[Skim-app-users] QuickLook

[Derick F. <sp...@df...>]

>>
>> To somone's comment,
>> "Count me as another voice wanting Skim integration. A question
>> regarding this ? would/could quicklook provide the bridge for this?
>> If skim files are 'quicklookable' (I think this is planned) couldn't
>> DT use the quicklook image of Skimmed PDFs?"
>>
>
> The question is: use for what? QL cannot provide Skim integration for
> PDFs, as those are handled by the system (and QL allows only a single
> plugin for each file type). There is already QL support for .skim
> files and .pdfd bundles.



Can't one override the system plugins?  This guy has done it for  
folders and zip files: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/t_trace/20071124/p3

A Skim QL plugin to override the system pdf could behave as follows:
- if there are no annotations, just display the pdf
- if there are embedded annotations, display the pdf with the  
annotations
- if there's a skim file in the same location (i.e. under the same  
conditions where skim asks if you want to load the external notes),  
display the pdf with annotations

On the other from that thread in the DT forums it looks like the DT  
devs. are just obfuscating.