** Description changed: Binary package hint: evince - PDF forms created using pdftex/pdflatex cannot be edited using evince. - They work fine in acroread/acrobat. + 1) lsb_release -rd + Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) + Release: 15.04 + + 2) apt-cache policy evince + evince: + Installed: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Candidate: 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 + Version table: + *** 3.14.1-0ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + + 3) What is expected to happen is when one opens the following PDF created using pdftex/pdflatex, the form may be edited, just like in Adobe Reader: + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/167511/+files/simpleform.pdf + + 4) What happens instead is it is not editable. + + WORKAROUND: Open it in Chrome's built-in PDF reader. + + apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable:i386 + google-chrome-stable:i386: + Installed: 39.0.2171.95-1 + Candidate: 39.0.2171.95-1 + Version table: + *** 39.0.2171.95-1 0 + 500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Attachment removed: "FDF description of the fields embedded in the PDF." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/159032/+attachment/427367/+files/simpleform.fdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159032 Title: form support does not work with forms created by pdflatex To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/159032/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
