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[Alessandro Ceschini <879473@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Document viewer does display alternative glyphs activated through the
OpenType tables but when I try to copy/paste outside of it, instead of
the glyphs I only see a blank space. Most probably, that means that
Document Viewer isn't able to "connect" the glyph with the underlying
character code. Example: in a Serbian text U+0431 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER
BE has a Serbian localized glyph, which is different from the standard
glyph, but when I copy that text, in the worst case scenario I should
still be able to see a standard BE, leaving to the receiving program
(Text Editor, Writer etc...) the capability (or incapability) to process
OpenType features. But I only get a blank space instead.

The right panel (with indexes etc...) doesn't even display the "weird"
glyphs, only standard ones, and this is an additional nuisance, as the
appearance turns out to be different from the main text.

Another example: ligatures ct, ff, fi, etc... I get the same problem,
they disappear, not just the ligatures, but the characters themselves,
when I copy/paste.

This is a very complicated issue, but I hope I've been able to make my
point reasonably clear.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: evince 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 21 16:27:46 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evince
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apparmor apport-bug apport-lpi oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  Document viewer does not support OpenType features

Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Document viewer does display alternative glyphs activated through the
  OpenType tables but when I try to copy/paste outside of it, instead of
  the glyphs I only see a blank space. Most probably, that means that
  Document Viewer isn't able to "connect" the glyph with the underlying
  character code. Example: in a Serbian text U+0431 CYRILLIC SMALL
  LETTER BE has a Serbian localized glyph, which is different from the
  standard glyph, but when I copy that text, in the worst case scenario
  I should still be able to see a standard BE, leaving to the receiving
  program (Text Editor, Writer etc...) the capability (or incapability)
  to process OpenType features. But I only get a blank space instead.

  The right panel (with indexes etc...) doesn't even display the "weird"
  glyphs, only standard ones, and this is an additional nuisance, as the
  appearance turns out to be different from the main text.

  Another example: ligatures ct, ff, fi, etc... I get the same problem,
  they disappear, not just the ligatures, but the characters themselves,
  when I copy/paste.

  This is a very complicated issue, but I hope I've been able to make my
  point reasonably clear.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: evince 3.2.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Oct 21 16:27:46 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: evince
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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