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[John Neffenger <682492@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This bug was fixed today by one of the Evince developers. For details on
exactly what the fix does, see my notes here:

    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639003#c21

The patch also works when applied to the earlier Evince source code in
the current Ubuntu 11.10. For the impatient, you can download the patch
into your home directory and apply it locally with something like:

    $ sudo apt-get install gnome-devel
    $ sudo apt-get build-dep evince
    $ apt-get source evince
    $ cd evince-3.2.1
    $ patch -p1 < ~/0001-Save-always-settings-that-can-bse-saved-as-default-i.patch
    $ ./configure
    $ make
    $ sudo make install

This places the fixed Evince in "/usr/local/bin", so you should pick it
up right away. There is also a less invasive alternative to working
around the bug using a simple Bash script, available here:

    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639003#c17

I would really like to see this fix included in the next release of
Ubuntu. I switched to Ubuntu back in 2006, and I can think of no bug
since then that has been more bothersome—even maddening—than this one.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682492

Title:
  Evince: Save Settings as default doesn't work

Status in Evince document viewer:
  Fix Released
Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: evince

   - Open a PDF document,
   - set the zoom level to 100%,
   - select "Save Settings as Default"
   - Exit evince, open a brand-new PDF document that hasn't been opened with evince before
   - Zoom level is at 70%

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Nov 28 16:56:29 2010
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: evince

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