Bug 338563 - rotated text (90 deg counter-clockwise) copied backwards
Summary: rotated text (90 deg counter-clockwise) copied backwards
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 407133
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: PDF backend (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Slackware Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
URL: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.0690
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Reported: 2014-08-26 08:47 UTC by Yury
Modified: 2020-09-05 10:53 UTC (History)
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Description Yury 2014-08-26 08:47:59 UTC 
If copying the text fragment from the PDF, and if the text in PDF is rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise, the clipboard contains the text fragment spelled backwards. So, the "arXiv:1203.0690v1" copied from the left margin of page 1 in the PDF at demo URL ends up as "1v0960.3021:viXra" after paste.

Previously (kde 4.5.5, slackware 13.37/amd64) this function worked correctly, with that same file, too.

The version is 0.16.5, kde 4.10.5, packed with slackware 14.1/amd64.


Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2014-08-26 20:28:03 UTC 
attach a such file
Comment 2 Yury 2014-08-26 20:57:01 UTC 
An example PDF is at http://arxiv.org/pdf/1203.0690, it is open access file.
Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2014-08-26 21:00:25 UTC 
Correct. I don't see this being fixed soon (at least from my side)
Comment 4 Yury 2014-08-27 05:49:03 UTC 
How did it even get to be broken, in the first place?
This functionality worked okay for years, with different versions of KDE 4, different series, even (kpdf in KDE 3).
Comment 5 Albert Astals Cid 2014-08-27 17:29:47 UTC 
Because we fixed more important stuff. You're free to have a look at the code and revert the changes you think are not important for you.
Comment 6 null 2017-11-24 22:23:26 UTC 
FWIW, this is still a problem as of KDE Applications 17.11.80 and Poppler 0.61.

See also Bug 300400, where currently you have to enter the search term backwards.
Comment 7 David Hurka 2020-09-05 10:53:05 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 407133 ***