pdftex driver of hyperref package doesn't work with utf-8 encoded .tex files

Question

i use pdflatex to generate pdf files. my source files are all utf-8 encoded because of non-english characters. without \usepackage{hyperref} code, they can be compiled without any problem. but when i put \usepackage{hyperref} (even without any \href{}{} code) in the package list, an error would occur, saying

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! Use of \@chapter doesn't match its definition.  
\CJK@altchar ...fx \csname \reserved@a \endcsname   
                                                  \relax \CJKsymbol {\@tempc...  
l.1 \chapter{XXX}                    
?  
**************************************

where "XXX" represents non-english characters.

then i googled a lot, finding the cause is that hyperref uses pdftex drivers, which doesn't work with utf-8 encoded files. i checked this page: http://www.tug.org/applications/hyperref/manual.html , and failed to find any driver suitable for pdflatex.

i tried \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}, but still couldn't get it to work.

so anyone could help me? thank you!

Unchartered

Answer 1

Have you tried loading hyperref using \usepackage[unicode]{hyperref}, or, equivalently, specifying \hypersetup{ unicode = true } right after ? This should enable you to use unicode characters in bookmarks.

Dnieper

This solved it for me (utf8 names in PDF chapters using lualatex). Note that two recompilations might be needed (to update the table of contents). – Box

Answer 2

Try this, works for me. Instead of:

\usepackage[pdftex, unicode,
            pdfauthor={çç êÊ},
            pdftitle={T\'{o}picos Avançados ôô},
            pdfsubject={Trabalho 6},
            pdfkeywords={a1, a2},
            pdfproducer={Latex with hyperref},
            pdfcreator={pdflatex}]{hyperref}

I do:

\usepackage[pdftex, unicode,
            pdfproducer={Latex with hyperref},
            pdfcreator={pdflatex}]{hyperref}

\hypersetup{
  pdfauthor={çç êÊ},
  pdftitle={T\'{o}picos Avançados ôô},
  pdfsubject={Trabalho 6},
  pdfkeywords={a1, a2},
}

I hope it works for you too.

Quinonez