[Okular-devel] [okular] [Bug 334735] New: Okular review/annotation tools lack essential features for real-world review processes

[Sergio]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334735

            Bug ID: 334735
           Summary: Okular review/annotation tools lack essential features
                    for real-world review processes
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: okular
           Version: 0.19.1
          Platform: unspecified
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: okular-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: sergio.callegari at gmail.com

The review/annotation tools that are currently available in okular are not
sufficient to make it up to the task of supporting 'standard' review practices
used for editorial activities.

Essential missing features are those normally marked as review/comment 'text
tools' in competing programs such as foxit pdf reader.

1. Delete text
2. Insert text
3. Replace text

Note that

1. Can be worked around. To this aim, it is sufficient to manually configure
the annotation tools, adding a new annotation tool named 'Delete text' with
type 'text markup' and appearance type 'strike-out', and appearance color
'red'. Yet, it would be much better not to need any configuration activity and
directly have such a tool pre-configured in the default palette of annotation
tools.

2. Appears to be completely missing. This should insert a little graphical
object, shaped like a caret ^, typically blue, pointing at the place where the
reviewer recommends the insertion of some text. The text to be inserted should
go in a pop-up note associated to the shape.

3. Is also missing, but once 2 is in place should be easy to implement. In
fact, this is just a shorthand to do the strike-out operation and the insertion
of the caret at once, placing the caret right after the end of the text block
that has been stroke-out.

For further details, see what other competing software does. Foxit pdf editor
for windows is a good example to test and can be easily tried in Linux since it
runs fine with wine.

Reproducible: Always

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