Bug#427119: /usr/bin/evince: workaround via searching for "base characters"

[Arian Sanusi]

Package: evince-gtk
Version: 2.30.1-2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/evince


I just stumbled upon the same bug, and maybe have an idea on how to enabling search without too much hustle. upstream bug report/enhancement filed: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=618971

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'unstable'), (600, 'stable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages evince-gtk depends on:
ii  evince-common           2.30.1-2         Document (postscript, pdf) viewer 
ii  gnome-icon-theme        2.30.2.1-1       GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.30.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-8         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2               1.8.10-4         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libevince2              2.30.1-2         Document (postscript, pdf) renderi
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2.1        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.11-1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.24.0-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.20.1-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                 2:1.0.6-1        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.28.0-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                  2:1.1.1-1        X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-3        X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                 2.7.7.dfsg-2     GNOME XML library
ii  shared-mime-info        0.71-1           FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages evince-gtk recommends:
ii  dbus-x11                      1.2.24-1   simple interprocess messaging syst

Versions of packages evince-gtk suggests:
ii  gvfs                          1.6.1-1    userspace virtual filesystem - ser
pn  nautilus                      <none>     (no description available)
pn  poppler-data                  <none>     (no description available)
ii  unrar                         1:3.8.5-1  Unarchiver for .rar files (non-fre

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