Copy-pasting code from the PDF loses formatting

[Robert Fekete <fekete77.robert-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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Hi Everyone, 

I'm trying to create PDF output from HTML input, and ran into a weird error:

Code samples (for example, YAML or Python) are properly formatted in the 
pdf, but most of the formatting is lost when copy-pasting the code from the 
PDF into a text editor or terminal. Depending on the PDF viewer, either:

   - line breaks are retained, but indentation is lost (evince, preview, 
   adobe reader), or
   - line breaks are lost and everything becomes a single line, but 
   whitespace is retained (built-in pdf viewer of Firefox and VS Code)

I'm currently using pandoc 2.14.2 on MacOS Big Sur.

I have attached two test files (input and output), I created the pdf with 
the wkhtml2pdf engine, but I've tested other engines as well and the 
results were similar (xelatex, weasyprint). 

Has anyone seen a similar problem? Any pointers are appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Robert

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