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Binary package hint: evince
1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
Release: 15.04
2) apt-cache policy evince
evince:
Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) What is expected to happen is when one opens the following PDF created using
pdftex/pdflatex, the form may be edited, just like in Adobe Reader:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/167511/+files/simpleform.pdf
4) What happens instead is it is not editable.
WORKAROUND: Open it in Chrome's built-in PDF reader.
apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable:i386
google-chrome-stable:i386:
Installed: 39.0.2171.95-1
Candidate: 39.0.2171.95-1
Version table:
*** 39.0.2171.95-1 0
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: bionic vivid
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Unable to edit form created by pdflatex
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159032
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