When using Skim I can export any kind of pdf annotations, including highlighted text, to a file.
Is it possible to do the same thing with pdf-tools in Emacs?
I don't know if it is possible with pdf-tools, but it is possible with org-noter (https://github.com/weirdNox/org-noter).
Here is a little demonstration:
You call org-noter in the pdf buffer. Then use the org-noter-create-skeleton function to exoprt the highlights to the org-noter notes file.
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org-noter-create-skeletonI receive the message that this command is only possible withpdf-tools. – sbac Apr 21 '19 at 14:29 -
@sbac I ran into this too. By default, org-noter will use DocView. You need to take the extra step to package-install pdf tools. github.com/politza/pdf-tools – incandescentman Sep 4 '20 at 18:36
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To be clear it exports things in the hierarchy "Highlight on page N" -> Contents, Comment. That works fine! It's too bad that "contents" does not mean the same thing in the
pdf-annot-list-format... there,Currently supported properties are page, type, label, date and contents... but these contents represent the comment! – Joe Corneli Oct 14 '20 at 11:22
pdf-toolsandorg-mode. – Kaushal Modi Jul 21 '16 at 14:54M-x pdf-annot-markups-as-org-text. It asks for a pdf. I used a pdf with my highlighted annotations but the answer waswrong type argument. Nevertheless I think the answer to my question may be in this blog post. – sbac Jul 21 '16 at 15:33