Over highlights

[Mickychen00]

I originally wanted to highlight only the selected portion, but in many documents, the entire line where the selection is located gets highlighted. What should I do in this case?

[ahrm]

Does adding this to your prefs help? :

exact_highlight_select 1

[Mickychen00]

Hi, yes it works! Will it be a default setting in sioyek's future version? I think it's a common demand for most of users. And I didn't found this config in the doc through searching.

[ahrm]

There is a pull request about this which probably will be included in the next version of sioyek: https://github.com/ahrm/sioyek/pull/742 .

[Mickychen00]

Thanks a lot! One more question: Is there a function or method to export my highlights from a specific document not the whole highlights database?

[ahrm]

If you mean into a json file then no, currently there is no way to do that. However, you can use the embed annotations extension to embed the sioyek annotations into current PDF file.

[Mickychen00]

OK. Will there be a function about it in the future? In terms of highlights, I often highlight some words or sentences to further memorize. If we can export these highlights to text, csv or some filetypes else, I think it will be wonderful. Is it a technical obstacle for this function? Or doesn't it fit Sioyek's philosophy?

[ahrm]

Is it a technical obstacle for this function? Or doesn't it fit Sioyek's philosophy?

No I just didn't think it would be necessary since you can just extract the highlights from the global export file. It will probbaly be added in the next version.

[Mickychen00]

Thanks a lot. To be honest, a global export file using json may be a little geeky for basic users despite knowing something about vim actions. A markdown version of the exportation for the highlights or text in a single pdf file may be user-friendly. An awesome reader.

[paulbrodersen]

I often highlight some words or sentences to further memorize. If we can export these highlights to text, csv or some filetypes else, I think it will be wonderful.

For a while I used an emacs macro to edit the JSON down to the desired highlight descriptions. Eventually, though, I made a small python script instead. Gist available here.