Comment 4 for bug 148334
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| Sisyphe (verslenet-buntu) wrote Re: kpdf prints links with red borders | #4 |
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(Get the code!)
I would like to insist on the fact that those red borders appear on documents that have been created with that purpose (for instance when the user creates the pdf using latex and the hyperref package). The creator of the pdf wanted red borders around links to identify them as such and so kpdf display them on screen as expected. It is by the way possible to create pdfs with hyperlinks that are not visually identified as such in the document (why would anyone do that is another question).
The real question here is : what should the reader do when the pdf to display contains those red borders ? Display them on screen ? Obviously : that's what they were made for. Also print them ? That is the question.
Xpdf and acroread do not print those borders, kpdf didn't in the past but now does.
Was this behaviour changed willingly (is it a feature then) or is it a bug ?
If a bug, I think it should be corrected.
If a feature, I think it should be possible to have an option in kpdf that let the user decides if he wants the borders printed or not.