[Okular-devel] [okular] [Bug 321350] New: Selection tool: copy/extract as vector graphic

[Thomas Fischer]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321350

            Bug ID: 321350
           Summary: Selection tool: copy/extract as vector graphic
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: okular
           Version: 0.16.4
          Platform: Archlinux Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: PDF backend
          Assignee: okular-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: fischer at unix-ag.uni-kl.de

Currently, the selection tool of Okular allows to extract a region of a
document as text or as a pixmap (same resolution as shown on screen). This
solution is not satisfactory if a vector image like a diagram or a plot has to
be extracted.

There exists a command line tool called "pdftocairo" which allows to specify a
region of a PDF document and to render this region as PS, EPS, PDF, or SVG.
However, figuring out the crop parameters requires trial and error. Thus, it
would be a huge benefit if Okular could make use of the cropping and rendering
of pdftocairo through its already existing selection feature.

Reproducible: Always

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