Bug#514238: kpdf: cannot copy text from documents with encryption

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Pino Toscano wrote, on 2009-02-06 03:11:
> Package: kpdf
>
> > Pino Toscano wrote, on 2009-02-06 02:09:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > With a pdf version 1.6 that reported security: encryption, I was unable
> > > > to copy text from the document to the clipboard.
> > > >
> > > > Is kpdf deliberately crippled, or is there a workaround?
> > > Please provide a sample of document showing the issue.
> > http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310648/ecs_disc_paper.pdf
>
> The permissions of this document say that client applications should not copy 
> the test of the document. KPDF could tell that the reason is that indeed, but 
> KPDF is frozen solid and no more KDE 3 releases are planned, so it cannot be 
> done. (And Okular - KPDF successor in KDE 4 - does that, anyway.)
> However, you can disable the fact that KPDF respect the DRM bits of the 
> document, just go in the preferences.

Ah, thanks! I couldn't find anything in the manual page or 
/usr/share/doc/kpdf, and the online help only gives a picture of the 
preferences box.

Arthur.

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