pdftotext -layout

[MikhailKlemin]

Hello!
I woud use -layout option of pdftotext for that I guess I have to change
body, err := exec.Command("pdftotext", "-q", "-nopgbrk", "-enc", "UTF-8", "-eol", "unix", f.Name(), "-").Output() to add -layout am I correct?

[mish15]

@MikhailKlemin yes you would, however it may be worth making that default for all. Do you have any text examples showing the difference with and without the layout option?

[MikhailKlemin]

Hi
For me it makes a lot of sense, since usually I apply a lot of regex after converting to TXT, and -layout really helps to fight the mess. I attached an example with screenshots.
Here are source PDF and convert to txt with and without layout option
https://transfer.sh/WJzz/examples.zip

[mish15]

@MikhailKlemin we normally have to clean up the whitespace, so we'd need to test this internally to see what happens. I think it's worth adding as an option. I would look at adding some ENV options to control this. What's your timeframe?