If you run pdftohtml with the -c option for complex output, the text is inserted into the background image as well as html literal strings. The two don't superimpose exactly (or even close, sometimes), and the result looks very fuzzy. It would be nice if the text was not placed in the background image, which was the case with prior versions.
Created attachment 10669 [details] [review] Patch to fix the described issue This patch adds the methods getPSNoText and setPSNoText to the GlobalParams class, as well as the appropriate private GBool psNoText. In PSOutputDev::drawString, a return was added if globalParams->getPSNoText() returns true. This is an exact copy from the original pdftohtml.
Created attachment 10670 [details] [review] Fixed an oversight on my part, forgot to include the fix to pdftohtml.cc as well In addition to the aforementioned changes, pdftohtml.cc also needs to be modified to enable psNoText.
Fixed using a different patch because we are actually trying to kill GlobalParams. Thanks for the report!
I'm experiencing the same with pdftohtml 0.12.4 from the Ubuntu 10.4 package. On pages which contain black boxes where text has been redacted, text is rendered in the background image. On pages which do not have such boxes, text is not renderd in the background image.
Created attachment 36372 [details] sample PDF which demonstrates bug
To reproduce: using attached PDF, run "pdftohtml -c -noframes -hidden -nomerge PoliceReport-2010202024.pdf PoliceReport-2010202024.html"
Should be fixed in poppler >= 0.15.0
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