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[Bug 594205] Re: Evince cannot select one column in a two column PDF

 

** Package changed: evince (Ubuntu) => poppler (Ubuntu)

** Description changed:

  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
  Release:	15.04
  
  2) apt-cache policy evince
  evince:
-   Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
-   Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
-   Version table:
-  *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
-         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+   Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
+   Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
+   Version table:
+  *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
+         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  
  3) What is expected to happen via
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/594205/+attachment/1499641/+files/Example.pdf
- is one is able to highlight one column at a time, just like in Adobe
- Reader.
+ https://launchpadlibrarian.net/53980611/Example.pdf is one is able to
+ highlight one column at a time, just like in Adobe Reader.
  
  4) What happens instead is it highlights both columns at a time.
  
  WORKAROUND: Open with Chromium's built-in PDF reader:
-  apt-cache policy chromium-browser
+  apt-cache policy chromium-browser
  chromium-browser:
-   Installed: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
-   Candidate: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
-   Version table:
-  *** 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064 0
-         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
-         500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
-         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
-      34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 0
-         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
+   Installed: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
+   Candidate: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
+   Version table:
+  *** 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064 0
+         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
+         500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
+         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
+      34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 0
+         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

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Title:
  Evince cannot select one column in a two column PDF

Status in Poppler:
  Unknown
Status in poppler package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  1) lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
  Release:	15.04

  2)  apt-cache policy libpoppler[0-9]
  libpoppler47:
    Installed: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.28.1-1ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.28.1-1ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  apt-cache policy evince
  evince:
    Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What is expected to happen via
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/53980611/Example.pdf is one is able to
  highlight one column at a time, just like in Adobe Reader.

  4) What happens instead is it highlights both columns at a time.

  WORKAROUND: Open with Chromium's built-in PDF reader:
   apt-cache policy chromium-browser
  chromium-browser:
    Installed: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
    Candidate: 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064
    Version table:
   *** 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

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