Bug 364964

Summary:	search function does not recognize spaces within a word
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Michael <michiballing>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	phu54321
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Michael 2016-07-01 07:56:46 UTC

When using the search function and typing "example" it will find "example",
but it will not find "e x a m p l e".
Many OCR software do recognize words written in capital letters as words with spaces.
Or some just do mistakes.
It would be great if the search function also considers spaces within a word.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use a document with spaces within a word e.g. "ex ample"
2. try to search for "example" by using the search function (Ctrl+F)
3. it will not find the word

Actual Results:  
it will not find the word

Expected Results:  
it should find the word

Adobe Reader for example does find words with spaces within it.
Thanks

Comment 1 phu54321 2020-08-11 13:48:08 UTC

This is an very important feature. At least Okular needs a way of ignoring space on searching. It really helps when reading OCR-generated documents