GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 341350
evince doesn't show judge's annotations to PDF file
Last modified: 2006-05-11 05:07:42 UTC
Please describe the problem: This PDF file is a document that was originally sent to a judge as an official court submission. The judge used some kind of tool to annotate the document, crossing out "Proposed", and signing the document at the bottom. The problem in evince 0.1.5 (and gpdf, but not xpdf) is that these annotations ARE NOT VISIBLE when the document is displayed. (By the way, the GNOME version is Debian Sarge's. There is no System menu and the right button on the Panel doesn't bring up any way to find a version number.) Steps to reproduce: 1. Get the test case file (I hope it lets me enter it below!) 2. Display the file with "evince amicusorder.pdf" 3. Look for strikeout over "Proposed" in two places on first page, and for obvious signature on the signature line on the second page. If missing, you still have the bug. Actual results: I don't see the judge's annotations -- thus the meaning of the document is changed. It appears to be a "proposed order" but it is actually a "real order" from the judge! Expected results: I should see the judge's annotations. (This document is part of the official electronic court record for a major court case. Within a few years, every court case will require electronic filing. If people who use GNOME are going to see incorrect versions of documents from official US federal court records, then lots of people aren't going to be able to use GNOME. You have to be able to trust your document viewer!) Does this happen every time? Yes. Other information: The test file is at URL: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/amicusorder.pdf In case they move it around, the document is a 16018-byte file, reached via a "May 8, 2006" link entitled "Order granting Mark Klein leave to file amicus brief", on this page: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/
That is the real task and we have it for Summer of Code, so I hope it will be implemented soon. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 315002 ***