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Re: reducing ps file size (please comment)
From: |
Mark Polesky |
Subject: |
Re: reducing ps file size (please comment) |
Date: |
Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:40:46 -0700 (PDT) |
Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> The ly:format routine was created as a C++ one because we had
> significant memory blowup due to the use of format routines that ran
> in Scheme. You may want to submit a simple patch to make it strip
> trailing zeroes from decimals; then you get a simple reduction in file
> size.
Han-Wen,
It sounds simple, but I don't know C++, so
I couldn't do it myself.
Dana Emery wrote:
> A significant reduction in actual code can be had with careful use of a
> private dictionary, sometimes just using shorter names for common
> operators can help a lot (eg, mt for moveto), but also creating new
> operators for common operations (such as positioning note heads).
Would reducing ps excess reduce compilation
time? Or would the difference be negligible?
- Mark