Emit \n\n for paragraph breaks using a higher vertical-gap threshold
Author: fabriiCreated Nov 12, 2025Updated Jan 28, 2026
Labelsfeature-request
pdfplumber inserts \n between lines based on the y_tolerance parameter.
It would be great to also detect paragraph breaks: when a larger vertical gap is found (above a separate threshold), emit \n\n instead of \n. This would make paragraph boundaries detectable.
Thank you
Source: jsvine/pdfplumber