[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 97131] Libreoffice imports RTL text in reverse order in PDF importer

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97131

--- Comment #12 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz at technion.ac.il> ---
I filed the recent dupe, so - something I noted there: This bug manifests in
particular with PDFs created by LO itself (write something in Writer, export it
to PDF, open it in Draw).

Replying to Comment 10:
> My 2¢, recreating text from PDF files is a lost cause, PDF is first and foremost a print file format, so it should be viewed as some glorified printed paper.

I disagree, with the exact opposite opinion:  

* First, we have to distinguish between proper document recreation from PDF,
which is more of a challenge, and recreation of text runs in frames which is
what Draw does.
* There's no good reason that what Draw does for LTR text should not succeed
for RTL text - especially when most PDF readers succeed in this already, and
even let you copy-and-paste the raw RTL text correctly (in most cases).
* People very often get PDF documents and need to alter them despite not having
the original. Example: A form you need to fill for some official agency like
the government or a bank etc. That's an important use case that needs to be
catered to.
* People very often have use for the raw text in a PDF document when penning a
reply - to quote some of the text back. So this is another important use case.
* Even if you have a piece of paper, you should be able to OCR it into a PDF
and then get the text back... :-)

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