[Poppler-bugs] [Bug 6431] New: Punctuation, Characters disappear upon selecting using mouse in Evince

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           Summary: Punctuation, Characters disappear upon selecting using
                    mouse in Evince
           Product: poppler
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
               URL: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bu
                    g/37283
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: poppler-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: mail at carthik.net


In pdf files opened using evince, selecting text makes some punctuation
disappear. This includes

a) commas (,) that occur immediately after text in italics.
b) Letters that occur immediately after an emdash (A long "-" ).

Details of the packages used are as below:
carthik at bahro:~$ apt-cache policy evince libpoppler1
evince:
  Installed: 0.5.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.5.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.5.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libpoppler1:
  Installed: 0.5.1-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 0.5.1-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 0.5.1-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I can send someone a copy of the paper that I observed this bug on. I can't
upload it due to copyright/ownership restrictions.          
     
     
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