Bug 442046

Summary:	copy-paste from LTR languages bring reversed text
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Adam Golański <adam.golanski>
Component:	PDF backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	21.08.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Adam Golański 2021-09-05 17:39:19 UTC

SUMMARY

Copying arabic and hebrew text strings from Okular to paste it in another program makes them reversed and garbled. Changing LTR settings doesn't help.
I've tested this with Foxit PDF Reader and it worked OK.  


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. select and copy to clipboard arabic or hebrew text in Okular, for example
אשר, האיש—אשר לא הלך, בעצת רשעים
ال َق ِدي ْ 


2. paste it to Libre Office or Google Docs

OBSERVED RESULT

you're getting something like 
םיעשר תצעב ,ךלה אל רשא—שיאה ,רשא
ر ْ يِ دق َ لا

(yeah, in Arabic its really horrible :D)

EXPECTED RESULT

it should keep correct LTR flow:
אשר, האיש—אשר לא הלך, בעצת רשעים
ال َق ِدي ْ 



SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

Comment 1 Laura David Hurka 2022-08-05 14:36:29 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 207748 ***