It looks like this was fixed upstream (and it's not an evince issue, but a poppler one).
Patch: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=119908 Full discussion: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55977 ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #55977 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55977 ** Also affects: poppler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1009432 Title: document viewer search problem in right to left languages Status in Evince: Confirmed Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in poppler package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi when I use the search functionality in document viewer, it searches the letters as if they are written left to right. That is not a problem in english or any left to right language. However, this is a problem in right to left languages. I used it particularly with arabic but I guess it is the same for any other right to left language. In order for the program to detect a right to left word, the word needs to be written in reverse in the search box. I will give an english example since the words are easier to understand by everyone but the problem actually only occurs with right to left languages. if I want to search for the word 'hello', I need to type it in reverse as 'olleh' in the search box. I am using ubuntu 12.04. Thank you in advance To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/evince/+bug/1009432/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
