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Fix .paint_path handling of single line segments (#530) * Fix .paint_path handling of single line segments - Fixes typo ("ml" should have been "mlh") - Removes if-statement that required individual line segments to be strictly horizontal or vertical. * Treat 'ml'-shape paths as lines not curves Althoguh 'mlh' is the canonical implementation for a single line segment, 'ml' is fairly common. Adds tests and sample PDF. * Fix trailing whitespace * Fix point-extraction from Beziér path commands This commit corrects the manner in which "pts" are extracted from Beziér path commands. See Table 4.9 of PDF reference manual, and new comments in code for details. Previously, depending on whether the command (c, v, or y) the code was extracting some combination of control points (not on curve) and the actual points-on-curve. This commit also refactors .paint_path, so that apply_matrix_pt is only called in one place, and to treat the "h" command in a manner more consistent with other path commands. * Add comments to test_paint_path_quadrilaterals * Parse rect-forming mllll paths as rects not curves Now that .paint_path has been refactored, adding support for rect-forming mllll paths requires no extra code, beyond a minor tweak to the relevant elif statement. * One changelog line with ref to mr * Remove PDFLayoutAnalyzer._create_curve because implementation has become trivial due to refactoring * Extract variables from if statement to make it easier to read * Optimize imports order * Trigger travis build * Revert "Trigger travis build" This reverts commit 41c05184 * Update travis badge * Update travis badge Co-authored-by: Pieter Marsman <pietermarsman@gmail.com>
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*We fathom PDF*
Pdfminer.six is a community maintained fork of the original PDFMiner. It is a tool for extracting information from PDF
documents. It focuses on getting and analyzing text data. Pdfminer.six extracts the text from a page directly from the
sourcecode of the PDF. It can also be used to get the exact location, font or color of the text.
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It is built in a modular way such that each component of pdfminer.six can be replaced easily. You can implement your own
interpreter or rendering device that uses the power of pdfminer.six for other purposes than text analysis.
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Check out the full documentation on
[Read the Docs](https://pdfminersix.readthedocs.io).
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Features
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* Written entirely in Python.
* Parse, analyze, and convert PDF documents.
* PDF-1.7 specification support. (well, almost).
* CJK languages and vertical writing scripts support.
* Various font types (Type1, TrueType, Type3, and CID) support.
* Support for extracting images (JPG, JBIG2, Bitmaps).
* Support for various compressions (ASCIIHexDecode, ASCII85Decode, LZWDecode, FlateDecode, RunLengthDecode,
CCITTFaxDecode)
* Support for RC4 and AES encryption.
* Support for AcroForm interactive form extraction.
* Table of contents extraction.
* Tagged contents extraction.
* Automatic layout analysis.
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How to use
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* Install Python 3.6 or newer.
* Install
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`pip install pdfminer.six`
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* Use command-line interface to extract text from pdf:
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`python pdf2txt.py samples/simple1.pdf`
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Contributing
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Be sure to read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).