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Strip the user home directory from a filename in Applescript
tell application "Skim"
set theFile to file of document 1 as string
set theHome to path to home folder as string
set theFilePath to my replaceText(theHome, "", theFile)
end tell
on replaceText(find, replace, someText)
set prevTIDs to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to find
set someText to text items of someText
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to replace
set someText to "" & someText
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to prevTIDs
return someText
end replaceText
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