the template. Here's a screenshot of the three types of notes I have:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h79t3tzikwzl7eb4wo6tz/Screenshot-2023-11-29-at-7.43.36-AM.png?rlkey=eyodn8094jr8yfd9qg4k9i37r&dl=0 I am having a hard time understanding the templating process. I would love to use conditional tags to achieve the result I'm looking for, but I would need a bit of guidance. I've tried to use the suggestions made in this previous conversation, but I never got all the data I was looking for--it either skipped the highlighted text in the first note, or the note itself (e.g., the note text "test note" and the highlighted text "Hence"): https://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/mailman/skim-app-users/thread/CAHwchkffF%2BZyPjg0ayYyNaWv-vf64-A-Yipo7UBqW8U9GbwR_A%40mail.gmail.com/#msg36703931 On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 5:39 AM Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not sure I completely understand your question. > > You get the doubling because you include both the string and the > textString. The former is the contents value of the note or highight, while > the latter is the text behind the highlight. In Skim we set the string to > the textString. That’s why you se the doubling. > > As for 3, highlights added by other apps will not be part of the template, > as Skim doesn’t see them. So I don’t understand why you would ever get > them. Or did you convert them? > > As I don’t understand what you mean by 3, I am not sure what to do. But > perhaps you can add some condition tags for the type of the note around a > part of your template. > > Christiaan > > > On 29 Nov 2023, at 01:32, Derek Van Ittersum < > derek.vanitter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to create a template that will output: > > > > 1. highlighted text > > 2. text notes > > 3. notes made on highlights (e.g., in other PDF apps, like the one on my > Boox device, I select the highlight then click "add note" to it) > > > > I am getting all three of these bits of information with the following > template: > > > > <$notes.@arraySortedByPageIndexAndBounds> > > <$textString?> > > <$textString/> (p. > <$page.label?><$page.label/><?$page.label?><$pageIndex.numberByAddingOne/></$page.label?>) > > > > </$textString?> > > <$string?> > > <$string/> > > > > </$string?> > > </$notes.@arraySortedByPageIndexAndBounds> > > > > However--I am getting any highlight without a note on it twice. Is there > any way to amend my template so that I get the 3 bits of information > without repetition? I have tried many different template value keys (e.g., > text, string, contents, textString) but any alteration I have tried to the > above ends up leaving out one of the 3 bits of information. > > > > Thanks for any help or explanation, > > > > Derek > > > > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users >
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