Re: problem mouse copy/past from PDF
On Tue 20 Sep 2016 at 16:12:35 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Monday 19 September 2016 14:15:03 Celejar wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:14:37 -0400
> > Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Evince apparently does not support selecting text for copying. This does
> >
> > My evince (3.14.1, from 3.14.1-2+deb8u1) does support selecting text
> > for copying.
> >
> > Celejar
>
> Mine too. But then I also have 3.14.1-2+deb8u1.
Selection of text from a pdf isn't always possible with evince. Example:
paps /etc/nssitch.conf > nsswitch.ps
ps2pdf nsswitch.ps nsswitch.pdf
When it is selectable it isn't necessarily capable of being copied.
Isn't life confusing?
--
Brian.
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