In the post "Automated creation of a LaTeX compatible citation only from Skim! (with hyperlink included)" there is an AppleScript which creates a LaTeX reference in TextMate for the PDF file that you currently read in Skim. Now I will present an expanded and improved version of that AppleScript. Specifically the new AppleScript takes advantage of all my standardized notes in the first page of a PDF document.
These notes can be created automatically from the AppleScript in the post "How to create correctly the Skim notes which have the DEVONthink links, when you have already annotated the first page of the PDF document". Moreover you can find more information about these notes in my posts "How to put DevonThink links in Skim notes" and "Latin page numbers, Arabic page numbers and the fifth Skim note".
The references and hyperlinks that can be created from my new AppleScript are the following and correspond to the notes one through four:
1. A LaTeX reference to the exact PDF page which can be inserted in a MediaWiki page without any modifications or problems. Moreover, the necessary code for the creation of MediaWiki link is also included. An example is the following:
(<rawtex>\cite{Deconstructing-the-Laws-of-Logic-Clark-2008a}</rawtex>: [x-devonthink-item://CDEC17B7-1EEE-42E1-B8C9-86A24C172BF3?page=2 27])A prerequisite for the use of this reference is to have installed and properly customized the Wiki2LaTeX MediaWiki extension. I will write more about this and its importance in a future post.
2. A LaTeX reference that can be inserted in a text file together with the proper LaTeX code for the creation of the corresponding hyperlink. An example is the following:
(\cite{Deconstructing-the-Laws-of-Logic-Clark-2008a}: \href{x-devonthink-item://CDEC17B7-1EEE-42E1-B8C9-86A24C172BF3?page=2}{27})3. A MediaWIki internal link to the wiki page of the source, followed by an external link to the PDF file itself. An example is the following:
([[Deconstructing the Laws of Logic - Clark]]: [x-devonthink-item://CDEC17B7-1EEE-42E1-B8C9-86A24C172BF3?page=2 27])4. A DEVONthink url
How to use this AppleScript
You should run the AppleScript when you read a PDF file in Skim and you want to make a reference to the current page. Additionally, a TextMate file should be opened. After the execution you can select from a menu which kind of reference you would like to be created. All the necessary numbers for the hyperlinks and the references are automatically created with the help of the fifth note. You can see this AppleScript in action in the following video:
The AppleScript code is the following:
--2011-04-05
--http://organognosi.blogspot.com
tell application "Skim"
activate
set numberOfNote5 to (get text for note 5 of page 1 of document 1) as string
set RefType to my chooseRefType({"Latex for MediaWiki", "Latex", "MediaWiki", "DEVONthink link"})
if RefType is 0 then return
tell document 1
set currentPageNumber to get index of current page
set currentPageNumberText to currentPageNumber as text
set pageDevonThinkNumber to currentPageNumber - 1
set pageDevonThinkNumberText to pageDevonThinkNumber as text
set DevonThinkLink to get text of note RefType of page 1
set theRealPage to currentPageNumber + numberOfNote5 as string
tell application "TextMate"
activate
if RefType is 1 then
insert DevonThinkLink
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
key code 123
key code 123
end tell
delay 1
insert pageDevonThinkNumberText & " " & theRealPage
tell application "System Events"
key code 124
key code 124
end tell
else if RefType is 2 then
insert DevonThinkLink
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
key code 123
key code 123
key code 123
key code 123
end tell
delay 1
insert pageDevonThinkNumberText
tell application "System Events"
key code 124
key code 124
end tell
delay 1
insert theRealPage
tell application "System Events"
key code 124
key code 124
end tell
else if RefType is 3 then
insert DevonThinkLink
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
key code 123
key code 123
end tell
delay 1
insert pageDevonThinkNumberText & " " & theRealPage
tell application "System Events"
key code 124
key code 124
end tell
else if RefType is 4 then
insert DevonThinkLink
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
key code 51
end tell
delay 1
insert pageDevonThinkNumberText
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
on chooseRefType(typeList)
tell application "Skim"
set theResult to choose from list typeList with prompt "Reference type:"
if theResult is false then return 0
set refTypeNumber to theResult as string
if refTypeNumber is "Latex for MediaWiki" then
return 1
else if refTypeNumber is "Latex" then
return 2
else if refTypeNumber is "MediaWiki" then
return 3
else if refTypeNumber is "DEVONthink link" then
return 4
end if
end tell
return RefType
end chooseRefType
