Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-21 Thread David Wright
On Thu 22 Sep 2016 at 00:04:07 (-0500), David Wright wrote: > I'm always on the lookout for a "pa→pdf" successor to pa→ps, but > see no sign of it on the horizon. Or perhaps I do. I need to check out https://github.com/dov/paps but the night has drawn in... Cheers, David.

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-21 Thread David Wright
On Wed 21 Sep 2016 at 20:37:28 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 15:08:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Mon 19 Sep 2016 at 22:41:23 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > > On Sun 18 Sep 2016 at 16:14:37 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > > > > I've begun to experience problems using the mouse

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-21 Thread David Wright
On Wed 21 Sep 2016 at 18:13:18 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:38:41AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > Although it is a different topic > > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26066535/ps2pdf-creates-a-very-big-pdf-file-from-paps-created-ps-file > > >

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-21 Thread Brian
On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 15:08:58 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Mon 19 Sep 2016 at 22:41:23 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Sun 18 Sep 2016 at 16:14:37 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > > > I've begun to experience problems using the mouse to select a passage in > > > a PDF displayed with xpdf 3.03-10 i

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-21 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 11:38:41AM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > Although it is a different topic > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26066535/ps2pdf-creates-a-very-big-pdf-file-from-paps-created-ps-file > > backs up your "pretty funny" feelin

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-21 Thread Brian
On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 21:05:29 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 06:30:10PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > Selection of text from a pdf isn't always possible with evince. Example: > > > > paps /etc/nssitch.conf > nsswitch.ps > ^^^ probably typo > > ps2pdf

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-20 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 11:01:09AM -0500, David Wright wrote: [...] > Sorry, missed out a step. The paps output is filtered through ps2pdf > so that could explain a lot. Thanks for reminding me. (The clue is in > the name!) See above. I can reproduc

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-20 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 06:30:10PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 16:12:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Monday 19 September 2016 14:15:03 Celejar wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:14:37 -0400 > > > Haines Brown wrote: > > > > > >

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-20 Thread Brian
On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 16:12:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 19 September 2016 14:15:03 Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:14:37 -0400 > > Haines Brown wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > Evince apparently does not support selecting text for copying. This does > > > > My evince (3.14.1, fr

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-20 Thread Brian
On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 11:01:09 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Well, I did write in > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/09/msg00653.html > that "This is one area where a bit of experimentation will help much > more than trying to understand the scattered documentation." I'm unsure whether th

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-20 Thread David Wright
Well, I did write in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/09/msg00653.html that "This is one area where a bit of experimentation will help much more than trying to understand the scattered documentation." On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 15:08:58 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Mon 19 Sep 2016 at 22:41:23 -0

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-20 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 19 September 2016 14:15:03 Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:14:37 -0400 > Haines Brown wrote: > > ... > > > Evince apparently does not support selecting text for copying. This does > > My evince (3.14.1, from 3.14.1-2+deb8u1) does support selecting text > for copying. > > Celejar

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-20 Thread Brian
On Mon 19 Sep 2016 at 22:41:23 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 18 Sep 2016 at 16:14:37 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > > I've begun to experience problems using the mouse to select a passage in > > a PDF displayed with xpdf 3.03-10 in order to paste it elsewhere. > > > > The ends of lines are

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-19 Thread Doug
On 09/20/2016 12:58 AM, Doug wrote: On 09/19/2016 11:41 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 18 Sep 2016 at 16:14:37 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: I've begun to experience problems using the mouse to select a passage in a PDF displayed with xpdf 3.03-10 in order to paste it elsewhere. The ends of li

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-19 Thread Doug
On 09/19/2016 11:41 PM, David Wright wrote: On Sun 18 Sep 2016 at 16:14:37 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: I've begun to experience problems using the mouse to select a passage in a PDF displayed with xpdf 3.03-10 in order to paste it elsewhere. The ends of lines are truncated to varying degrees.

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-19 Thread David Wright
On Sun 18 Sep 2016 at 16:14:37 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > I've begun to experience problems using the mouse to select a passage in > a PDF displayed with xpdf 3.03-10 in order to paste it elsewhere. > > The ends of lines are truncated to varying degrees. For example in a > PDF with this: > >

Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF

2016-09-19 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:14:37 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: ... > Evince apparently does not support selecting text for copying. This does My evince (3.14.1, from 3.14.1-2+deb8u1) does support selecting text for copying. Celejar