Bug 283477 - Missing language specific characters when filling in forms
Summary: Missing language specific characters when filling in forms
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: PDF backend (show other bugs)
Version: 0.13.1
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
URL:
Keywords:
: 330431 336802 336842 341767 347105 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-10-06 15:29 UTC by Michał Zając
Modified: 2023-10-31 02:50 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments
Here is the input (5.61 KB, image/jpeg)
2011-10-06 15:29 UTC, Michał Zając
Details
Here is how it looks like after filling in the form (7.34 KB, image/jpeg)
2011-10-06 15:29 UTC, Michał Zając
Details
образец (1.27 MB, application/x-download)
2014-05-18 18:02 UTC, BuxarNET
Details
attachment-25843-0.html (1.64 KB, text/html)
2015-04-19 20:31 UTC, Richard Barrett
Details

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Michał Zając 2011-10-06 15:29:20 UTC
Created attachment 64289 [details]
Here is the input

Version:           0.13.1 (using KDE 4.7.1) 
OS:                Linux

I have been trying to fill in a PDF document with my personal data. In the input field, characters like ł or ą are shown with no problems. However when I hide the input fields or print the document there are no Polish characters.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Open up a PDF document with forms, press "Show forms", type in some language specific characters then press "Hide forms"


Expected Results:  
The language specific symbols should be shown there
Comment 1 Michał Zając 2011-10-06 15:29:52 UTC
Created attachment 64290 [details]
Here is how it looks like after filling in the form
Comment 2 jordonwii 2012-01-06 05:35:16 UTC
This bug could be a duplicate of bug 263042
Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2014-01-27 21:05:10 UTC
*** Bug 330431 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Albert Astals Cid 2014-05-08 11:15:36 UTC
Can you please attach the file that is causing this problem for you?
Comment 5 BuxarNET 2014-05-18 18:02:45 UTC
Created attachment 86692 [details]
образец

You can take any file that is filled in Russian or Arabic.
attach your file, the text there was filled under windows xp.
open in okular, choose to edit the first line with text (I just add a space after the text), and when you preview or print the text is lost, although the window when editing it is still visible.
Comment 6 Albert Astals Cid 2014-05-19 20:52:51 UTC
Yes, it happens
Comment 7 Albert Astals Cid 2014-06-30 21:33:22 UTC
*** Bug 336802 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Albert Astals Cid 2014-06-30 21:33:27 UTC
*** Bug 336842 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Albert Astals Cid 2014-12-11 19:05:17 UTC
*** Bug 341767 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 10 speedytux 2015-04-18 22:59:45 UTC
I have the same problem with romanian characters in a pdf form.
Comment 11 BuxarNET 2015-04-18 23:09:49 UTC
problem known since at least 2011, but unfortunately or anyone to care no.
Comment 12 Albert Astals Cid 2015-04-19 00:16:31 UTC
Please, give us a break, we do as much as we can on our free time to make the world a better place by coding free software for all of the humanity to use, you complaining about us not caring is not fair, we do care, the world is just how it is and we do not have the time to get this particular bug fixed.

If you really want this fixed, you can always get some money and hire someone to fix it, or you can try learn coding and fix it yourself, but i guess you as many, don't have enough time for that.
Comment 13 Richard Barrett 2015-04-19 20:31:43 UTC
Created attachment 92121 [details]
attachment-25843-0.html

I second Albert Astals Cid's comment.

I would really like the feature, but understand that it isn't a priority.

I'm learning to code myself, but don't have nearly the ability to deal with
something like this yet.

It is important that people realize all the great work many coders do for
free.

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org> wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=283477
>
> --- Comment #12 from Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org> ---
> Please, give us a break, we do as much as we can on our free time to make
> the
> world a better place by coding free software for all of the humanity to
> use,
> you complaining about us not caring is not fair, we do care, the world is
> just
> how it is and we do not have the time to get this particular bug fixed.
>
> If you really want this fixed, you can always get some money and hire
> someone
> to fix it, or you can try learn coding and fix it yourself, but i guess
> you as
> many, don't have enough time for that.
>
> --
> You are receiving this mail because:
> You are on the CC list for the bug.
>
Comment 14 Albert Astals Cid 2015-05-03 22:25:05 UTC
*** Bug 347105 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 15 Petr Kovács 2017-10-02 13:07:32 UTC
I can confirm this bug for czech characters ě, č, ř, ů, ď, ť, ň. There is no problem with other czech characters š, ž, ý, á, í, é, ú.

My system is Kubuntu with Okular 0.24.2 and KDE platform 4.14.16. I am using default system fonts in Kubuntu (Noto Sans and Oxygen mono), which have support for czech characters.