On Wed 10 Sep 2014 at 16:32:50 +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Recently I got a PDF-file which displays alright with a pdf-viewer but > searching > for text or numbers does not work correctly. > > I tried different viewers like the one built into iceweasel, one of the > poppler-family like xpdf or evince, and mupdf. > The text search fails if using a whole word with its first letter (like > "monat" > in the example file available at > http://www.file-upload.net/download-9507877/iText-2.0.8-example.pdf.html). > Searching without the first letter works.
Having to sign-up is a disincentive to examining the PDF. > Likewise, copying strings from a pdf-viewer results in several wrong letters. > Also for digits either searching nor copying works. > > I was told that it works in Windows. I don't have a Windows system to check. > > Has anybody else experienced this phenomenon? Is it a problem of some debian > package? The problem is far more likely to lie with the PDF and its fonts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/10092014171824.28c505a53...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
