On Thu 05 Feb 2026 at 19:49:07 (-0800), Van Snyder wrote: > On Thu, 2026-02-05 at 20:55 -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 05 Feb 2026 at 13:33:13 (-0800), Van Snyder wrote: > > > Is anybody maintaining Okular? The search function is broken. It > > > lands > > > on the wrong page. The search function works correctly in evince, > > > but > > > Okular has many features I prefer, such as a "back" button. > > > > I thought someone else had this problem recently, but then realised > > it was you. Does this happen with all PDFs or only some, and does > > every search in a given PDF have this problem. Are the error offsets > > random or systematic. Have you reported it? > > I don't remember whether I reported it.
Apparently you did, #1115650. > Every PDF, every search. Every PDF from any source? Downloaded? Self-generated? With what software? Searching for a single letter? Can you cut and paste lines from these failing PDFs into an editor buffer? Does the pasted text look correct? Presumably all these PDFs are searchable in viewers like xpdf, evince, zathura, etc, are they? Cheers, David.
