From 6d2d7e3a41c7da1ccbea4c9d4c05b4f041cc65ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Howe <d.howe@wrl.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:13:35 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Replace newlines in pdf text with spaces for improved
 legibility

---
 pdfsearch/pdfsearch.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pdfsearch/pdfsearch.py b/pdfsearch/pdfsearch.py
index 14b41f7..35bfd4e 100644
--- a/pdfsearch/pdfsearch.py
+++ b/pdfsearch/pdfsearch.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def search_pdf(pdf_name, search_patterns, context_length):
             page_num = i + 1
             page = reader.getPage(i)
             try:
-                page_text = page.extractText().replace('\n', '')
+                page_text = page.extractText().replace('\n', ' ')
             # Skip page if text cannot be read
             except (KeyError, ZLibError):
                 continue