Bug 394471

Summary:	Okular fails to read PageDirection R2L in PDF files
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Munzir Taha <munzirtaha>
Component:	PDF backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	aacid, sh.yaron
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	rtl
Version:	1.4.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	PDF with PageDirection R2L

Description Munzir Taha 2018-05-20 12:42:01 UTC

This is needed when okular view mode is set to facing pages. If a PDF file contains the PageDirection R2L, okular should default to display it in a right to left reading direction without a need to enable the option from the settings. Acrobat reader already does that.

Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2018-05-21 09:21:06 UTC

Please attach such a file

Comment 2 Munzir Taha 2018-05-21 19:24:45 UTC

Created attachment 112796 [details]
PDF with PageDirection R2L

Comment 3 Munzir Taha 2018-05-21 19:25:33 UTC

> strings rtl.pdf  |grep -i direction
/PageDirection /R2L