Hello. If anyone has experience with the plugin PDF++, I am trying to get a workflow going in it. Here is what I want:
For any PDF that I have, be able to highlight things in it using the tools in the toolbar (as normal)
Whenever I first make an annotation on a PDF, it should automatically make a supplemental note
I know you can do this via the “Create new note for auto-focus or auto-paste” command, but I have not found a way to have this be run simply by highlighting, without running this command separately.
I would also like to make it create the note in the same folder as the PDF
From then on, all highlights and annotations for that PDF should automatically go to that note.
I cannot find out how to make it go to a single note per PDF, rather than going to the most recent note or last pasted note
Does anyone know if PDF++ can do this natively or will I need to fork the repo?
I have had many fights with the plugin, but despite a few compromises, I do have a workflow that I am more or less happy with. I just gave up on the whole “automatically create the accompanying note” thing. I found it ended up being way to finicky, and it was easier to just create the from template manually, then fill in the frontmatter by hand. Maybe you could create some sort of quickadd setup, but unless you are already using quickadd, that seems like it would just be another dependency.
As for where the highlights and annotations go, I still have been unable to find a way to force all highlights to a single spot, but the compromise is that you just need to have the intended annotation location in a different tab or something, and just be mindful of where the last place you typed was.
I never used the plugin but I see a lot of effort went into it.
I have been staying with Zotero and Zotero Integration plugin (used to bring in attachments, whether text or image).
If you need extra functionality, there is the Actions&Tags extension which can be added all kinds of custom scripts as well (AI bots are able to easily customize them).