It looks like this was fixed upstream (and it's not an evince issue, but a poppler one).
Patch: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=119908 Full discussion: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55977 ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #55977 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55977 ** Also affects: poppler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009432 Title: document viewer search problem in right to left languages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/1009432/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs