From cc2f992ec959993f3c66a8def81f8c19e246d0b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Polshcha <max.polshcha@upstart.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:33:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] work around unbalanced BT/ET

---
 CHANGELOG.txt              | 1 +
 pdfreader/viewer/simple.py | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 9a0590a..ed779fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pdfreader 0.1.15dev
 ---------------------------
+- issue #62 - work around unbalanced BT/ET
 - reduced warnings logs noise
 - timezone issue in tests fixed
 - bitarray version bump to 2.9.2
diff --git a/pdfreader/viewer/simple.py b/pdfreader/viewer/simple.py
index 64e932f..d30ac41 100644
--- a/pdfreader/viewer/simple.py
+++ b/pdfreader/viewer/simple.py
@@ -109,13 +109,15 @@ def on_inline_image(self, obj):
 
     def on_BT(self, op):
         if self.mode == "BT":
-            raise ValueError("BT operator without enclosing ET")
+            log.debug("BT operator without enclosing ET. Trying to recover.")
+            self.bracket_commands_stack.pop()
         self.bracket_commands_stack.append(op)
 
     def on_ET(self, op):
         if self.mode != "BT":
-            raise ValueError("ET operator without corresponding BT")
-        self.bracket_commands_stack.pop()
+            log.debug("ET operator without corresponding BT. Trying to recover.")
+        else:
+            self.bracket_commands_stack.pop()
 
     # Text handlers
     def on_Tf(self, op):