[libreoffice-documentation] Leading spaces lost copying code from pdf

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> As requested, continuing from:
https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/2022/msg00298.html

>
>  From https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148025#c3

> >> Pasting the selection from https://pdf-xchange.eu/ will contain the

> > required blank lines *if* it is written in the pdf. LibreOffice does not

> > write blank lines in the pdf.

> >

> > Please understand this is a two-part fix:

> > 1) Tweak LibreOffice pdf to write blank lines -

> >
https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/blob/master/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx

> > ??

> > 2) User must view pdf in software that captures pdf layout

> >

> > Adobe Acrobat only captures text, not layout. Maintainers of pdf viewer

> > software generally consider this is all that is required but I note the

> > viewers often offer features not found in Acrobat.

> >

> > The only reason to use a pdf editor is they must capture layout to be

> > functional but they generally don't have the best interface for viewing
pdf

> > files. For example, LibreOffice is not the software of choice to view pdf

> > files. https://pdf-xchange.eu/ has an acceptable interface.

> >

> > ...Ideally, a freely

> > available pdf viewer can be found or tweaked to capture that selection
into
> the clipboard rather than stripping leading/trailing spaces and blank
lines.
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