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

 

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On 2014-12-18T00:46:58+00:00 Christopher M. Penalver wrote:

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.

Reply at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/594205/comments/12


** Changed in: poppler
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: poppler
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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

Status in Poppler:
  Confirmed
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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