I tried recreating this bug by naming a pdf with a %25 in the name and I was able to open the file. I am running Ubuntu 12.10.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1112641 Title: Evince incorrectly reports document Location in its Properties if there are % in filename Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I have a file named art%3A10.1007%2FBF01034471.pdf, if I open document Properties (Alt+Return) for it I get Location: file:///home/username/Documents/PDFs/art%253A10.1007%252FBF01034471.pdf. So there are extra escape sequences for percent sign (I know that %25 is a code for %). If I try to ls -l /home/username/Documents/PDFs/art%253A10.1007%252FBF01034471.pdf I got ls: cannot access /home/username/Documents/PDFs/art%253A10.1007%252FBF01034471.pdf: No such file or directory. If i try to navigate to correct file /home/username/Documents/PDFs/art%3A10.1007%2FBF01034471.pdf I get no error. So there is an error in % sign processing in evince. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: evince 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 CheckboxSubmission: a3c9de473bf7a483a92609c6b20d2aee CheckboxSystem: b633b4f40868d491c2ae5b50030ce6f3 Date: Fri Feb 1 20:15:58 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-09-28 (126 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1112641/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp