[Bug 359717] [NEW] Selection highlighting is not dynamic - regression

james james at nurealm.net
Sat Apr 11 18:44:11 UTC 2009


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xpdf-reader

xpdf-reader-3.02-1.4ubuntu1, in Ubuntu 8.10

Dragging with the left mouse button should highlight a block of text -
see the man page.  This highlighting should be _dynamic_, meaning that
the "reverse video" block should be created with the press of the left
mouse button, and should change size as the left mouse button is dragged
on the page.

Instead, _no_ highlighting is shown as the mouse is dragged, and a
highlight block "pops-up" when the mouse is released.

This is a regression, since it use to work fine, at least in Fedora.

If it matters, I notice there are some differences between libraries
used by the "working" and "broken" versions of xpdf:

Ubuntu
$ ldd /usr/bin/xpdf
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb8069000)
        libt1.so.5 => /usr/lib/libt1.so.5 (0xb7fcf000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb7f59000)
        libXm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXm.so.2 (0xb7e18000)
        libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb7dc7000)
        libXp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXp.so.6 (0xb7dbe000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7daf000)
        libXpm.so.4 => /usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0xb7d9e000)
        libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb7d95000)
        libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb7d7d000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7c8e000)
        libpaper.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpaper.so.1 (0xb7c8a000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7b9c000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7b75000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7b66000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7a08000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb79f2000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb79ef000)
        libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0xb79eb000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb79d2000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb79ce000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb804f000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb79c9000)

Fedora
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb8023000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x42eca000)
        libXm.so.4 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXm.so.4 (0xb7d8b000)
        libXt.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x43c2e000)
        libXp.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXp.so.6 (0x423b5000)
        libXext.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x42ea2000)
        libXpm.so.4 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x42a32000)
        libSM.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x42f56000)
        libICE.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x42f3a000)
        libX11.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7c8c000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb7ba4000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7b57000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7b48000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb79e9000)
        libz.so.1 => /sda2/usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x42d81000)
        libXmu.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x4253f000)
        libXft.so.2 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXft.so.2 (0x42a69000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x42440000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /sda2/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb79ac000)
        libjpeg.so.62 => /sda2/usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x4305e000)
        libpng12.so.0 => /sda2/usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb7985000)
        libXau.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x42e95000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /sda2/usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x42e9a000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7981000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb8009000)
        libexpat.so.0 => /sda2/usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 (0xb795f000)

** Affects: xpdf (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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