Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, when I use that template I don't get the highlights, only the text note. (in the example above, only the "test note" and not the "Hence" nor any other highlights).
I think I have resolved the problem. As long as I only add notes as separate notes (rather than as notes attached to highlights), then I can use the following template to get all of that information--separate text notes and highlighted text. <$notes.@arraySortedByPageIndexAndBounds> <$contents?> <$contents/> (p. <$page.label?><$page.label/><?$page.label?><$pageIndex.numberByAddingOne/></$page.label?>) </$contents?> </$notes.@arraySortedByPageIndexAndBounds> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 12:18 PM Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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> > 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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