I use Skim as my main PDF-annotation tool, and like EagleFiler’s compatibility with it. However, when browsing through a pdf, the default viewer in EagleFiler is not able to show Skim comments and annotations (although search is able to).
My guess is that it will be possible to use that framework in EagleFiler. I’m planning to do so but haven’t tried it yet. It’s always been possible to change the default PDF viewer.
Skimming
Note that if you do that, you’ll have all the functionality you are asking for. (I thought the brief reply might not have driven that fact home.) Open any pdf, right click, and switch the “open this document with” application to Skim. Then check the box that says to do this in all cases.
Then you can read Skimmed docs, highlighting and all, in the EagleFiler view window.
{Edit: Actually, now I think I realize you’re stuck with the Skim edits you made before you imported the file. I need to experiment some more …}
Sorry for the confusion: I don’t see any of my highlights in EagleFiler’s bottom pane (the preview pane? record view?), but when I hit “Open With Skim”, the highlights are there.
As long as we’re talking Skim, I have a quick question: I think I saw in another thread you recommend saving Skim files as .pdfd, since Skim will then save the .pdf and highlights/notes as a separate file (.txt or .rtf). Is that your recommendation?