On Sunday, 18 January 2026 23:41:42 GMT G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Deri, > > At 2026-01-18T22:57:49+0000, Deri via groff-commit wrote: > > > commit 9377ac54c5af5c5eb6f5a12dbcbcc101f6df4087 > > > Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]> > > > AuthorDate: Thu Jan 15 20:05:50 2026 -0600 > > > > > > gropdf(1): Document `pdfnote` macro. > > > > > > I had pretty bad luck with reader support for annotations. > > > > > > * okular(1) and xpdf(1) show the icon but hovering and clicking > > > > > > do nothing. > > > > > > * evince(1) shows the icon. Clicking on it pops open a window > > > > > > showing the title, but not the text (even though there's > > > copious space for it). > > > > > > * Firefox's built-in PDF viewer seems to offer full support as > > > > > > described here. > > > > These are my findings:- > > > > Viewer Version Icon Hover Click Dbl‐Click > > ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── > > okular 23.04.3 y y[3] n y > > evince 44.2 y y y ‐ > > xpdf 4.05 n ‐ ‐ ‐ > > atril 1.26.1 y y y[4] ‐ > > mupdf‐gl 1.11 y n n ‐ > > qpdfview 0.50 y y y ‐ > > zathura 0.5.5 y n n ‐ > > acrobat windows y y y ‐ > > firefox 140.6.0esr y y y ‐ > > chromium 136.0.7103.113 y y n ‐ > > > > ─────────── > > > > [1] Okular must not be in text selection mode. > > [2] Right click, Annotation Properties > > Thanks, Deri! Good stuff! I'm considering making a record-my-desktop > video with voice over to summarize the new stuff in groff 1.24.0 (for > upload to social media[1]), and this chart is an excellent resource to > have available when talking about the new `pdfnote` macro that gropdf > supports. > > Regards, > Branden > > [1] I need to ask Jim Hall for some tips!
Here's the code which made the table.
.pl 4.6i .TS ; C C C C C C _ _ _ _ _ _ L L C C C C. Viewer Version Icon Hover Click Dbl-Click okular 23.04.3 y y\** n y evince 44.2 y y y - xpdf 4.05 n - - - atril 1.26.1 y y y\** - mupdf-gl 1.11 y n n - qpdfview 0.50 y y y - zathura 0.5.5 y n n - acrobat windows y y y - firefox 140.6.0esr y y y - chromium 136.0.7103.113 y y n - .TE .FS Okular must not be in text selection mode. .FE .FS Right click, Annotation Properties .FE
