kdiff3 empty printout to PDF

[paolog]

Binary package hint: kdiff3

cat > a
kdiff3 does not print differences to PDF
^D
cat > b
kdiff3 does not seem to print differences to PDF
^D
kdiff3 a b

print to PDF, empty resulting PDF is attached

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kdiff3 0.9.95-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 20 10:55:51 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdiff3

[Joel Hegberg (joelhegberg)]

Also prints blank pages in 11.04.

[Joel Hegberg (joelhegberg)]

Not only prints blank pages in PDF, but also in PS format as well.

[piccobello (piccobello)]

Can confirm both ps and pdf are empty in Kubuntu 11.04

[piccobello (piccobello)]

Bug confirmed in KDE 4.6.5 (Natty, KDIff3: 0.9.95-7build2)

[lunomad (damon-metapaso)]

I have the same issue, natty, x64, kdiff3: 0.9.95-7build3

seems same as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617226

any ideas?

[joachimeibl (joachim-eibl)]

This used to work with Opensuse 11.4 (KDE4.6), but now with 12.1 (KDE 4.7.2)
it doesn't.
Now I can at least confirm the problem.
Joachim

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Venkat Chandra (venkatcc)]

In case anyone is interested, I was able to workaround this problem. I had to build kdiff3 from source after making a small change. YMMV, since I have not done extensive testing, nor have I done any checks to see what sort of side-effects my code change may have. Here's what I did:

1. Download kdiff3 source tarball. (kdiff3-0.9.97.tar.gz)
2. tar xvzf kdiff3-0.9.97.tar.gz
3. cd kdiff3-0.9.97/src-QT4
4. Open file kdiff3.cpp
5. Change line number 869 from:
    #ifdef KREPLACEMENTS_H
    to:
    #ifndef KREPLACEMENTS_H
6. Follow the directions in the README file under the kdiff3-0.9.97 directory (the section under "Requirements & Installation") to build kdiff3.
7. The newly built kdiff3 will print to pdf as one would expect.

Let me know if you are able to get this to work.

[Venkat Chandra (venkatcc)]

I see that Joachim is on the "notify" list - so he is likely to look at the workaround posted and perhaps will comment. :-)

[Philipp Ochsendorf (m8mble)]

I had the same issue on OpenSuse 12.3 (KDE 4.10.2 R1) with kdiff3-0.9.97. The solution provided by Venkat Chandra solved the issue. Printing to pdf and paper is now possible as intended.

[Jeff Tackett (alfredthedragon)]

I know this is an old thread but can confirm that 3 years later, this problem still exists in Ubuntu 14.04 with kdiff3-0.9.98. I had to make the same workaround that was mentioned by Venkat and the issue went away. Please consider applying this solution in the release.

In version 0.9.98 the #ifdef is now on line 883.

[Jeff Tackett (alfredthedragon)]

I should also point out that this is still a problem in Ubuntu 16.04. (i.e. requires a rebuild of the source as described). I also discovered just today that without the fix above, you cannot print the diff to a physical printer as well (probably related to the postscript variation of the bug).

[Marco Righi (marco-righi)]

The bug persists

[Marcel Partap (empee584)]

Sadly, the workaround from #9 did not work for me.
Unfortunate that kdiff3 seems to be nearly abandoned, only two commits in the last two years.
I always wanted to see kpart support of some kind (for comparing images f.e.) but that seems not likely if even bugs like this are not fixed. :´ |