Brian wrote on 09/10/2014 18:20: > On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 16:32:50 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> Recently I got a PDF-file which displays alright with a pdf-viewer but >> searching >> for text or numbers does not work correctly. >> >> I tried different viewers like the one built into iceweasel, one of the >> poppler-family like xpdf or evince, and mupdf. >> The text search fails if using a whole word with its first letter (like >> "monat" >> in the example file available at >> http://www.file-upload.net/download-9507877/iText-2.0.8-example.pdf.html). >> Searching without the first letter works. > > Having to sign-up is a disincentive to examining the PDF. > No, you don't have to sign up. There are two download buttons, choose the one on the right side. But you'll also get an offensive advertisement.
>> Likewise, copying strings from a pdf-viewer results in several wrong letters. >> Also for digits neither searching nor copying works. >> >> I was told that it works in Windows. I don't have a Windows system to check. >> >> Has anybody else experienced this phenomenon? Is it a problem of some debian >> package? > > The problem is far more likely to lie with the PDF and its fonts. > -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/luqerq$ji$1...@ger.gmane.org
