Bug 207236

Summary:	Some postscript files cannot be openend by okular when MATLAB script functions are included
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	gmud <geroxp>
Component:	PS backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description gmud 2009-09-13 10:46:42 UTC

Version:           0.9.1 (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Steps to reproduce:
1. Try to open a postscript (*.ps) file which contains matlab functions (e.g. http://www.virtosphere.de/data/publications/workshops/1998/eurosim.ps)

Results:
Okular says it cannot open the file

Expected results:
At least a reason should be given like evince (gnome) does:
File type MATLAB-Skript/-Funktion (text/x-matlab) is not supported

or

Support to open the file like gv does

Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2009-09-13 23:21:02 UTC

Okular uses a library called libspectre to render PS files. If you want us to be able of opening this file or to be able to report better errors on open failure you should file a bug against the libspectre product on http://bugs.freedesktop.org

Thanks for caring about okular