[okular] [Bug 373855] Forward search/named_destination feature not working anymore

[Jonathan Verner]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373855

Jonathan Verner <jonathan.verner at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Jonathan Verner <jonathan.verner at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Aleix Pol from comment #5)
> I looked through the issue, the problem is that there's a safe-guard so that
> files containing a # in the name won't be misinterpreted.
> 
> Example. Something like:
> "okular /.../my#document.pdf"
> Shouldn't be opening the document "my" with a tag "document.pdf".
> 
> I don't know who or why it was done.
> 
> Now you are passing a tag with a dot in it, so the code thinks you're
> passing a document named: "mypdf.pdf#page.3" with "3" as an extension.
> 
> Now if you ask me, the weird thing is that we're taking into account the
> possibility of a file with a # in its filename, but then I barely have
> experience in the area.

I haven't seen a file with a hash in its name, but that doesn't mean there
aren't any. Some filenames are really weird :-) What about trying to first open
the full filename (e.g. 'mypdf.pdf#page.3') and
if that fails, try opening 'mypdf.pdf' and finding the dest page.3?

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