I confirm that selection still behaves strangely on some pdf file, especially with multiple columns. I use evince 3.14.1 and poppler 0.26.5 on debian jessie. I attach again one file attached to gnome bug #325189 because it is a good test case.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296554 Title: Highlighting words selects highlights random things Status in Poppler: Confirmed Status in poppler package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: evince 1) Ubuntu 8.04.1 2) ii evince 2.22.2-0ubuntu Document (postscript, pdf) viewer 3) I drag my mouse over text and I think it should only highlight what I've dragged over. 4) Evince actually highlights parts of previous portions of text, many times including the bullet on the same line, parts of the line from a different column, or other pieces of text. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Nov 10 16:11:07 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evince NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: evince 2.22.2-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/poppler/+bug/296554/+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
