Strip leading/trailing digit sequences (page numbers) before frequency
comparison so headers like "Page 5" and "Page 6" are treated as identical.
Group TextLines at the same Y position into Y-bands and propagate removal
to all siblings when any member is stripped. Increase EDGE_LINE_COUNT from
4 to 5 to cover 5-row form column headers (e.g., IRS p1244).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bumps EDGE_LINE_COUNT from 3 to 4 to strip repeated form column headers
that sit just inside the page margin (4th-from-edge Y position).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add strip_repeated_lines() preprocessing step that removes running
headers and footers before markdown conversion. Uses multiple guard
rails to avoid false positives:
- Edge-line detection: only considers lines among the first/last 3
distinct Y positions on each page (not percentage-based margins)
- Y-position consistency: requires low variance across pages (stddev
< 5% of page span) to distinguish headers from scattered table content
- Position-aware removal: only strips instances at page edges, preserving
body content that happens to match a header/footer text
- Skips structural lines (headings, list items), short lines (<10 chars),
and decorative separators (repeated single characters)
- Frequency threshold: >= max(3, page_count * 30%) distinct pages
New strip_headers_footers option on MarkdownOptions (default: true).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
