I just realized that perhaps you still could do what you want. It is possible 
to use an evaluated value in a condition. So you could write a condition tag 
like this (replacement of the second part of the template):

<$string=?>
<?$string=$textString?>
<?$string?>
<$string/>

</$string?>

Christiaan

> On 29 Nov 2023, at 17:54, Derek Van Ittersum <derek.vanitter...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Ok, I understand. Thanks for explaining.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 11:49 AM Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com 
> <mailto: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 
>> <mailto: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
>>  
>> <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
>>  
>> <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 
>> <mailto: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 
>> > <mailto: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

Reply via email to