[okular] [Bug 466673] New: Add ability to save highlighting and annotations in file
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466673 Bug ID: 466673 Summary: Add ability to save highlighting and annotations in file Classification: Applications Product: okular Version: unspecified Platform: Ubuntu OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: wishlist Priority: NOR Component: PDF backend Assignee: okular-devel@kde.org Reporter: johndoe...@protonmail.ch Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY Current versions of Okular do not bundle annotations and highlighting in the file. The annotations are not accessible when the pdf is opened in a different program or on a different device (e.g. on an iPad). Requests: 1) Add ability to save as a pdf which includes highlighting and annotations in file 2) Add ability to make this setting the default STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open PDF (typically from iPad via cloud storage) 2. Add annotation (highlighting, sticky note, etc) 3. Save (or Save as) 4. Open in iPad (or another app) 5. Annotations gone OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: Stock ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[okular] [Bug 466673] Add ability to save highlighting and annotations in file
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466673 --- Comment #6 from JDT --- So, I'm puzzled. Why does the documentation still speak of the problem. I checked and this page is in the current manual: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/okular/okular/annotations.html Adobe reader is the reference implementation but it is not available on Linux and hasn't been for a while. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[okular] [Bug 466673] Add ability to save highlighting and annotations in file
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466673 JDT changed: What|Removed |Added Resolution|NOT A BUG |--- Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from JDT --- Albert, Okular's manual disagrees with you. Annotations are **not** saved in the pdf file. See, for instances: https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/okular/okular/annotations.html Annotations and highlighting *used* to be stored in the PDF. There was an intentional design decision made at some point. If you'd like to learn more about the technical aspects, the information is out there. For instance the information is stored in ~/.kde/share/apps/okular/docdata https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/395599/customize-the-folder-where-okular-saves-annotations https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/71584/storing-okular-pdf-annotations-and-metadata-in-the-pdf-itself -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[okular] [Bug 466673] Add ability to save highlighting and annotations in file
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466673 --- Comment #3 from JDT --- I suspect the design decision is tied to either 1) adding the ability to read and mark up all sorts of documents or 2) imitate some PDF library programs that do the same thing (in order to make it easier to search annotations across an entire library) Whatever the design motivation, until there's a way to embed stuff back into the PDF, it effectively makes PDFs used with Okular into a Non Portable Document Format. Kind of an ironic decision when the source is open but it makes the format closed. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
