Bug 106403 - pdftotext: Add "-table" switch from Xpdf's pdftotext
Summary: pdftotext: Add "-table" switch from Xpdf's pdftotext
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: poppler
Classification: Unclassified
Component: utils (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: poppler-bugs
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Reported: 2018-05-04 16:16 UTC by barry.white.in.high.socks
Modified: 2018-08-20 21:57 UTC (History)
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Output from Xpdf's pdftotext using the "-table" switch (1.71 KB, text/plain)
2018-05-04 16:16 UTC, barry.white.in.high.socks 		Details
Output from Poppler's pdftotext using the "-layout" switch (1.86 KB, text/plain)
2018-05-04 16:17 UTC, barry.white.in.high.socks 		Details
Original PDF table (21.90 KB, image/png)
2018-05-04 16:17 UTC, barry.white.in.high.socks 		Details
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Description barry.white.in.high.socks 2018-05-04 16:16:29 UTC 
Created attachment 139350 [details]
Output from Xpdf's pdftotext using the "-table" switch

The "-table" switch behaves similarly to the current "-layout" switch but better maintains table structure.
Comment 1 barry.white.in.high.socks 2018-05-04 16:17:09 UTC 
Created attachment 139351 [details]
Output from Poppler's pdftotext using the "-layout" switch
Comment 2 barry.white.in.high.socks 2018-05-04 16:17:29 UTC 
Created attachment 139352 [details]
Original PDF table
Comment 3 Albert Astals Cid 2018-05-06 21:55:30 UTC 
It's much more easy is someone can post a patch, otherwise *personally* I'll doubt I will have time to work on this.
Comment 4 GitLab Migration User 2018-08-20 21:57:39 UTC 
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