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Re: Scripting Preview


  • Subject: Re: Scripting Preview
  • From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:55:34 +0200


Le 14/10/2012 à 20:56, Robert Poland <email@hidden> a écrit :

Hi,

I would like to, somehow, get the window in Preview to open in other than the stupid default little one.

Sent from my iPad
Bob Poland

Hello Robert

There is no AppleScript support for Preview.

Try to use an alternate application like the free Skim.app whose dictionary is huge :

open v : Open a document.

close v : Close a document.

save v : Save a document.

print settings n

quit v : Quit the application.

count v : Return the number of elements of a particular class within an object.

delete v : Delete an object.

duplicate v : Copy an object.

exists v : Verify that an object exists.

make v : Create a new object.

move v : Move an object to a new location.

application n [see also Skim Suite] : The application's top level scripting object.

document n [see also Skim Suite] : A document.

window n [see also Skim Suite] : A window.

Text Suite A set of basic classes for text processing.

RGBA color n

RTF n

rich text n, pl rich text : Rich (styled) text

character n : This subdivides the text into characters.

paragraph n : This subdivides the text into paragraphs.

word n : This subdivides the text into words.

attribute run n : This subdivides the text into chunks that all have the same attributes.

attachment n [inh. rich text] : Represents an inline text attachment. This class is used mainly for make commands.

Skim Suite Skim specific commands and classes for dealing with PDF.

revert v : Revert a document. Don't use this when you have turned on the auto-relead functionality.

select v : Select text in a document.

go v : Go to a location.

convert notes v : Convert in a document PDF annotations to Skim notes.

read notes v : Read notes from a Skim document and ad them to the PDF document.

find v : Find text in a document.

join v : Join selection(s).

show TeX file v : Show the LaTeX source file.

get bounds for v : Get the bounds of a page, note, or selection.  syn bounds for

get text for v : Get the text of a document, page, note, selection, or raw RTF data.  syn text for

get index for v : Get the index of a document, page, note, or selection.  syn index for

get pages for v : Get the pages of a document, page, note, or selection.  syn pages for

grab v : Grab a picture from a page.

format v : Format an object using a template.

application n [see also Standard Suite] : Skim's top level scripting object.

document n [see also Standard Suite] : A Skim document.

window n [see also Standard Suite] : A window.

page n : A page.

note n : A note.

bookmark n : A bookmark.

download n : A download.

point list n : A list of points.

TeX line n : A line in a TeX source document.

PDF view settings n

document attributes n

note colors n

note line widths n

note line styles n

note dash patterns n

note font names n

note font sizes n

PDF n

TIFF picture n

It's available from :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/skim-app/

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 14 octobre 2012 21:55:27


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