Bug 377718

Summary:	Can you kindly improve support for such CHM file like this ?
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	yousifjkadom
Component:	CHM backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	aacid, gassaf, justin.zobel, wsierz
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	0.26.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description yousifjkadom 2017-03-17 09:45:41 UTC

Hi. There is a special type of .chm files like this:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nB8I_1Xoa3Q1dlR25od0VLcjg/view?usp=sharing

Currently, Okular is the best in viewing such special type of .chm file, but still need for improvements:

1) 1st page appear as totally blank page,

2) 2nd page appear as "Page can not be found",

3) 3rd page ?!!

3) most importantly, user can not use outline of such special type of CHM file. He can only either:

- scroll pages to land on next or previous page, page by page or 

- click on arrows at top or bottom of each page to go one page forward or backward

but not able to use outline of file which is already existing on 1st page (which appear as Home in contents "=outline")

I think I need special approach differ from stranded CHM files.

Please your kind fix & improvement.

Comment 1 yousifjkadom 2017-03-17 09:47:01 UTC

Please when you download this CHM file inform me so as to remove it.

Comment 2 Albert Astals Cid 2017-03-19 18:49:51 UTC

I've downloaded the file, if someone needs it just ping me.

FWIW I'm not planning to have a look at this

Comment 3 Gilbert Assaf 2017-05-24 11:11:44 UTC

@Albert: Could you provide me with this file? I will look into this and see what I can do.

Comment 4 yousifjkadom 2017-05-24 16:02:05 UTC

@Gilbert Assaf

Hi. This is the file:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nB8I_1Xoa3V1pCbEtXZkFkaEk/view?usp=sharing

Please inform me when you finish downloading this file because I like to remove it after you download it.

Best.

Comment 5 Gilbert Assaf 2017-05-25 12:40:40 UTC

I have downloaded the file! Thank you very much!

Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2020-11-10 03:30:13 UTC

(In reply to Gilbert Assaf from comment #5)
> I have downloaded the file! Thank you very much!

Hey Gilbert were you able to make any progress in relation to file support for this file?

Comment 7 Will Sierzputowski 2024-11-21 19:45:37 UTC

.chm support as been dropped from new Okular releases. If it is added back in future releases, a new backend will be implemented rendering this bug outdated. Thank you for reporting.