Ok, I understand. Thanks for explaining. On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 11:49 AM Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think, in terms of the data that exists, what you want is really a > contradiction. On the one hand you want to both the content (string) of the > notes and highlights, and the highlighted text. in your template. That is > also what you achieve with your sample template. On the other hand, you say > you *don’t* want both the content and the highlighted text of a highlight > (because they just happen to be the same). You cannot have both, because > they are contradictory requirements. > > As I understand you, case 1 and case 3 are really the same: they are > highlights that have a content set. The only difference is really what the > content is set to, and how you have done that. And as a result that in one > case the two texts happen to be the same, and in the other case they are > different. So as there is no essential difference in the data, there is > simply no way a template can make a difference. > > You should realize that when you create a highlight in Skim, we just *set* > the content to the highlighted text. You can always change out to some > other value, just like you did in the other app before conversion (it’s > just that the other app sets the content to nothing by default). So you > could have created the situation for the highlighted “Hence” exactly the > same way in Skim: highlight “Hence” and set the content to “Test note”. > > Christiaan > > On 29 Nov 2023, at 16:40, Derek Van Ittersum <derek.vanitter...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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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