[Poppler-bugs] [Bug 29374] New: Pdf text buffer rendered in the wrong order

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29374

           Summary: Pdf text buffer rendered in the wrong order
           Product: poppler
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86 (IA32)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: poppler-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: ln73 at st-andrews.ac.uk


The text although display in the right order, cannot be selected in the correct
order. 

In the following pdf: 

www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~mirco/papers/simplex10.pdf

On the second page, the selection (under Evince) goes in the following order: 

upper left -> upper right -> lower left -> lover right

Now, this might not seem a serious problem, but it hinders the use of Orca with
Evince to read pdfs, since the text is read in the wrong order. 

There is also another example here: (not quite the same)

www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~mirco/papers/wosn10.pdf  

On the first page, the names of the authors are read and can be selected as if
they would be in columns, but the text is put on the buffer in lines. 

I could provide further info if necessary.
Cheers
M

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