Hey finally your response helped me a lot, that is the problem was probably on my side.
I solved it by installing the package cm-super, as suggested here. I still can't search in the pdf I gave you (and still wondering why YOU can), but re-exporting the org file makes a pdf that now works correctly. Thanks again ! Martin > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:56:45 -0400 > From: w...@pobox.com > To: mart...@hotmail.com > CC: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [O] fontenc makes pdf non-searchable > > On 21 March 2015, Martin Leduc wrote: > > > You can find a minimal example here [1], with the org file, and the tex and > > pdf files generated from it. Firts try to search within the pdf. It does > > not work (at least on my side) To solve the problem, remove the line with > > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} > > > > in the tex file, and compile it. It should now search normally. > > "It works for me" is all I can say, which isn't too helpful. Everything > happens > as it should, and I can search the PDF (in evince). Maybe it's something > with > your LaTeX setup? Sorry I can't suggest anything more. > > Bill > > [1] https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7s6di4en5ljbkcq/AAAzyQeg6VkMHnC1X9dQTg6ua?dl=0 > > -- > William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/