Comment on Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text while keeping the layoutparentComments−maxxxxx9yPDF has no paragraphs, often not even words. No concept of font notes. It doesn't flow well with different screen sizes.If you designed a real bad format on purpose, it would be hard to top PDF. Maybe Photoshop files are worse.−brianwawok9yHave you seen the spec for .doc and .xls ?−maxxxxx9yI don't even want to know :)−grkvlt9yOh, you really do! The format for COM object based documents like XLS and DOC is actually a FAT filesystem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_File_Binary_Format
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PDF has no paragraphs, often not even words. No concept of font notes. It doesn't flow well with different screen sizes.
If you designed a real bad format on purpose, it would be hard to top PDF. Maybe Photoshop files are worse.
Have you seen the spec for .doc and .xls ?
I don't even want to know :)
Oh, you really do! The format for COM object based documents like XLS and DOC is actually a FAT filesystem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_File_Binary_Format