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What's new in Skim 1.7.2

Apr 10, 2024
  • New Features:
  • Allow highlighting all search results, through context menu.
  • Allow displaying thumbnails or contents while searching.
  • Add swipe actions to show/hide or delete in snapshot table.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix repeated PDF-TeX syncing.
  • Allow fractional duration in presentation tradition field.
  • Allow warnings to be visible when editing transitions in presentation mode.
  • Reorganize menus.
  • Improve page navigation by swiping in single page mode.
  • Fix text baseline in toolbar.
  • Don't change Automatically Resize from fitting links.
  • Fix page background in magnify tool.
  • Fix crash when entering Presentation from a document that is full screen and tabbed.

New in Skim 1.7.1 (Mar 5, 2024)

  • New Features:
  • Change defaults when changing text note font while holding Shift.
  • Change defaults when changing note line attributes while holding Shift.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Work around initial page navigation bug on newer OS systems.
  • Fix string cleaning for highlights and search.
  • Tweak scrolling by page amount.

New in Skim 1.7 (Feb 2, 2024)

  • New Features:
  • Update Sparkle updater, enhanced security.
  • Hidden shortcut ',' in Presentation mode to show the cursor settings.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Tweak links that implicitly fit the target.
  • Improve initial print panel settings.
  • Try to fix certain relative links.
  • Fix snapshot thumbnails on newer OS systems.
  • Fix presentation page transitions on newer OS systems.
  • Improve full screen animation.
  • Fix Windows menu layout.
  • Remove deprecated Greeking Threshold and Anti-Alias preferences.
  • Fix exiting Presentation after adding multiple temporary freehand notes.
  • Allow dvi and ps conversion command from homebrew.
  • Allow PostScript transparency commands for ps2pdf from regular installations.
  • Fix restoring scroll location in PDF.
  • Better feedback when dragging multiple pages from Overview.

New in Skim 1.6.21 (Oct 6, 2023)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Allow clicking links in note tool mode.
  • Improve undo in presentation mode.
  • Make sure committing text note edits is undone separately from adding notes.
  • More efficient loading of documents with many notes.
  • Prevent note edits when interaction settings don't allow it.
  • Make sure forward search updates the correct document.
  • Support transparency in PostScript conversion on Sonoma.

New in Skim 1.6.20 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix removing notes.

New in Skim 1.6.19 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Switch to 2-up mode when changing book mode or RTL.
  • Add UI to change the cursor in presentation; move the cursor to the bottom.
  • Allow drawing temporary freehand notes in presentation mode, removed when closing.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Show preview tooltips only when the main window is key.
  • Option to remove shadow in laser pointer cursor added by Night Shift.
  • Fix retrieving saved passwords.

New in Skim 1.6.18 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix page selection in overview in presentation mode.
  • Change shortcut for Show/Hide Toolbar to standard one.
  • Allow linking on older systems.
  • Reduce animation target frame for fullscreen with main menu showing.

New in Skim 1.6.17 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • New hidden preference to adjust the white point, to modify the white page background.
  • AppleScript support for adjusted white point preference.
  • Make spelling and grammar check options sticky in note text areas.
  • Hidden preference on Sonoma for PostScript conversion tool to use.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Make Spelling menu consistent with current standard.
  • Try to scroll back to page after large layout change immediately.
  • Fix page preview in presentation.
  • Improve efficiency of overview for large documents.
  • Fix text note alignment on Apple Silicon.
  • Use command line tools on Sonoma to convert PostScript documents.
  • Correct relative links in PDF bundles.
  • Fix displayed pages in magnify tool.

New in Skim 1.6.16 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Allow selecting multiple pages in Overview for copying.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Support reduced motion accessibility option.
  • Show search match in status bar.
  • Support links that zoom or fit the PDF.
  • Fix some localized terms.
  • Fix touch bars for some sheets.
  • Fix page navigation on 10.12.
  • Allow choosing new file for bookmarks through contextual menu.

New in Skim 1.6.15 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Display edited form fields in Skim notes documents.
  • Simplify Lines panel.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix remembering of export options in export panel.
  • Avoid a slowdown in opening of documents with many pages.
  • Prevent jump when scrolling using keys.
  • Scroll to current page also on 10.12.
  • Fix glitch in first presentation page transition.
  • Make sure selected font wells control the font panel.

New in Skim 1.6.14 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Add option to display line script and go script command to not select text.
  • Allow resizing freehand notes, press Shift to resize proportionally.
  • Expose preference for using sequential rather than logical page numbers.
  • Expose preference for adding author name to new notes, also through AppleScript.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Don't draw page shadows when not showing page breaks.
  • Fix freehand note selection highlight on rotated pages.
  • Try to target current page on low zoom when scrolling to a page.
  • Clear user name for new Skim notes by default.
  • Highlight full line for reading bar.
  • Fix export panel on macOS 13.

New in Skim 1.6.13 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Move reading by by double clicking on it.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Workaround for initial auto resizing problems.
  • Only show reading bar when there are lines to highlight.
  • Write text representations of URLs to the clipboard.
  • Improve scrolling bug workarounds.
  • Fix reading pacer at higher zoom.
  • Improve workarounds to restore scroll position.
  • Make sure magnify is updated in some cases.

New in Skim 1.6.12 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Allow "+" button to open a document in the tab bar.
  • Select tab using shortcuts Option-Command-number.
  • Allow creating setup bookmarks from scripting by passing the file of a document.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix use of undefined material on 10.13.
  • Avoid bug in accessibility support.
  • Improve accessibility.

New in Skim 1.6.11 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Let content shine through title bar and search bars.
  • New AppleScript property for the scroll position.
  • Make reading bar added through SyncTeX temporary.
  • Scripting support for reading bar.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Make sure page history is registered in horizontal scrolling mode.
  • Fix ordering of characters and notes on rotated pages.

New in Skim 1.6.10 (Aug 22, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Copy text from active markup notes.
  • New hidden preference to collapse all sub levels of the table of contents.
  • Attempt to recombine hyphenated words in cleaned selection string.
  • Find backwards on Shift-Enter.
  • Write Skim notes in plist format by default, unless writing legacy notes.
  • New hidden preference to write Skim notes as archived data.
  • Allow getting initial view settings from the PDF.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix default reading bar color.
  • Fix sync command for homebrew Emacs for M1 macs.
  • Workaround for page navigation bug in horizontal layout mode on older systems.
  • Fix close button action in presentation mode.

New in Skim 1.6.9 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • New sync preset for Nova.
  • Allow autosizing notes from menu.
  • Preserve color space for preference colors.
  • Use sRGB colors as defaults.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix crasher when auto resizing note columns.
  • Fix and improve some transition effects.
  • Avoid slowdown when dragging notes while the notes table is displayed.

New in Skim 1.6.8 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Placeholder in TeX editor command arguments for zero-based line numbers.
  • Select an area to zoom to after choosing Zoom to Selection.
  • Select text to mark up after choosing to add a markup note.
  • Draw freehand note after choosing to add a freehand note.
  • Always select location or area for which to create a snapshot.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix Right to Left toolbar button.
  • Add full workaround for macOS 12.1 scripting support bug.
  • Fix the style of the help pages.

New in Skim 1.6.7 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • New option to displayline script to use zero-based lines.
  • Rewrite scripting support for note and display preferences.
  • Replace 'get...for' script command by a single 'obtain' command.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix initial fit to PDF.
  • Tweak inverted colors in dark mode.
  • Allow using texLines class in JXA scripts.
  • Fix join script command.
  • Remove non working support for page background color.
  • Work around scripting support bug in macOS 12.1.

New in Skim 1.6.6 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • New preference to invert colors in dark mode.
  • New hidden preference to add a sepia tone effect, accessible through AppleScript.
  • Save user defined cropping in setup and session bookmarks.
  • New toolbar items for Automatically resize and Split PDF.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Workaround for layout problems of tables on older systems.
  • Fix layout issues for info window.
  • Improve drawing efficiency for search results grouped by page.
  • Remove shortcuts for marked pages.
  • Support undo for text editing of text notes.

New in Skim 1.6.5 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • Save bookmarks and recent file info using modern bookmark format.
  • New hidden action to reset the page cropping.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix deleting bookmarks from contextual menu.
  • Fix font size preferences.
  • Fix offset of preview tool tips.
  • Fix contextual menu for the PDF.
  • Prevent removal of all favorite colors.
  • Fix resetting the current page after cropping all pages.

New in Skim 1.6.4 (Jul 22, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Hidden preference to not fill new notes with the selected text.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix auto size of note rows.
  • Reinstate history highlights on Big Sur.
  • Make sure initial PDF view setting are committed.
  • Hide preview tool tips when scrolling.
  • Improve preview tool tips pointing to the right hand side.

New in Skim 1.6.3 (Apr 6, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • GateKeeper safe.
  • New document icons for Big Sur.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix application icon on older systems.
  • Ignore useless spotlight search text from Finder.
  • Fix toolbar search field layout on older systems.

New in Skim 1.6.2 (Apr 6, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • New hidden preference to set the scale for the preview tool tips.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix document icons on Big Sur.
  • Don't animate search highlights every time search results are found.
  • Fix document file icons.
  • Fix shadow for preview tool tips on Big Sur.
  • Make presentation mode navigation always dark on Big Sur.
  • Fix page navigation when using horizontal layout on Big Sur.
  • Ignore errors reading notes from unsupported external volumes.

New in Skim 1.6.1 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • New application icon.
  • Quicklook support for PostScript files.
  • Scale preview tool tips with current factor.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Don't try to mount external volumes to check recent documents.
  • Fix response to opening a large number of documents at startup.
  • Separate window title on Big Sur.
  • Avoid exception when setting up info window.

New in Skim 1.6 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Native support for Apple Silicon.
  • Allow setting initial PDF view settings from preferences.
  • Allow reading modern bookmarks format.
  • Allow placeholder %urlfile in sync command for percent encoded file.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix menu form representation of Favorite Colors toolbar item.
  • Fix some localized terms.
  • Allow typing scale without percent sign.
  • Bold search term in search results.
  • No support for legacy full screen mode.
  • Fix for opening locked PDFs.

New in Skim 1.5.13 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • Implement Jump to Selection action.
  • New color picker touch bar item.
  • New menu item to focus on the note filter field.
  • Make table of contents scriptable.
  • Allow graphics in rich text of anchored notes.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Avoid drawing artifacts for page history highlights.
  • Fix auto expansion notes pane in legacy full screen mode.
  • Fix layout issues after loading a password locked PDF.
  • Fix reading of generalized rich text from plist data.

New in Skim 1.5.12 (Sep 18, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Add PDF-TeX sync preset for EmacsMac.
  • Add display mode settings for horizontal layout.
  • Add display mode setting for RTL in two up display.
  • Scroll to a snapshot using Command-click or a contextual menu item.
  • Include favorite colors in color panel.
  • Modernize UI.
  • Change default background colors.
  • Hidden preference to disable search bar blurring, for more efficient scrolling.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Workaround for crasher when using a shortcut on 10.13.
  • Fix crasher when closing document after expanding note table.

New in Skim 1.5.11 (Aug 4, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Auto size circle and box notes around selection.
  • Hit '?' to view hidden shortcuts.
  • Change laser pointer cursor in presentation by hitting 'c'.
  • Support reading Skim notes in plist format.
  • New hidden preference to save Skim notes in plist format.
  • Support for Skim notes in plist format in skimNotes and SkimPDF tools.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Different shortcuts for changing pacer speed.
  • Workaround for disabling menu items after entering password.
  • Fix response to opening a large number of documents.

New in Skim 1.5.10 (Jun 17, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Highlight search results in image tool tips.
  • Change default color when Shift-clicking favorite color in note tool mode.
  • Separate preference for image smoothing.
  • Display laser pointer cursor in Presentation.
  • Toggle laser pointer cursor in Presentation by hitting 'l'.
  • Show contents pane in Presentation by hitting 't'.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Only archive file to share when there are notes.
  • Don't call arbitrary phone numbers.
  • Remove outdated help topics.
  • Fix crasher on OS versions older than 10.10.
  • Increase default pacer speed.

New in Skim 1.5.9 (May 13, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Save edits to form elements.
  • Replace email functionality with more generic share functions.
  • Add Share toolbar button.
  • Allow process switching in Presentation mode, useful for online presentations.
  • New hidden preference to allow resizing the Presentation window.
  • Ask to replace a new bookmark when using an existing label.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Activate editor from display line script after showing document.
  • Smoother presentation transitions.
  • Fix selection in presentation transition sheet.

New in Skim 1.5.8 (Apr 7, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Reading pacer to automatically scroll through the document, or move the reading bar.
  • New toolbar item for reading pacer.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Escape double-quotes in e-mail AppleScript.
  • Fix drawing of anchored note icons on 10.13 and 10.14.
  • Fix workaround for 10.12 selection bug.
  • Fix shortcuts for auto-sizing text note for some keyboard layouts.
  • Fix crasher on commit for newer OS versions.

New in Skim 1.5.7 (Mar 23, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • New feature showing an overview of all pages.
  • Shortcuts Control-= and Option-Control-= to auto size text notes (ignoring width).
  • Text note editing respects newlines (Tab commits, Option-Tab inserts tab).
  • Allow using note resize shortcuts when editing text note.
  • Write syncable Skim notes by default (preserved by iCloud).
  • New preference to write legacy Skim notes.
  • SkimNotes and SkimPDF tools now write syncable Skim notes by default.
  • New hidden preference to include newlines from the selection in the default note text.
  • Contextual menu item to bring a note to the front for selection of overlapping notes.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix opening Skim notes documents from Finder on Catalina.
  • Fix some Japanese terms.
  • Workaround for crash when converting notes with popups.
  • Workaround for layout bugs when opening a locked PDF file.
  • Fix text note layout during edit.
  • Make sure edits in the notes table are committed before e.g. saving.

New in Skim 1.5.6 (Jan 13, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Choose favorite colors from contextual menu.
  • Add search history to PDF search field.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix setting interior or text colors of notes.
  • Fix opening documents with a large number of pages.
  • Improved dark mode colors for PDF scroll bars.
  • Fix some Japanese terms.
  • Fix some Chinese terms.
  • Fix Services from the PDF.

New in Skim 1.5.5 (Jan 13, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Add search text to Skim URL.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Use standard localization names.
  • Regularly save open document info in case of a crash.
  • Fix presentation mode background on Catalina.
  • Fix writing an archive for export or e-mail.
  • Fix syncable option for skimped command line tool.
  • Fix thread safety when going to and from presentation mode.
  • Work around Catalina bug in thread safety during drawing.
  • Work around background color bug on Catalina.
  • Fix dark mode PDF background color.

New in Skim 1.5.4 (Jan 13, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Allow reading syncable Skim notes from extended attributes.
  • New hidden preference to write syncable Skim notes to extended attributes.
  • Allow SkimNotes and SkimPDF tools to read, write and convert syncable Skim notes.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Workaround for text note editing on Catalina.
  • Fix preferences for line note line ending styles.

New in Skim 1.5.3 (Oct 10, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Allow reading syncable Skim notes from extended attributes.
  • New hidden preference to write syncable Skim notes to extended attributes.
  • Allow SkimNotes and SkimPDF tools to read, write and convert syncable Skim notes.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Workaround for text note editing on Catalina.
  • Fix preferences for line note line ending styles.

New in Skim 1.5.2 (Jun 19, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Hidden preference to show the magnification tool only with the mouse pressed.
  • Allow showing current page on separate screen during presentation.
  • Show presentation and presentation notes on different displays if possible.
  • Add next page button in the presentation notes document.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix crasher from tool tip of setup bookmarks.
  • Fix table row heights.
  • Make sure tables are cleaned up when closing a document.
  • Improve layout in some windows.
  • Fix table for skim notes document.
  • Improve layout.
  • Fix crasher when showing next page during presentation.
  • Hide menu bar on secondary screen during presentation.
  • Fix some tool tips in dark mode.

New in Skim 1.5.1 (Jun 5, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix print panel accessory view.
  • Fix layout of accessory views.

New in Skim 1.5 (Jun 4, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Add multiple markup notes when selection spans more than one page.
  • Improve magnify tool, click to toggle display instead of dragging the mouse.
  • Custom skim: URL scheme to support opening files or bookmarks in Skim.
  • Function Copy URL to copy a skim: URL.
  • Save archive through Export function.
  • Update updater to latest version.
  • Use new download API if available.
  • Automatically hide and show snapshot and split PDF controls with mouse.
  • Improve interaction with tables.
  • Support for touch bar.
  • Allow modifying the favorite colors in the preferences.
  • Allow previewing the next slide as presentation notes.
  • Improved presentation transitions.
  • Embed a number of custom presentation transitions.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Set text color in templates for dark mode.
  • Search when opening a file with a search text.
  • Use a fresh copy for saving or emailing an archive or disk image.
  • Drop support for saving or emailing disk images.
  • Improve table displays.
  • Fix dragging promised files on 10.14.
  • Use updated methods to get file sizes and use modern units.
  • Run Scripts Menu scripts without interfering with the application.
  • Don't coalesce undo for editing the text of a note and other edits.
  • Disable private system presentation transitions.
  • Workaround for system cursor bugs in presentation mode.

New in Skim 1.4.41 (Feb 5, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix displayline with reading bar.
  • Fix display of page numbers in tables.
  • Fix dark mode background problems in tables.

New in Skim 1.4.40 (Jan 8, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix a crasher in the notes table.
  • Fix a bug in synctex.

New in Skim 1.4.38 (Nov 25, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Remember tabs for last open documents and session bookmarks.
  • Remember tabs for snapshots.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Avoid a page reset after a reload.
  • Rewind the page after some changes to layout.
  • Fix text color of release notes in dark mode.
  • Fix text color of edited anchored notes.
  • Fix text color of anchored notes text in notes table.
  • Some more tweaks of colors for dark mode.
  • Allow reverting dark mode background colors.
  • Substitute font for toolbar buttons when the font is not available.

New in Skim 1.4.37 (Nov 20, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • New PDF sync preset for Alpha.
  • Remember downloads between sessions.
  • Extend select script command.
  • Improved display of contents tables.
  • New script command to get a selection from a rectangle or two points
  • Improved favorite colors control.
  • Enable dark mode on Mojave.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Use document from tell block when clearing selection in AppleScript.
  • Hopefully fix saving last viewed page on some older systems.
  • More reliable display of downloads progress.

New in Skim 1.4.36 (Aug 7, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • New PDF-sync preset for Visual Studio Code
  • New template keys for some global values.
  • Ask user for confirmation before reopening a huge number of files.
  • Template keys for date formats.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix saving of last open page and snapshots on 10.11 and 10.12.
  • Fix a crasher on closing a document on 10.10.
  • Fix a crasher in synctex forward search on 10.11.
  • Always monitor target file for changes when opening a symlink.
  • Auto-hide toolbar in fullscreen on 10.7 by default.

New in Skim 1.4.35 (May 11, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Allow dragging selected text.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix writing extended attributes for very large notes data.
  • Fix crasher when immediately ending text note editing.
  • Let system code handle scrolling to a location, should be fixed in 10.13.4.
  • Set a maximum width for page columns.
  • Fix scrolling on 10.12.

New in Skim 1.4.34 (Apr 11, 2018)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Fix of bug while saving larger notes data to extended attributes.

New in Skim 1.4.33 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Allow running convert notes AppleScript command to run synchronously.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • More efficient cleanup of objects.
  • Avoid UI issues when opening a locked document.
  • Reduce zoom level from Zoom To Fit on 10.12 to help scrolling.
  • Update synctex support to latest version to fix some bugs.
  • Workaround for bug when changing line notes.
  • Fix reading in notes when the document is password protected.
  • Allow adding notes on commenting protected PDFs.
  • Fix online help.
  • Fix a hang when trying to read corrupted notes data.

New in Skim 1.4.32 (Jan 16, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Allow text select tool in split PDF feature.
  • Add straight line segments in freehand notes by holding the Option key.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix some minor leaks.
  • More efficient note conversion.
  • Fix selection of overlapping notes.
  • Fix size of toolbar buttons.
  • Fix toolbar buttons.
  • Fix clearing of selection on 10.13.
  • Work around automatic scrolling issues on 10.13.
  • Work around ATS bug in 10.11, to allow downloading new versions
  • Improve app transport security on (High) Sierra.
  • Always clear selection after adding markup notes.
  • Improve custom cursor images.
  • Improve thread safety.

New in Skim 1.4.31 (Dec 1, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Preference to reload changed files automatically.
  • Allow switching between Full Screen and Presentation on High Sierra.
  • New hidden preference to display page bounds in the status bar.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix returning to position on Sierra.
  • Fix some localizations.
  • Fix preview tool tips for links and anchored notes.

New in Skim 1.4.29 (Apr 28, 2017)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Ensure anchored notes are really removed on 10.12.4.
  • Correct pinch zoom in snapshots and split PDF.
  • Fix a crasher when adding or removing a note.
  • Improve thread safety.
  • Don't scroll after PDF synchronization when line is visible.

New in Skim 1.4.28 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Alternate menu items to zoom to physical size in contextual menus.
  • Edit text notes quicker.
  • Zoom to physical size from contextual menu with Option key.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix Cut action from contextual menu.
  • Workaround for a serious PDFKit leak.
  • Fix some leaks.
  • Don't allow split PDF or snapshot to disable the main PDF view on 10.12.
  • Make sure various PDF views show the correct contextual menus.
  • Customizable page background color on 10.12 now completely ignored.

New in Skim 1.4.27 (Mar 7, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Display marked up text in the note table.
  • Expand or collapse all items in note table by holding the Option key.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix updating of preview tooltip areas on older systems.
  • Change shortcuts for changing tool modes to Option-arrow.
  • Remember scroll position for marked pages.
  • Fix page rotation through gestured.
  • Fix shadow in images on retina displays.
  • Only allow secure downloads.
  • Draw anchored notes on 10.12 in snapshots and split PDF view.
  • Fix to allow non-bordered text notes on 10.12.
  • Display alternate anchored note icons on 10.12.
  • Ensure black background in Presentation mode.
  • Fix drag highlights.
  • Improve compatibility with tabs.
  • Better suppress prompt for update checking.
  • Fix the ordering of quadrilateral points for markup notes.
  • Bring back for Services support on 10.12.

New in Skim 1.4.26 (Jan 30, 2017)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Enable graphics card switching.
  • Fix side pane animation.
  • Workaround for drawing anchored notes.
  • Fix scrolling in single page mode on 10.12.
  • Fix redrawing the PDF after changes on 10.12.
  • Allow background searching of the PDF on 10.12, as this should be fixed now.
  • Fix link previews on 10.12.
  • Fix some images.

New in Skim 1.4.25 (Dec 19, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Add PDF-TeX sync preset for AlphaCocoa.
  • New shortcuts for first and last page.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Allow background drawing in PDF view on 10.12 to prevent sluggishness.
  • Tweak some toolbar items.
  • Allow PDF-TeX sync preset for BBEdit to work without installing the tool.
  • Prevent drawing tweaks in preference window.
  • Fix restoring scroll location in non-continuous mode.

New in Skim 1.4.24 (Nov 15, 2016)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Don't hide window content of behind toolbar and title bar.

New in Skim 1.4.23 (Nov 14, 2016)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Re-enable support for custom page background when supported.
  • Fix SyncTeX forward search.
  • Allow background drawing in PDF view to prevent sluggishness on 10.12.
  • Dirty slightly larger areas to compensate for rounding errors on 10.12.

New in Skim 1.4.22 (Oct 14, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • New action to offset notes in skimnotes tool.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Use page background color only when supported.
  • Reinstate drawing of page highlights on 10.12.
  • Fix image smoothing on some later OS versions.
  • Workarounds for showing locations in various situations on 10.12.
  • Fix grouping search results by page.
  • Fix note conversion on 10.12.
  • Fix link preview on 10.12.
  • More leniency with synctex when using a source file without tex extension.
  • Improve scrolling and navigating in single page mode.

New in Skim 1.4.21 (Sep 21, 2016)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Bring back workarounds for drawing bugs in freehand and line notes.
  • Improve security of updater.

New in Skim 1.4.20 (Jun 20, 2016)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Bring back workarounds for drawing bugs in freehand and line notes.
  • Improve security of updater.

New in Skim 1.4.19 (May 30, 2016)

  • New Features:
  • Some extensions to template format.
  • Support for Marquee Zoom feature, select while holding Command and Option.
  • Hidden preference to read notes from a .skim sidecar file when notes were found in attributes.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Reduce waste in export of notes as RTFD.
  • Avoid a crash when drawing collapsed line notes.
  • Make sure notes are saved when auto-saving on newer systems.
  • Pass selection to "with data" argument of "make" command to create new markup notes in AppleScript.
  • Remove drawing overrides for freehand and one notes as Apple should have fixed this bug.
  • Fix some small leaks.

New in Skim 1.4.18 (Feb 29, 2016)

  • New features:
  • AppleScript command to edit a note.
  • Remember scroll offset in document setup.
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Fix redraw outside visible area.
  • Fix PDF accessibility.
  • Remove newlines from outline labels so they're fully displayed.

New in Skim 1.4.17 (Jan 8, 2016)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Workaround for note drawing bug in El Capitan.

New in Skim 1.4.16 (Dec 7, 2015)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Bring back Auto button in reload sheet.
  • Fix possible freeze at reload.
  • Fix bug with magnify tool when mouse exits view.
  • Make sure freehand drawing is displayed in presentation mode.

New in Skim 1.4.15 (Nov 4, 2015)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Workaround for bug in searching strings in some PDFs.
  • Workaround for 10.11 bug when copying PDF.
  • Search for dvi conversion command in new TeX location on 10.11.
  • Fix size of toolbar controls.
  • Allow updater to work on 10.11.

New in Skim 1.4.14 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Some hidden preferences to customize full screen mode.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Don't try to fix accessibility on 10.10.
  • Make sure main menu and dock are hidden in presentation mode.
  • Fix magnify tool on 10.10.
  • Fix freehand note drawing on 10.10.
  • Fix snapshot selection drawing on 10.10.
  • Fix cursor in presentation mode.
  • Fix AppleScript support for selections.

New in Skim 1.4.13 (Sep 9, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Hold down shift key while changing note color to also change the default.
  • Use native full screen support when available.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Really work around Page Up/Page Down bug.
  • Fix a bug in changing recent document info.
  • Workaround for Yosemite bug locking the document file.
  • Move PDF size controls out of scrollers so overlay scrollers are supported.
  • Don't dirty document when rotating or cropping pages.
  • Use template toolbar images consistent with style on Lion and later.
  • Reinsert workaround for up/down navigation bug Apple refuses to fix.

New in Skim 1.4.12 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix auto hide for some scrollers.
  • Fix a toolbar image.
  • Fix showing of toolbar customization palette.
  • Don't reopen last open files when opening a file.
  • Reinsert workaround for Page Up/Page Down bug Apple refuses to fix.

New in Skim 1.4.11 (Apr 14, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Add notes for selected search results through contextual menu.
  • Placeholder for output file in PDF-TeX sync command.
  • Toolbar button images on Yosemite consistent with new style.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Reopen last open documents also when restoring Skim at login.
  • Correct notes ordering, notes creation and reading bar on PDFs with rotated pages.
  • Improve determination of mouse cursor.
  • Resolution independent drawing of artwork for retina displays.
  • Don't use source list style tables on Yosemite for inconsistencies with new style.
  • Improve performance for documents with a lot of notes.
  • Fix presentation page transitions.
  • Fix key view loop in anchored note windows.

New in Skim 1.4.10 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Try to order notes right to left with such languages.
  • New toolbar buttons for Book Mode and Page Breaks.
  • Add PDF-TeX sync preset for Atom.
  • Allow automatic resizing of note row height, though the context menu.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix links to Wiki.
  • Fix Favorite Colors toolbar item on Yosemite.
  • Fix history highlights on Yosemite.
  • Workaround for wrong order of page navigation by scrolling in Yosemite.
  • Fix bug in undo for bookmarks deletion.
  • Fix script menu icon in dark mode.
  • Improve file update checking, can now detect file replacements.
  • Avoid a hang in the Preferences on Yosemite.

New in Skim 1.4.9 (Jun 16, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • New action to test for Skim notes in included skimnotes tool.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Avoid constantly redrawing PDF while editing text notes.
  • Fix PDF-TeX sync for TextWrangler preset.
  • Fix version check for 10.10.

New in Skim 1.4.8 (Jan 27, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • New PDF-TeX preset for Sublime Text 3.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Improve automatic text detection for notes on Mavericks.
  • Fix Rotate Right toolbar item.
  • Avoid crasher after note editing due to infinite looping accessibility.
  • Always select Skim note when it is on top of a link.

New in Skim 1.4.7 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • Fix vertical direction for scroll tool.
  • Workaround for initial PDF display bug on Mavericks.
  • Fix hang in note tool modes.
  • Workaround for system writing bug on Mavericks.
  • Code-sign all components.
  • Draw new line notes from start point to end point.
  • Improve automatic text detection for notes.

New in Skim 1.4.6 (Oct 25, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Hidden preference for using initial settings from PDF, default is off.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix saving failures on Mavericks.
  • Fix note editing and display issues on Mavericks.

New in Skim 1.4.5 (Sep 30, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Quick Look support for bookmarks, downloads, and anchored notes.
  • Respect initial display mode from the PDF.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix scaling to physical size on retina displays.
  • Fix some drawing issues for Mavericks.
  • Fix positioning issues from some contextual menu items.

New in Skim 1.4.4 (Jun 11, 2013)

  • Fix Help.
  • Fix selection indication for markup notes.
  • Fix reopening last open files whena file is lost.
  • Improve accessibility access for notes.
  • Fix AppleScript saving of PDF with embedded notes.
  • Fix reading notes from external file.

New in Skim 1.4.3 (Apr 19, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Allow editing text note properties while editing text.
  • Hold down Shift on Favorite Colors for sticky change of default color.
  • Smoothen freehand notes.
  • Better default placement of new notes around selection.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Improve minitaturizing snapshot windows.
  • Fix TeX-PDF sync for file name containing non-ASCII characters.
  • Coalesce tablet pen events while drawing freehand.
  • Fix maximum scale factor in some controls.
  • Correct placement of notes after note conversion when saving for some PDFs.

New in Skim 1.4.2 (Feb 4, 2013)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix saving of notes as RTF from notes document.
  • Avoid Mountain Lion bug when converting PostScript.
  • Remember export save option.
  • Improve efficiency of freehand note drawing.

New in Skim 1.4.1 (Jan 16, 2013)

  • Fix selector name leading to serious exception.

New in Skim 1.4 (Jan 14, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • New hidden preference to disable automatic search after opening from Spotlight.
  • Add PDF-TeX sync preset for Sublime Text 2.
  • Use save options for export without notes or with embedded notes.
  • Delete notes using tablet erase tool.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • No mouse event coalescing during drawing of freehand notes.

New in Skim 1.3.22 (Aug 31, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Add Simplified Chinese localization (Thanks LiFeng Zhang).
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix centering of sync point.

New in Skim 1.3.21 (Jun 1, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Scripting support for some presentation options.
  • Make grouped search result sortable.
  • Allow setting text note alignment in preferences.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Reset tool tips for notes.

New in Skim 1.3.20 (Mar 12, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Allow customizing columns for notes table.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix type select cancel event.
  • Fix scripting of modification date and document info.
  • Make sure search results are ordered according to page position.
  • Fix displayline script for SyncTeX support for Lion.
  • Avoid loss of file location that can happen due to bug in Lion.
  • Fix note redrawing for large line widths.
  • Allow editing multiple page transition at once.

New in Skim 1.3.19 (Jan 16, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Extend freehand notes when having CapsLock pressed.
  • Improve resizing.
  • Restore Previous Session item in Bookmarks menu.
  • Use Command-Arrow to collapse or expand all table of contents items.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Update SyncTeX to latest version 1.16, various bug fixes.
  • Fix OpenMeta tags support.
  • Allow phrases using double-quotes when searching with Whole Words Only.
  • Change some zoom action shortcuts consistent with Preview and to avoid conflicts.
  • Improvements to find field.
  • Fix display update after changes to media box.
  • Remember height of split PDF after closing.

New in Skim 1.3.18 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Hold Option key to show content of a session bookmark.
  • Remember search options between documents.
  • Allow setting the folder to save downloads in.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Make sure zoom popups in snapshots are shown in Lion.
  • Prevent certain save, convert, and copy operations when printing is not allowed.
  • Avoid a Lion system bug in the updater.

New in Skim 1.3.17 (Aug 15, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Remove find bar using escape.
  • Command-click on split PDF to go to a point in the main view.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix AppleScript support for selections on Lion.
  • Improve printing support on Lion.
  • Clear selection on mouse down in Move, Magnify, and Select tool mode.
  • Rotate the page below the mouse when using gestures.
  • Initially display snapshots after they're fully set up.
  • Make sure search field in notes document is always shown when initiating a search.
  • Disable Lion's built-in window restoration feature.

New in Skim 1.3.16 (Jul 22, 2011)

  • Fix full screen support on Lion.
  • Fix preview tool tips.
  • Improve displayline script for .dvi and .xdv files.

New in Skim 1.3.15 (Jul 15, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Support for "open location" script command.
  • Support some URL open parameters, if we receive them.
  • Replace the find bpanel by a scope bar in the window.
  • Support Outlook email client.
  • Hold Option in actual size toolbar button for physical size.
  • AppleScript support for downloads.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Allow numeric pad keys for type select.
  • Update Get Info window when information changes.
  • Fix position of synctex indication.
  • Fixes to German localization.
  • Improvements to preferences: layout, animation, and next/previous actions.

New in Skim 1.3.14 (May 17, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • New hidden default for image smoothing.
  • Support select script command.
  • Allow AppleScript select command to animate the selection.
  • Improved search highlighting, use arrows to move through selected results.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Don't scale down pages when printed by default.
  • Remove Move to Trash menu item as it is incompatible with text editing.
  • Scale font passed to accessibility.

New in Skim 1.3.12 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • Fix automatic file updating.
  • Fix check in action to add new note.
  • Fix duplicate bookmarks manager.

New in Skim 1.3.11 (Feb 14, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Hold down Option to open all bookmarks in a bookmark folder at once.
  • Codesigning for enhanced security and portability of saved PDF passwords.
  • Added Japanese localization (thanks Toru Ishizaki).
  • New background option for displayline script.
  • New service to show Skim notes.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixes and improvements for scripting selections.
  • Complete support for webarchive templates.
  • Warn before opening a folder containing a large number of documents.
  • Make sure we don't crash when reading corrupted bookmarks.
  • Don't show duplicate error alert when opening a file was already cancelled.
  • Improved scripting support for bookmarks, in particular creating session and folder bookmarks.
  • Fix saving of default full screen PDF settings.
  • Fix clicking links hidden behind notes.
  • Improvements to freehand notes tool, give preference to drawing, only select on simple click.
  • Replacement of remote control support, it is now turned on by default again.
  • Improve printing from AppleScript.
  • Apply initial PDF view settings and snapshots after unlocking a locked document.
  • Always open PDFs from links using Skim.
  • Improvements to PDF passwords saved in keychain.
  • Disable actions that won't work for locked documents.
  • Fix Clear button enabling in Downloads window.
  • Allow setting owner password when it's different from the user password.

New in Skim 1.3.10 (Nov 26, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • Support for .webarchive export templates.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Make sure page popup is updated in snapshot zooming.
  • Update synctex parser to latest version, with some fixes.
  • Make sure the favorite colors toolbar item is properly updated when colors are added or removed.
  • Fix resetting PDF display settings after presentation.
  • Update help on display modes.
  • Fix used mail program.
  • Fix for interpreting selections in AppleScript.

New in Skim 1.3.9 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • New scripting command to read in notes from a separate notes file.
  • Scripting support for bookmarks.
  • Embed new skimpdf command line tool to mnipulate PDFs with attached notes.
  • Make font size in generic note text window sticky and global.
  • Support for text alignment in text notes.
  • Support for fill color in line-end artifacts of line notes.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fully hide split PDF view when removing it while it's closed.
  • Keep position in split PDF when re-showing it.
  • Support email through Mailplane, Postbox, and PostboxExpress.
  • Don't change line style when creating notes.
  • Make sure the current page is retained after toggling full screen.
  • Make it impossible to create empty documents in AppleScript.
  • Fix UI for "Open files" preferences.
  • Avoid random page switches in zooming and switching fullscreen modes.
  • Workaround for a leak in created notes.
  • Support paste of files on bookmarks window.
  • Support color drops on the notes table.
  • Fix alphabetic page lables.
  • Improvements to bookmark scripting.
  • Improved cleanup of closed snapshots.
  • Fix possible crash due to editor not being cleaned up.
  • Fix Spanish localization of line inspector.
  • Fix keywords in Info panel.

New in Skim 1.3.8 (Aug 9, 2010)

  • Fix fullscreen window placement on secondary screens.
  • More improvements to fullscreen suport.
  • Reenable font menu shortcuts.

New in Skim 1.3.7 (Jul 23, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • Added Polish localization (thanks Adam Strzelecki!).
  • New hidden preference to disable all animations.
  • Improvements to bookmark management, allow dropping files, allow changing page, support .skim, and autosave columns.
  • Try to keep table of contents expansion states on a reload.
  • New scriptable properties for default note fonts.
  • Initialize empty contents of converted markup notes from text.
  • Restrict full screen mode to single space.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix page count in info window.
  • Fix some names of presentation page transitions.
  • Help on modifying line attributes.
  • Avoid an exception on Leopard when a document closes.
  • Disable Apple Remote support by default, as Apple has disabled support and it leaks.
  • Update notes table when note color changes.
  • Fix FDF export on Leopard.

New in Skim 1.3.6 (May 3, 2010)

  • New Features
  • Optional Script menu, see the Wiki for details.
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Fix preference for automatic update checking.
  • Fix preference control for PDF-TeX synchronization preset.
  • Don't show PDF previews in presentation mode.
  • Fix an exception on saving.
  • Make secondary PDF views key on mouse down.
  • Fix hiding Skim in full screen mode.
  • Fix info window on Leopard.
  • Search TeX editor in application bundle first.

New in Skim 1.3.5 (Mar 25, 2010)

  • New Features
  • Custom cursors for note tool modes are now only used based on a hidden preference.
  • Extended Font submenu now in the Edit menu.
  • Support for extended DVI (XDV) format.
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Don't hide full screen window when deactivating Skim.
  • Fix creating notes with properties from AppleScript.
  • Fix a potential leak.
  • Fix icon sizes in add bookmark sheet.
  • Use improved contextual menu support in tables.
  • Avoid using up too much memory when adding a lot of notes.
  • Allow resizing new notes from note tools in all directions.
  • Don't add extra separators in windows menu.

New in Skim 1.3.4 (Feb 17, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • Indicate note tool mode in cursor.
  • Support for modification date of notes, and creator name through hidden default.
  • New hidden preference for page background color.
  • Make Skim notes documents accessible for AppleScript.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Avoid "empty" search field after an animation.
  • Fix updating preview tool tips after changing pages.
  • Allow multiple full screen documents without overlapping side panels.
  • Fix some leaks.
  • Don't allow dropping colors inside favorite colors widget.
  • Faster loading of PDFs with lots of separate page labels.
  • Avoid some random crashers due to calls to closed windows.
  • Remove search criteria and quotes from spotlight search term before using it.
  • Use helvetica italic for quicklook preview of .skim files.

New in Skim 1.3.3 (Dec 11, 2009)

  • New Features
  • Use standard status bar and divider styles and animate dividers.
  • Hitting Enter in tables simulates double-click, hitting Space scrolls.
  • Allow exporting PDFs that were encrypted with embedded notes, at least when PDFkit lets us.
  • New hidden preference to allow windows above presentation level.
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Show colors in table for .skim documents.
  • Try to display the full page when scrolling to a find result.
  • Make sure the window title is synchronized when leaving full screen or presentation mode.
  • Re-enable conversion of PDF annotations to Skim notes.
  • Make searching a bit more efficient.
  • Safer save when user permission is needed.
  • Add newline in RTFD export template.
  • Fix page bubble in preview tooltips.

New in Skim 1.3.2 (Oct 28, 2009)

  • Fix offset of color swatches in notes table.
  • Fix mixup of cursor images.
  • Update colors for history highlighting when key state changes.
  • Fix adding favorite colors by option-drop.
  • Reenable tool-tip preview on links and anchored notes.
  • Fix initial opening of table of contents pane.
  • Coerce initial scripting properties passed in with "make" command.
  • Workaround for memory problems with full screen fade out on some hardware.
  • Some fixes to AppleScript support.
  • Allow saving notes to locked and read-only files when permission is granted.
  • Fix PDFSync support.

New in Skim 1.3.1 (Oct 16, 2009)

  • Fix a crasher when opening encrypted PDFs on Leopard.

New in Skim 1.3 (Oct 16, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • 64-bit support on Snow Leopard, unfortunately Leopards 64-bit binaries are too buggy.
  • Always reopen the last open files after an automated update.
  • Allow clicking links below the reading bar.
  • Multi-line text view for editing generic note text.
  • All new high resolution icons. Thanks Kim Does!
  • Add sortable color column to note table.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Better method to prevent sleep during presentations.
  • Make sure the main PDF view gets focus on mouse down, and use it as the default target for some Edit commands.
  • Avoid using empty selections, which could lead to various problems on 10.6.
  • More accurate calculation for the alternate menu actions Zoom to Width and Zoom to Height.
  • Rotate markup notes on rotated pages, so they will probably align with the lines.
  • Make use of Core Animation for several fading transitions.
  • Prevent empty item in presentation transition style popup.
  • Workaround for a 10.6 bug that scrolled to the first page after a display mode change.
  • Prevent empty item in presentation transition style popup.
  • Workaround for a 10.6 bug that scrolled to the first page after a display mode change.
  • Prevent black edges around pages in presentation page transitions.

New in Skim 1.2.7 (Sep 3, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Set the text color of a text note from the favorite colors when holding the Option key.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Enable new note menu items.
  • Smooth images when anti-aliasing.
  • Fix initialization of saved line style of notes.
  • Workaround for 10.6 scrolling back to the first page after a display mode change.

New in Skim 1.2.6 (Sep 1, 2009)

  • Fix toolbar images for 10.6.
  • Fix AppleScript support for selections and highlights on 10.6.
  • Fix a bug that sometimes created huge notes on 10.6.
  • Avoid a hang due to tooltips of notes starting with spaces.

New in Skim 1.2.5 (Aug 28, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Select a square when holding the Shift key.
  • New option to TeX-PDF sync AppleScript "go to" command and displayline script to show the reading bar instead of selecting.
  • Enable PDF-TeX sync in the Snapshots and Split-PDF.
  • Easier setting of text note font color, using Option-drag and a check box in the Colors panel.
  • The presentation transition options are now saved.
  • You can now choose separate page transitions for Presentation mode.
  • Hidden preference to hide full screen side panels extended to allow for disabling auto-hide completely.
  • Hidden preference to disable pinch-zoom.
  • New script command to get a text representation using templates.
  • Add PDF-TeX sync preset for new Aquamacs.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix localized document type names.
  • Don't select in Presentation mode when using TeX-PDF sync.
  • Make sure tool tip rects are reset when the page changes.
  • Fix markups on Snow Leopard.
  • Reject the "revert" script command suring auto-reloading, these features should never be used together.
  • Safer editing registration to avoid possible crashers.
  • Remove PDF With Embedded Notes export option for encrypted PDFs.

New in Skim 1.2.4 (Jul 20, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • The Split PDF feature is now also available in Full Screen mode.
  • You can now open folders containing files Skim recognizes.
  • New hidden preference to hide full screen side panels when they are closed.
  • Enable tablet scribbling in presentation mode.
  • Extend freehand notes by holding down Shift.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Always enable zoom slider in full screen navigation controls.
  • Continuously auto-scroll during certain drags.
  • Fix reopening documents from a session bookmark.
  • Fix reading of setup bookmarks.
  • Workaround for Tiger crasher due to uncommitted editors.
  • Don't let PDFKit animate page transitions when Skim already does.
  • Always activate open or minimized windows when clicking the dock icon.
  • Use correct rotation for placeholder thumbnail.
  • Avoid hang due to thumbnail drawing.

New in Skim 1.2.2 (May 6, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Update Sparkle updating framework and use signed updates.
  • Use source list style colors on Leopard.
  • Reduce effective width for hit testing of line and freehand notes.
  • Book mode is now the default in two-page layout.
  • You can now drag pages and snapshots from the tables.
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Fix some leaks.
  • Workaround for Apple bugs in AppleScript support for selection specifiers.
  • Fix AppleScript grab command.
  • Fix link to Wiki in Help menu.
  • Draw focus ring on some custom controls.
  • Don't show notes in spotlight comments.
  • Make sure the window icon in the snapshot table is shown initially.
  • Make sure navigation toolbar buttons are validated after a reload.
  • Application and window switching disabled in Presentation mode.
  • Fix text color of highlighted cells on Tiger.

New in Skim 1.2.1 (Feb 2, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Add preset for synchronization with TeXMaker and AlphaX.
  • New AppleScript command to convert PDF annotations to Skim notes.
  • Handle PDF files in Skim's Spotlight importer, so Skim notes can be searched.
  • Add alternate contextual menu in notes table to edit text in a separate window.
  • Black screen feature in Presentation mode, use the 'b' key.
  • Improved AppleScript support for rich text
  • The width of the reading bar is now sticky.
  • Set fill color from Favorite Colors toolbar item when holding the Option key.
  • Add Traditional Chinese localization (thanks Jim Chiu!).
  • Some initial support for Open Meta tags. Readable by ApppleScript and saved with Save As and Export as PDF.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Rotate pages in the correct direction using gestures.
  • Use larger margins around selectable text.
  • Show find panel on the current space.
  • Ignore mouse moved events for PDF-TeX synchronization.
  • Fix Quick Look generator for Freehand notes.
  • Prevent clipped small toolbar buttons on Tiger.
  • Fix Help on PDF-TeX synchronization.
  • Respect page rotation in copied TIFF images.
  • Better conversions of PDF annotations to Skim notes.
  • Prefer using SyncTeX over PDFSync.
  • Improvements to template support.
  • Fix resizing and tracking rect of full screen side panels.
  • Make freehand note tool mode accessible through shortcuts.
  • Make sure full screen windows fill the screen after illegal moves in Spaces.
  • Fix row height in thumbnail and snapshot tables.
  • Display more context around a selected find result.
  • Full screen windows are now shown on all Spaces to avoid inconsistencies.
  • Fix automatic cropping of a single page.
  • Make sure the window is redrawn after a reload.
  • Improved thread safety for dvi conversion.

New in Skim 1.2 (Nov 11, 2008)

  • New Features:
  • New freehand note type, only supported through tool mode.
  • Allow choosing an associated document with presentation notes to be navigated simultaneous with the presentation. Requires a 1-to-1 correspondence of pages.
  • Improvements to notes document. Support searching, printing, and multiple selections.
  • Support Word 2007 Format (docx) templates (Leopard only).
  • Add file name as comment to keychain items.
  • Allow opening some PDF files with a wrong extension.
  • Allow changing the default text color for text notes (Leopard only).
  • Use capsule style toolbar buttons on Tiger.
  • Add optional "-r" argument to displayline script to revert the document.
  • Add option to match the scale in the split PDF with the main PDF: select "=" in the scale popup.
  • Support for trackpad gestures in snapshot and split PDF features.
  • New AppleScript command to grab part of a page as an PDF or TIFF image.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix open script command on Tiger.
  • Fix PDF-TeX backward search for the Aquamacs Emacs preset.
  • Fix saving of anchored notes from a notes document.
  • Avoid a hang after the first double-click in tables.
  • Avoid an excaption that could occur when closing a document with an active search.
  • Smoother fade out of full screen windows.
  • Use consistent set of icons for various note types.
  • Fix for an exception in the Info window.
  • Remember the current page after page rotation.
  • Clean "alien" characters from selection strings.
  • Fix PDFSync and SyncTeX support for file names containing spaces and periods.
  • Fix sorting exception in notes document.
  • Fix a crasher when removing a bookmark while editing it.
  • Make sure old Skim notes are removed from extended attributes when saving.
  • Make sure the main window becomes key after closing a note or snapshot window.
  • Fix a crasher that could occur when closing a document with open snapshots.
  • Allow more complex recursive specifiers for scripting selections, as well as selections in the whole document.
  • Change preference keys for text note font, you may need to set it.
  • Only set fullscreen key window when the main or side window was key.
  • Allow saving passwords for files without an ID in the Keychain.

New in Skim 1.1.13 (Sep 23, 2008)

  • Allow editing the text of generic non-anchored notes using a little window.
  • New bookmark to save the current session.
  • New bookmark for a file including full setup. Hold down Shift and Option to see the menu item.
  • New hidden preferecen to disable preview tool tips in tables.
  • Replace the Italian localization (Thanks Mauro Mazzieri!).
  • Renamed hidden default to use sequential instead of logical page numbering.
  • Improvement to finding the editor script for a preset synchronization, fixes sync for BBEdit.
  • Remove incomplete Italian localization.
  • Avoid empty window titles for note windows.
  • Avoid keeping the system from going to sleep.
  • Fix a bug that could cause a hang when using the note table.
  • Fix some leaks.
  • Fix page numbers in thumbnail table in Spanish localization.
  • Updated SyncTeX support, containing fixes for ConTeXt.
  • Ignore some more errors due to unsupported extended attributes when reading notes failed.
  • Make sure any edit in the note table is committed before saving.
  • Explicitly resolve symlinks in file names used by PDFSync and SyncTeX, as Apple fails us.
  • Improved accessibility overrides, hopefully fixes a crasher.

New in Skim 1.1.12 (Aug 15, 2008)

  • Fix loading of notes.

New in Skim 1.1.11 (Aug 14, 2008)

  • New hidden default to disable animated search highlights.
  • Don't reopen last open file when reactivating Skim.
  • Fix DVI conversion.
  • Fix SyncTeX support.
  • Compare tex files for TeX-PDF synchronization case insensitively.
  • Consistently use one-based line numbers for TeX-PDF synchronization.
  • Fix convert action in included skimnotes tool.
  • Properly update row height when changing table font iun the preferences.
  • Avoid a bug that prevented the jump-scroll system preference to be respected.
  • Allow opening an alias to an associated PDF from a Skim notes document window.
  • Fix the UTI used for RTF. Fixes a bug that may prevent exporting.

New in Skim 1.1.10 (Jul 28, 2008)

  • Bug Fixed: Use correct separator in extended attribute names.

New in Skim 1.1.8 (Jun 30, 2008)

  • You can now copy information about search results from the tables.
  • Initializes line notes with default properties.
  • Bring back children for anchored note text in note table.
  • Ignore errors when reading notes due to unsupported extended attributes.
  • Properly save line information in markup notes.
  • Properly initalize rich text of existing anchored notes, fixes AppleScript support.
  • Properly release the file when the document closes.

New in Skim 1.1.7 (Jun 30, 2008)

  • Fix writing large data for Skim notes to extended attributes.

New in Skim 1.1.5 (Jun 27, 2008)

  • Presentation page transitions now set an optional angle depending on the direction. Some transitions on the Wiki have been updated.
  • New hidden defaults for the default note text. See the Wiki for details.
  • Add accessibility for the status bar.
  • Add support for the system dictionary popup.
  • You can now change the text color for text notes.
  • Change default DVI conversion tool to dvipdfmx.
  • You can now define new custom export types for various text formats using templates. See the Wiki for details.
  • New menu item to paste text without style.
  • The selection from, the Selection Tool is now accessible from AppleScript.
  • You can now click the location in the status bar of the note window to display the note in the main window.
  • New pdfsync editor preset for AquaX.
  • Use animated search highlight on Leopard.
  • Update skimnotes tool.
  • New hidden preference to match the zoom of the split PDF to the main PDF.
  • Fixed: Disable preview tool tip when Skim is not active.
  • Fixed: Connect markup for text with missing spaces.
  • Fixed: Update preview tool tips more often, in particular after scrolling.
  • Fixed: Change version number syntax, so Apple more reliably chooses the correct one.
  • Fixed: More reliable auto-reload of DVI files.
  • Fixed: Fix for making fullscreen window key after showing a side panel.
  • Fixed: Make sure we don't use a non-existent font, avoids possible exceptions.
  • Fixed: The selection (for copying) using the Select tool is now added to the page on which the selection was actually made.
  • Fixed: Fix an exception when adding a highlight while a snapshot is open.
  • Fixed: Fix opening associated PDF from Spotlight.
  • Fixed: Fix UTI declarations.
  • Fixed: Ignore duplicate file update notifications. On Leopard kqueue apparently sends more than one write notifications.
  • Fixed: Make sure the reading bar is shown when turning the feature on.
  • Fixed: Combine text when extending markup.
  • Fixed: Use the system download folder when downloading files.
  • Fixed: Use the system paper size for printing by default. Only change the orientation, if necessary.
  • Fixed: Remove extraneous check marks in popup for update preference.
  • Fixed: Make sure no notes can be added without a page.
  • Fixed: Fix typos in help.
  • Fixed: Fix backgrounmd color for keywords in info window on Leopard.
  • Fixed: Find complete words only when the Whole Words Only option is checked.
  • Fixed: Workaround for drawing artifacts in toolbar images on Tiger.

New in Skim 1.1.4 (Apr 29, 2008)

  • New: Go to selected note from table using Enter key.
  • New: Many improvements to accessibility. Add accessibility information to toolbvar buttons, and to notes and links in the PDF.
  • New: Use Control-Option-arrow to resize notes to avoid conflict with Spaces.
  • Fix crasher on Tiger due to font preference control.
  • Fix undo of text for anchored note.
  • Fix: Open PDF with wrong extension as PDF instead of PostScript.
  • Fix AppleScript save command with file type passed on Leopard.
  • Fix keyboard selection of active note or link.
  • Fix crasher when setting empty text in anchored note.

New in Skim 1.1.3 (Apr 15, 2008)

  • Allow copying text for multiple notes from the note tables.
  • Remember snapshot window locations when rebuilding snapshots on reload and reopening a file.
  • Allow opening PDFs with any unrecognized file extension.
  • Much more efficient undo implementation.
  • Add Czech localization (thanks Czech X Team!).
  • New hidden preference to disable automatic update of the contents of circle and box notes.
  • Support links to locations in other PDF files.
  • Apple Remote now scrolls faster.
  • New toolbar buttons for display mode.
  • Allow selecting text inside a highlight.
  • You can now add new favorite colors using option-drag, and remove them by dragging to the trash.
  • You can now set the fill color of circles and boxes using drag and drop by holding down the Option key.
  • Use system font panel to choose default fonts, allows choosing font with traits.
  • Fixed: Allow removing selection from a search in certain tool modes.
  • Fixed: Avoid warning when saving PDF bundle on Leopard.
  • Fixed: Fix a crasher when cropping pages.
  • Fixed: Properly include start/end point for line notes in FDF export.
  • Fixed: Revert selected image copying behavior on Tiger, to avoid a PDFKit bug.
  • Fixed: Don't use arrow buttons without modifiers to navigate pages, as this is used to move notes.
  • Fixed: French translation error.
  • Fixed: Enable pinch-zoom for multi-touch trackpads.
  • Fixed: Never clear text contents of a circle or box note when it does not enclose any text.
  • Fixed: Trim whitespace and newlines from text in tool tips.
  • Fix adding notes in AppleScript.
  • Fixed: Use correct action for menu form of Print toolbar item.
  • Fixed: FDF export now should always work, but may drop non-ASCII characters.

New in Skim 1.1.2 (Mar 29, 2008)

  • Use dark toolbar images on Tiger.
  • Allow printing without dialog from AppleScript.
  • Fix opening DVI files.
  • Allow opening linked PDFs from notes document.
  • Fix printing on Tiger.
  • Improve toolbar validation.
  • Fix conversion of PDF annotations to Skim notes.

New in Skim 1.1.1 (Mar 20, 2008)

  • Fix printing problems.
  • Reinsert missing toolbar icons.

New in Skim 1.1.0 (Mar 19, 2008)

  • New: Navigate through pages using left/right arrow buttons when there is no horizontal scroll bar.
  • New: Add alternate menu item to navigate synchronously in all open documents (use Control).
  • New: More consistent and Leopard compatible toolbar buttons.
  • New: Print panel improvements. Allow setting auto-rotate in print panel, and on Leopard allow setting page auto-scaling and show a preview.
  • New: Using Command-arrow in the note table now selects and scrolls to the selected note or highlight.
  • New: Reading bar now centers vertically when moved through keyboard shortcuts.
  • New: Copied images are now fully cropped, including their media box.
  • New: Allow changing the media box through AppleScript.
  • New: More descriptive menu titles for alternate Auto Crop menu items.
  • New: Full screen navigation buttons are now activated at the bottom of the screen by default. Can be changed with a hidden preference.
  • New: Add search options in a contextual menu of the PDF search field.
  • Fix: Remove Spotlight search criteria from initial search string.
  • Fix: Use more reliable method to determine whether to use metric units.
  • Fix: Don't round off scaling of snapshots.
  • Fix: Fix Copy contextual menu in notes table.
  • Fix: Make sure a font exists before using it.
  • Fix: Fix resizing of cancel button in update progress panel.
  • Fix: Remove duplicate tool tips from notes and links.
  • Fix: Make sure the document is not mrked dirty after undoing e.g. page rotation.
  • Fix: Fix height of toolbar buttons on Leopard.
  • Fix: Workaround for a Leopard PDFKit leading to exceptions in snapshots.
  • Fix: Fix removal of preview tool tip in some situations.
  • Fix: Fix preview tool tip refreshing on Leopard.
  • Fix: Draw nothing in line preview for zero line width.

New in Skim 1.0.2 (Jan 8, 2008)

  • New Features:
  • Use page label when present in default export template rather than page index 1.
  • Hidden default to remove reload alert. Use at your own risk.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Finally avoid a Leopard bug that often led to blank windows.
  • Improvements to Fit To PDF.
  • Printing from snapshots now prints the document.
  • Fix minimum size of French update window.

New in Skim 1.0.1 (Dec 21, 2007)

  • Setting to auto-rotate printed pages in the Page Setup sheet now sticks for new documents and between sessions.
  • Make sure relative links are completed. Fix an Apple crasher for relative links.
  • Fix file extension for initial choice of exported file type in Leopard.
  • Fix crashing bugs Spanish localization.

New in Skim 1.0 (Dec 10, 2007)

  • Automatically select the proper paper size in the print info.
  • Add support for Keyspan Frontrow remote control.
  • Change the shortcuts for moving and resizing of the reading bar to avoid conflicts with Spaces on Leopard.
  • New keys for note type icons to be used in RTFD export templates.
  • Add Russian localization. (Thanks Michael Krekin!)
  • Add QuickLook plugin for PDF bundles and Skim notes files.
  • Add support for counters in export template.
  • Show page number in window title.
  • Really prevent selection in Leopard for context menu.
  • Fix remote control support.
  • Fix empty thumbnails that could sometimes occur.
  • Fix transition popup in French localization.
  • More efficient gradient drawing.
  • Faster save of disk image on Leopard.
  • Fix line widths that could sometimes be wrong.
  • Smoother first transition in presentation mode.
  • Fix a possible crasher in DVI converter.
  • Fix segmented buttons on Leopard, shift images and use consistent style.
  • Smoother animation of button when swapping find tables.
  • Fix an exception that prevented toolbar customization on Leopard.
  • Reduce some unnecessary memory usage.
  • Always synchronize full screen zoom button.

New in Skim 1.0 RC2 (Nov 21, 2007)

  • New Features
  • Allow grouping search result by page.
  • Allow multiple selection in note table.
  • Add script to SharedSupport in Skim bundle to create a disk image, used by Save Disk Image.
  • Allow moving the navigation buttons in full screen modes.
  • More note preference settings are now available from AppleScript.
  • Add german localization (thanks Jonas Zimmermann!)
  • Add menu items to go to a marked page.
  • New alternate menu action to zoom fit to height or width, make Physical Size an alternate item. Press the Option key to see an alternate item.
  • Implement zoom actions for snapshots.
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Use font size from defaults in bookmarks table.
  • Toggle utility panels instead of only showing them.
  • Don't select for a contextual menu on Leopard for tool modes ather than Text Tool Mode.
  • Don't set the size fo new anchored notes from the current selection.
  • Remove auto-saved .skim notes backup when there are no notes.
  • Prevent running Skim on pre-Tiger systems.
  • Only warn when saving notes in extended attributes fails and a .skim backup is automatically saved.
  • Fix a crasher when reading a PDF.
  • Try to ignore hyphenation for default text of a note from a selection.
  • Order windows in the Windows menu alphabetically.
  • Fix a leak.
  • Fix text export template.
  • Workaround for a bug in the page history on Tiger.

New in Skim 0.9.2 (Oct 1, 2007)

  • New Features:
  • Make reading notes from .skim or .fdf files undoable.
  • Allow saving passwords for protected files in the keychain.
  • Organize bookmarks with folders and separators.
  • Add RTFD export templates and make snapshots and pages and their thumbnails accessible in templates.
  • You can now show a PDF snapshot in a split below the main PDF.
  • Drawer die-hards can now set a hidden default to let Skim use drawers instead of panes.
  • Add Spanish translation (thanks Alejandro C�mara Iglesis).
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Don't use transparent background color text note editing, as the black background shines through.
  • Show progress sheet when reverting a document, so you access the document and crash during reload.
  • The contents pane is now always opened, unless the file has no TOC and you have chosen so in the preferences.
  • Remove the table of contents before reloading a document to avoid a crash.
  • Don't animate page state changes in a presentation.

New in Skim 0.9.1 (Sep 12, 2007)

  • New Features
  • Allow copying and auto-resizing rows in note documents.
  • Allow viewing FDF files in Skim.
  • Add a status bar to document window for notes.
  • Update French localization.
  • Remember window location and size for notes documents.
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Really save FDF data in bundle.
  • Fix a crasher in the skim notes window.
  • Try to reconstruct split of short contents and larger text in anchored notes from FDF files.
  • Allow opening PDF bundles saved with older version of Skim.
  • Fix exported FDF for items without a border.