Public bug reported: Evince uses the wrong encoding when filling out a PDF form.
How to reproduce: - Get the official Chinese Visa Application Form from http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf - Open it in Evince - Fill in a name (e.g. "Smith"). The entered text is displayed correctly. - Click into another filed - The previously entered name is displayed in wrong characters (wrong encoding used?). E.g. "Smith" becomes "4NJUI". - Saving and loading the PDF (with the entered text) also results in displaying wrong characters - Clicking into the name filed results in displaying the correct name ("Smith") => It seems that somewhere in Evince (or libpoppler?) the wrong encoding is used for displaying non-active input fields. Tested Ubuntu versions: - Ubuntu 16.04 - Ubuntu 17.10 ** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1728077 Title: Evince uses wrong encoding when filling out a PDF form Status in poppler package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Evince uses the wrong encoding when filling out a PDF form. How to reproduce: - Get the official Chinese Visa Application Form from http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/fd/W020130830801798289342.pdf - Open it in Evince - Fill in a name (e.g. "Smith"). The entered text is displayed correctly. - Click into another filed - The previously entered name is displayed in wrong characters (wrong encoding used?). E.g. "Smith" becomes "4NJUI". - Saving and loading the PDF (with the entered text) also results in displaying wrong characters - Clicking into the name filed results in displaying the correct name ("Smith") => It seems that somewhere in Evince (or libpoppler?) the wrong encoding is used for displaying non-active input fields. Tested Ubuntu versions: - Ubuntu 16.04 - Ubuntu 17.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/1728077/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
