Copy Markdown Link for current Skim page to clipboard

  (* COPY CURRENT PAGE OF SKIM PDF TO CLIPBOARD

-- created by Stephen Margheim
-- 06 July 2013
-- open source

edits by Derick Fay 2013-09-05:
-- edited to use clipboard
-- optimized for Alfred workflow to bypass Reference/Inline dialog box
-- 2013-09-11 modified to just add (page) and paste

-- 2014-08-22 switched from calling this from an Alfred workflow to a TextExpander snippet

*)


tell application "Skim"
	
	(* PART ONE:
	Choose your Link
	*)
	
	set number_of_Note3 to (get text for note 3 of page 1 of front document) as string
	set LinkType to 1

	(* PART TWO:
	Insert your Chosen Link
	*)
	
	tell document 1
		
		--get Skim p#
		set notePage to get index of current page
		
		--get p# printed on the pdf (requires you to manually alter Note 3)
		set theRealPage to notePage + number_of_Note3 as string
		
		set FinalText to "(" & theRealPage & ")"	
		
		set the clipboard to FinalText

		tell application "System Events"
		(* delay 0.5 *)
		keystroke "v" using {command down}
	end tell
		
	end tell
end tell

Now running this from a text expander snippet