junegunn / junegunn/fzf

multiline PDF search

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Description

### Checklist

- [x] I have read through the manual page (`man fzf`)
- [x] I have searched through the existing issues
- [ ] For bug reports, I have checked if the bug is reproducible in the latest version of fzf

### Output of `fzf --version`

0.73.1 (Fedora)

### OS

- [x] Linux
- [ ] macOS
- [ ] Windows
- [ ] Etc.

### Shell

- [x] bash
- [ ] zsh
- [ ] fish

### Problem / Steps to reproduce

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/issues/1183 helps us search inside a PDF, although multiline fuzzy search is the most useful when searching inside PDFs when looking for a specific subject (which can often be reduced to a combination of single topics). An example of this would be asking the question 'How do I plot a point in SymPy?', and for that I would need to fuzzy search the terms `plot` and `point` over multiple lines (as they would need to come from the same paragraph) inside the SymPy documentation.

[sympy-docs-pdf-1.14.0.pdf](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28914757/sympy-docs-pdf-1.14.0.pdf)

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reading issue #1183 and reviewing how fzf currently receives and searches PDF text; clarify the expected multiline matching behavior using the linked SymPy PDF. Done should include a defined way to search terms across related lines and coverage for the reported example.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
bash, go
Domain
cli, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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