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Question #212582 on qpdfview changed:
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    Status: Open => Answered

Adam Reichold proposed the following answer:
Hello Haylon,

Thanks for your interest in the development of qpdfview. I am glad that
you find the program useful. Improved text selection is on the to-do
list and there is a wishlist bug
"https://bugs.launchpad.net/qpdfview/+bug/958634"; to track its progress.
It is technically feasible but there just has not been time to implement
it yet.

Concerning using the Cairo backend from the Qt4 frontend: While I agree
that there is no compelling technical reason not to include an optional
code path to use the CairoOutputDev in the Qt4 frontend, the Poppler
maintainers have decided against it and I abide by that decision. Also,
IMHO the real problem is the lack of work on the ArthurOutputDev, the
use of which would have numerous integration benefits for Qt-based
applications besides improved rendering quality. So long story short,
qpdfview can support it, if Poppler decides to support it. (Meaning I
will not try to ship a patched Poppler library or something like that
which IMHO goes against how free software is supposed to work.)

Best regards, Adam.

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