Joachim Kock
2009-01-05 14:03:31 UTC
Dear Skim developers,
first of all, thank you for developing Skim --- by far the best
pdf viewer that has ever existed.
I write just to turn your attention to the fact that AlphaX
since version 8.2b2 (released in September) has preconfigured
support for pdfsync'ing with Skim. All you need to do is to
select Skim in the popup of pdf viewers in AlphaX's preferences.
I would like to suggest that Skim offer a preset for sync'ing
with AlphaX. The settings are simple:
Command: alphac
Arguments: +%line "%file"
(This is the same convention as many other editors.
The script alphac resides inside the AlphaX bundle at
/Applications/AlphaX.app/Contents/Resources/alphac,
and Skim is clever enough to look there -- of course!)
(In the other direction there is nothing for Skim to set up.
AlphaX communicates tightly with Skim through raw Apple events,
and it works like a charm, thanks to the thoughtful design of
Skim's Apple event dictionary. One may note that Skim's
preference "Check for file changes" should not be checked
when sync'ing from AlphaX, since AlphaX takes care of sending
the refresh command when appropriate.)
Thanks for your attention.
Joachim.
PS: I read on this list some remark by some developer that he
didn't have an AlphaX licence. It shouldn't really be needed.
Although it says it is shareware, it is not enforced in any
way. There is unlimited 'try-it-out period' with full functionality,
no registration code ever to enter, and if anybody actually ends
up on the registration page he will see that the listed versions
are those of 10 years ago, when the original author, Peter Keleher,
abandoned Alpha and thrusted the further development to the
Alpha Cabal. Large parts of Alpha's code base, are in fact open
source. It is unfortunate that the last part still is not, and
that AlphaX has to be classified as shareware. But it is still
one of the most powerful editors around -- almost an operating
system in itself -- and we are many who swear to it.
Here is a link to the home page, from where there are only two
clicks to the download:
http://alphatcl.sourceforge.net
Don't hesitate to ask if you have further questions about Alpha.
first of all, thank you for developing Skim --- by far the best
pdf viewer that has ever existed.
I write just to turn your attention to the fact that AlphaX
since version 8.2b2 (released in September) has preconfigured
support for pdfsync'ing with Skim. All you need to do is to
select Skim in the popup of pdf viewers in AlphaX's preferences.
I would like to suggest that Skim offer a preset for sync'ing
with AlphaX. The settings are simple:
Command: alphac
Arguments: +%line "%file"
(This is the same convention as many other editors.
The script alphac resides inside the AlphaX bundle at
/Applications/AlphaX.app/Contents/Resources/alphac,
and Skim is clever enough to look there -- of course!)
(In the other direction there is nothing for Skim to set up.
AlphaX communicates tightly with Skim through raw Apple events,
and it works like a charm, thanks to the thoughtful design of
Skim's Apple event dictionary. One may note that Skim's
preference "Check for file changes" should not be checked
when sync'ing from AlphaX, since AlphaX takes care of sending
the refresh command when appropriate.)
Thanks for your attention.
Joachim.
PS: I read on this list some remark by some developer that he
didn't have an AlphaX licence. It shouldn't really be needed.
Although it says it is shareware, it is not enforced in any
way. There is unlimited 'try-it-out period' with full functionality,
no registration code ever to enter, and if anybody actually ends
up on the registration page he will see that the listed versions
are those of 10 years ago, when the original author, Peter Keleher,
abandoned Alpha and thrusted the further development to the
Alpha Cabal. Large parts of Alpha's code base, are in fact open
source. It is unfortunate that the last part still is not, and
that AlphaX has to be classified as shareware. But it is still
one of the most powerful editors around -- almost an operating
system in itself -- and we are many who swear to it.
Here is a link to the home page, from where there are only two
clicks to the download:
http://alphatcl.sourceforge.net
Don't hesitate to ask if you have further questions about Alpha.