Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 467285
evince doesn't select highlight properly
Last modified: 2012-02-21 01:11:07 EST
Created attachment 320584 [details] csn738.pdf Description of problem: If you have a multi-column PDF file and you try to select text in one column it picks up text in other columns How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: Open up a multi-column PDF file in evince and try to select some text. Actual results: Notice how it splits grabs text in other columns. Expected results: It selects text just in that column unless you move across to a new column. Additional info: Acrobat does this properly. Not likely to be fixed upstream anytime soon by the looks of it. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=325189 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4006 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3188 It's been around for a long time and it's said to be difficult to fix.
I'm beginning to think that https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3188#c3 is right. This event sent from IssueTracker by alanm issue 176665
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*** Bug 521234 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0236.html