>
> On Aug 13, 2014, at 22:32, Jan Jakob Bornheim wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am currently in the process of fine-tuning my preview template. I noticed
>> that if I insert the content of Skim Notes via the <$textSkimNotes/> value,
>> the notes are sorted by page and bounds. If I instead do it via the
>> scriptingSkimNotes collection
>> ("<$scriptingSkimNotes><$contents/></$scriptingSkimNotes>”) they are not
>> sorted. I would prefer the latter option because it would allow easier
>> filtering of what types/colors,etc. of notes are displayed in the preview,
>> but I would also like to have the notes sorted by page and bound rather than
>> creation date.
>
> textSkimNotes is the text representation of the skim notes, as saved with the
> PDF file. It is determined *at saving time* by the Skim text template, so it
> is not generated from the Skim notes themselves) by BibDesk. This means that
> the sorting is as specified in the Skim text note template (if not the
> default.)
>
> On the other hand, scriptingSkimNotes is generated from the Skim notes
> themselves.
>
>> So the question:
>>
>> Does anyone know if I can somehow sort scriptingSkimNotes by page and bounds?
>>
>
> No, you cannot sort those in a template.
>
>> If no, is there a template I can modify to change the output of
>> <$textSkimNotes/>?
>>
>
> No, because (for BibDesk) it is just text, it has no more structure.
>
>> Modifying notesTemplate.txt in Application Support/Skim/Templates does not
>> change the output in BibDesk, at least not as far as my preview template is
>> concerned.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jan Jakob
>
> It will change the output (from textSkimNotes), but only *after* saving from
> Skim, as noted above.
>
> Christiaan
Okay, the fact that changing the notesTemplate.txt only affects the contents
after saving the PDF is the important bit I missed. Resaving all PDFs is a bit
tedious, but easily automatable. Thanks! It’s a bit less elegant than doing it
via the scriptingSkimNotes route, but it does what I want.
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