Page layout in Python

From	maurog <qualsivoglia@dovetipare.nz>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Page layout in Python
Date	2014-07-25 14:01 +0000
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The first step in grabbing information from a pdf file is to translate it 
into text format with pdftotext -layout command. 
Is it available any specific python tool or library to describe the 
layout of a page with ascii characters and to help in identifying and 
extracting the useful pieces of information? For example a function 
allowing to select N characters at line I starting from column Y. 

If a such tool is not available, what is in your mind the best structure 
to describe in python a two dimensions page layout?

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Page layout in Python maurog <qualsivoglia@dovetipare.nz> - 2014-07-25 14:01 +0000

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