Re: [evince] PDF file attachments pane

[Denis Bitouzé <dbitouze wanadoo fr>]

Le 13/01/16 à 09h11, Sherif IsBeast <sherifisbeast gmail com> a écrit :

> Hello,

Hello,

> I was trying to use the PDF file attachments feature in evince, but
> I've run into a problem: the 'attachments' menu in the side pane is
> greyed out, even when the PDF has attachments. Here's the example PDF
> (on page 2):
> http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/attachfile/attachfile.pdf
>
> The weird thing is that evince opens up the atttachment when it is
> clicked on, but otherwise isn't shown in the sidepane.

If you look at the documentations of the `attach2' or `embedfile'
packages, you'll see:

  The PDF format ([3]) allows the inclusion of files inside the PDF
  document. The included files can be bound to an annotation on
  a page. Or they can be recorded in a sorted list of embedded
  files. The packages attachfile or attachfile2 follow the first
  approach, package embedfile uses the latter method.

Hence I guess it's not surprising the files "attached" are not shown in
the sidepane as attachments. By contrast, when open with evince, the
file:

  ┌────
  │ http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/embedfile.pdf
  └────

embeds the `embedfile.dtx' file shown in the sidepane.

Nevertheless, evince isn't perfect from "attached files" point of view:
they are open with a different name, as reported here:

  ┌────
  │ https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evince-list/2015-October/msg00003.html
  └────

Maybe I should fill a bug report.

> Thanks.

You're welcome.
-- 
Denis