pdf-tools-org-noter-helpers

Description

Provide helpers to make using org-noter with pdf-tools easier and more efficient for the case where you start by opening the book (instead of starting by opening the org-noter noter document associated with the book) and then want to start taking notes.

Configuration

If you use use-package package, then something like the following will work.

(use-package pdf-tools-org-noter-helpers
  :pin manual
  :load-path "/path/to/pdf-tools-org-noter-helpers/directory")

Usage

1. Say you’ve opened a PDF book using pdf-view-mode.
2. While reading, you decide that you would like to take notes on what you are reading.
3. Do M-x pdf-noter-create-notes-file-for-current-book. This will a) ask if you want to create a bookmark where you are currently reading in the book, i.e., the location of point/cursor in the current PDFView buffer, b) check if the noter document file already exists (if it does it will tell skip step (c) below) and if not, c) then it will create an org-noter document located in your org-directory (C-h v org-directory to see value of this variable) location and having the same name as the book’s PDF file sans file suffix and with “-notes.org” appended.
4. Once org-noter finishes loading your book and notes in its split view, you can then jump to the bookmark you set earlier (via M-x bookmark-jump).
5. From here you can start taking notes as per usual org-noter usage.

License: MIT