Function line_text

src/utils.py:196–223

Create the string of one text line. We are trying to simulate some horizontal layout here, too. Args: clip: (pymupdf.Rect) the area from which all text is being read. line: (list) word tuples (rect, text) contained in the line Returns: Te

(clip, line)

    """

    def line_text(clip, line):
        """Create the string of one text line.

        We are trying to simulate some horizontal layout here, too.

        Args:
            clip: (pymupdf.Rect) the area from which all text is being read.
            line: (list) word tuples (rect, text) contained in the line
        Returns:
            Text in this line. Generated from words in 'line'. Distance from
            predecessor is translated to multiple spaces, thus simulating
            text indentations and large horizontal distances.
        """
        line.sort(key=lambda w: w[0].x0)
        ltext = ""  # text in the line
        x1 = clip.x0  # end coordinate of ltext
        lrect = pymupdf.EMPTY_RECT()  # bbox of this line
        for r, t in line:
            lrect |= r  # update line bbox
            # convert distance to previous word to multiple spaces
            dist = max(
                int(round((r.x0 - x1) / r.width * len(t))),
                0 if (x1 == clip.x0 or r.x0 <= x1) else 1,
            )  # number of space characters

            ltext += " " * dist + t  # append word string
            x1 = r.x1  # update new end position
        return ltext

    # Extract words in correct sequence first.
    words = [