On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 16:12:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 19 September 2016 14:15:03 Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:14:37 -0400 > > Haines Brown <hai...@histomat.net> wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > Evince apparently does not support selecting text for copying. This does > > > > My evince (3.14.1, from 3.14.1-2+deb8u1) does support selecting text > > for copying. > > > > Celejar > > Mine too. But then I also have 3.14.1-2+deb8u1.
Selection of text from a pdf isn't always possible with evince. Example: paps /etc/nssitch.conf > nsswitch.ps ps2pdf nsswitch.ps nsswitch.pdf When it is selectable it isn't necessarily capable of being copied. Isn't life confusing? -- Brian.
