Here’s a bash script that does what you want:
#!/bin/bash
file=“$1"
[[ $# -gt 2 ]] && outfile=“$2" || outfile=“${file%.pdf}.fdf"
[[ "${file:0:1}" == "/" ]] || file="${PWD}/${file}"
[[ “${outfile:0:1}" == "/" ]] || file="${PWD}/${outfile}"
/usr/bin/osascript << EOF
set theFile to POSIX file "${file}"
set thePath to POSIX path of (theFile as alias)
set theOutFile to POSIX file “${outfile}"
tell application "Skim"
open theFile
set theDocs to get documents whose path is thePath
if (count of theDocs) = 0 then set theDocs to {document 1}
set theDoc to contents of item 1 of theDocs
save theDoc in theOutFile as “Notes as FDF"
end tell
EOF
> On 27 Dec 2024, at 00:20, Dan Hicks <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hmm okay. I haven’t done anything with Applescript in … 15 years?
>
> If anyone can throw together a MWE in Applescript I’d be most grateful!
> Otherwise, let’s see what ChatGPT can put together.
>
> Thanks!
> -----
> Dan Hicks
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Department of Philosophy
> University of California, Merced
>
> Pronouns: they/them/their
>
>> On Dec 26, 2024, at 3:18 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The skimnotes tool cannot do that.
>>
>> You could use AppleScript for that though.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>>> On 27 Dec 2024, at 00:14, Dan Hicks <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Using skimnotes, how do I replicate the functionality of File -> Export ->
>>> Notes as FDF? The -format values `archive`, `plist`, and `fdf` (not listed,
>>> but tried just in case) all generate a plist file, which doesn’t seem to be
>>> what Acrobat expects.
>>>
>>> Thanks, and be well,
>>> Dan Hicks
>>> -----
>>> Dan Hicks
>>> Associate Professor and Chair
>>> Department of Philosophy
>>> University of California, Merced
>>>
>>> Pronouns: they/them/their
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