[Skim-app-users] Skim 1.4.29

[Christiaan Hofman]

A new version of Skim is available for download at <http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ <http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/>> or using the built-in updater.

Thanks to those of you who submitted reproducible bug reports and comments along with the exception reports; as always, please continue to submit bug reports at <http://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/_list/tickets <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=192583>>.

For those interested in what is fixed, release notes follow.

Changes since Skim 1.4.28

Bugs Fixed
* Ensure anchored notes are really removed on 10.12.4.
* Correct pinch zoom in snapshots and split PDF.
* Fix a crasher when adding or removing a note.
* Improve thread safety.
* Don't scroll after PDF synchronisation when line is visible.

[Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Post by Christiaan Hofman
A new version of Skim is available for download at
<http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/> or using the built-in updater.

Thank you VERY MUCH for so actively keeping Skim going!!

When Skim launches, I get this message:

A new version of Skim is available!
You have 1.4.27.
Version 1.4.29

(That's approximate because I don't want to type the whole thing. If
you want us to give exact messages then it would be best to make ALL
text of popups be cut/pasteable [if you can].)

When I click 'Install Update' a 'Downloading update ...' window appears
and then immediately on top of that is another:

Update Error!

An error occurred while downloading the update.
Please try again later.

The only option at that point is to 'Cancel Update'.
This happened repeatedly on a Mac OS X 10.11.6. However, on 10.10.5 and 10.6.8 I
had no trouble updating. I have a clear connection to the internet.

Any idea what's wrong or what to do? Previous updates went ok.

Tom

Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research
RNA Biology Laboratory
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
***@mail.nih.gov
https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov (current link)
https://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent link)

[Schneider]

Christiaan:

Thank you VERY MUCH for so actively keeping Skim going!!

Post by Christiaan Hofman
A new version of Skim is available for download at
<http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/> or using the built-in updater.

When Skim launches, I get this message:

A new version of Skim is available!
You have 1.4.27.
Version 1.4.29

When I click 'Install Update' a 'Downloading update ...' window appears
and then immediately on top of that is another:

Update Error!

An error occurred while downloading the update.
Please try again later.

The only option at that point is to 'Cancel Update'. This happened
repeatedly on a Mac OS X 10.11.6. However, on 10.10.5 and 10.6.8 I
had no trouble updating. I have a clear connection to the internet.

Any idea what's wrong or what to do? Previous updates went ok.

PS: To make it easy for people to report exact error messages, it
would be best to make ALL text of popups be cut/pasteable [if you
can].

Tom

Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research
RNA Biology Laboratory
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
***@mail.nih.gov
https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov (current link)
https://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent link)

[Christiaan Hofman]

Post by Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E]
Thank you VERY MUCH for so actively keeping Skim going!!

Post by Christiaan Hofman
A new version of Skim is available for download at
<http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/> or using the built-in updater.

A new version of Skim is available!
You have 1.4.27.
Version 1.4.29
When I click 'Install Update' a 'Downloading update ...' window appears
Update Error!
An error occurred while downloading the update.
Please try again later.
The only option at that point is to 'Cancel Update'. This happened
repeatedly on a Mac OS X 10.11.6. However, on 10.10.5 and 10.6.8 I
had no trouble updating. I have a clear connection to the internet.
Any idea what's wrong or what to do? Previous updates went ok.
PS: To make it easy for people to report exact error messages, it
would be best to make ALL text of popups be cut/pasteable [if you
can].
Tom

I don’t know what’s going on. I had no problem on 10.12.4. So I guess it has to do with a bug in 10.11. One possibility could be that 10.11 has a bug in app transport security (i.e. preventing downloads with an insecure http address), which is something that was added in 1.4.27 IIRC. Is there any log in the Console related to this?

You may want to update from the website.

Christiaan

[Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Post by Christiaan Hofman
I don’t know what’s going on. I had no problem on 10.12.4. So I
guess it has to do with a bug in 10.11. One possibility could be
that 10.11 has a bug in app transport security (i.e. preventing
downloads with an insecure http address), which is something that
was added in 1.4.27 IIRC. Is there any log in the Console related to
this?

The console messages that come up when the error occurs are:

4/29/17 9:35:52.507 PM Skim[19749]: CFNetwork SSLHandshake failed (-9824)
4/29/17 9:35:52.508 PM Skim[19749]: NSURLSession/NSURLConnection HTTP load failed (kCFStreamErrorDomainSSL, -9824)
4/29/17 9:35:56.250 PM Skim[19749]: Sparkle Error: An error occurred while downloading the update. Please try again later.
4/29/17 9:35:56.250 PM Skim[19749]: Sparkle Error (continued): An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made.

Post by Christiaan Hofman
You may want to update from the website.

Ok, thanks, I'll try that if we don't figure it out.

Tom

Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research
RNA Biology Laboratory
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
***@mail.nih.gov
https://schneider.ncifcrf.gov (current link)
https://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent link)