As the KDE bug says, it's not a memory leak, but KPDF just keeps all the information about the text in the document. Large PDFs means more text information, that in turn means more memory needed to keep them.
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #149232 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149232 ** Also affects: kdegraphics via http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149232 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- KPDF Memory Leak on search https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85709 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs