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Fix PDF Text Line Breaks Without Ruining Paragraphs
Copying text from PDFs often inserts hard line breaks at each visual line, turning paragraphs into fragmented lines. A JavaScript function can join wrapped lines while preserving paragraph breaks, lists, and code indentation. The key is to protect meaningful line breaks before removing the rest.
Meridian48 take
Useful developer tip, but the approach is basic regex — not novel, and real-world PDFs with tables or columns still break it.
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