Posted defect: Bug 301190 <https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301190> - Failure to Restore Annotations When Using Document Archive
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301190 -=> Gregg <=- On 06/03/2012 01:35 PM, Albert Astals Cid wrote: > El Dimecres, 30 de maig de 2012, a les 19:04:21, Gregg Leichtman va escriure: >> I wish that it did work, but it does not as I mentioned below. > If it doesn't work, please open a bug in the bugtracker, it should work. > >> Since >> posting this, I was successful at taking a <keyUID>.some.pdf.xml file, >> transferring it between systems and changing the path as I suggested >> below, but that is a lot more work than I would like. Is there some log >> or something that I can check to determine why using a document archive >> is not storing/retrieving new annotations? > Not really. > > Cheers, > Albert > >> I realize that I'm using two different versions of the app between >> systems, but both are capable of reading and writing an archive. >> >> -=> Gregg <=- >> >> On 05/30/2012 06:08 PM, Albert Astals Cid wrote: >>> El Dimecres, 30 de maig de 2012, a les 15:59:14, Gregg Leichtman va > escriure: >>>> Is there an easy way to continue annotating a pdf file between Linux and >>>> Windows without losing previous annotations? >>> Always use "Export as Document Archive". That should work. >>> >>> Albert >>> >>>> I am using Okular 0.14.0 on Windows XP SP3 via KDE for Windows 4.8.0 and >>>> Okular 0.13.2 on OpenSuse 12.1. >>>> >>>> I see that I can create a document archive that can be transferred from >>>> one >>>> system to another, but when I try to annotate the loaded ocular archive >>>> (zip) file, it succeeds but does not save it (not really a surprise, >>>> since >>>> it is a zip file). I also see the XML files in the archive---metadata.xml >>>> and content.xml---where metadata.xml appears to be the very similar to >>>> the >>>> annotation files stored under Windows at: >>>> >>>> A) C:\Documents and Settings\<yourLoggedInUserProfile>\Application >>>> Data\.kde\share\apps\okular\docdata\<someKeyUID>.<yourfile>.pdf.xml >>>> >>>> and under Linux at >>>> >>>> B) >>>> <yourHomeDirectory>/.kde4/share/apps/ocular/docdata/<someKeyUID>.<yourFil >>>> e> >>>> .pdf.xml >>>> >>>> with very small differences described below and the content.xml file just >>>> ties the pdf and metadata.xml files together in the archive. >>>> >>>> Based on this it doesn't look like a raw document archive is the ticket. >>>> I >>>> imagine that I could continue to have the pdf file on both systems and >>>> then >>>> transfer the annotation files between A) and B) above if I understood the >>>> significance of the keyUID filename prefix (my guess is that it is just a >>>> UID (possibly a hash of the file path), so that the same pdf file in >>>> different locations of the same file system don't collide when they are >>>> both independently annotated), but is there an easier way? >>>> >>>> The difference in the metadata.xml file in the archive appears to be >>>> almost >>>> identical to the files A) and B) except that the documentInfo URL >>>> attribute >>>> has been stripped along with a small number of other seemingly low >>>> importance variations. For example: >>>> >>>> diff metadata.xml 13227877.some.pdf.xml >>>> 3c3 >>>> < <documentInfo> >>>> --- >>>> >>>>> <documentInfo url="/a/url/to/a/pdf/some.pdf"> >>>> 1809a1810,1829 >>>> >>>>> <generalInfo> >>>>> >>>>> <history> >>>>> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="146;C2:0.4995:0.975965:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="147;C2:0.4995:0.013834:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="146;C2:0.4995:0.975965:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="147;C2:0.4995:0.962451:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="148;C2:0.4995:0.965721:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="149;C2:0.4995:0.288142:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="130;C2:0.49949:0.849155:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="131;C2:0.49949:0.420097:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="142;C2:0.49949:0.98029:1"/> >>>>> <oldPage viewport="143;C2:0.49949:0.98749:1"/> >>>>> <current viewport="144;C2:0.49949:0.412309:1"/> >>>>> >>>>> </history> >>>>> <views> >>>>> >>>>> <view name="PageView"> >>>>> >>>>> <zoom mode="1" value="1.89755"/> >>>>> >>>>> </view> >>>>> >>>>> </views> >>>>> >>>>> </generalInfo> >>>> Would it be as "simple" as creating an application import menu item that >>>> unpacks the archive, places the pdf at the location of the archive, adds >>>> the URL attribute to the documentInfo element and deals with the other >>>> small variations (in this case what appears to be storage of the >>>> navigation >>>> history and the current page view type and zoom factor) and then moves >>>> the >>>> metadata.xml file into the path for A) or B) along with a file rename? >>>> >>>> -=> Gregg <=- >>>> >>>> This message is intended for the exclusive use of the individual or >>>> entity >>>> that is the named addressee and may contain information that is >>>> privileged >>>> or confidential. 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