I can confim this bug in Oneiric. evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.2
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.10 Release: 11.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792076 Title: evince copy adds a newline character Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: evince Copy paste from a PDF document using evince results in the addition of a newline character to the end of the pasted text. This is possibly seen as a convenient feature, but in reality more often than not results in the need to delete the new line. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Release: 10.04 evince 2.30.3-0ubuntu1.2 Document (postscript, pdf) viewer Expected behaviour: Copying and pasting text from a PDF document should result in the text selected from the PDF being included in the new location without alteration. Oberved behaviour: The pasted text is altered with the addition of a new line. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/792076/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
