Replace newlines in pdf text with spaces for improved legibility

7 years ago · 6d2d7e3a41
parent c0680492fe
commit 6d2d7e3a41
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- 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