modest improvement to cropping (safer)

copienator/commands/splitting_int.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
+import math
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from collections import defaultdict
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ from copienator import (
 from copienator.filesystem import staged_directory
 
 SQUARE = 1000 // 38
+ANSWER_TOP_PADDING_POINTS = 4 * 72 / 25.4
 Coordinate = tuple[str, int, int, int, int, int]
 ParsedCoordinate = tuple[str, str, int, int, int, int, int]
 
@@ -171,7 +173,15 @@ def _render_split_outputs(
 
                 for page_number in range(start_page, end_page + 1):
                     page = document[page_number]
-                    y0 = (y_start / 1000) * page.rect.height if page_number == start_page else 0
+                    y0 = (
+                        math.floor(max(
+                            0,
+                            (y_start / 1000) * page.rect.height
+                            - ANSWER_TOP_PADDING_POINTS,
+                        ))
+                        if page_number == start_page
+                        else 0
+                    )
                     y1 = (end_y / 1000) * page.rect.height if page_number == end_page else page.rect.height
                     clip = pymupdf.Rect(
                         fraction_x0 * page.rect.width, y0,