Re: Use -b together with -dgs-never-embed-fonts (issue 325630043 by address@hidden)

[dak]

On 2017/09/27 09:38:21, knupero wrote:
> > Bikeshedding done for the day.

> Let me continue.

> "lilypond --help" and "lilypond -dhelp" gives perfect help to all
users. I doubt
> that there are a lot of people who know which parameters to use for a
> non-trivial case even after reading the help texts.

> At least the following parameters influence ps / pdf output:

>    --pdf
>    --ps
>    --use-encodings (or --bigpdf without Patch Set #2)
>    -daux-files
>    -dbackend
>    -dgs-load-fonts
>    -dgs-load-lily-fonts
>    -dgs-never-embed-fonts

> All names proposed in this thread (including my --use-encodings) only
slightly
> varies the high level of obscurity we have reached.

> I think we should have for ps/pdf parameters that do not need -d...

>    --ps               meaning: generate a ps file / keep the
intermediate ps file
> if also --pdf is given
>    --eps              meaning: generate an eps file
>    --pdf              meaning: generate a pdf file
>    --pspdf-opt=..     meaning: ps/pdf optimization selection

> possible values for the last parameter could be:

>    --pdfodf-opt=help            meaning: display some help
>    --pspdf-opt=size             meaning: optimize for file size
>    --pdfodf-opt=lilypond-book   meaning: optimize for lilypond-book
>    --pdfodf-opt=TeX             meaning: optimize for inclusion in *TeX
>    --pdfodf-opt=TeX-GS          meaning: optimize for inclusion of
multiple files
> in *TeX and postprocessing with ghostscript
>    --pdfodf-opt=...             meaning: ...

How about just --pdf=<purpose> ?  One option less to remember.  This is
going to be double the fun once we can generate PDF bypassing PS
altogether.

> Advantages: Significantly drops the level of obscurity, easy to
extend.

Also: can keep using the same purpose-bound options as our ways of
dancing around the current version of Ghostscript change.

Sounds like a good strategy.  Just not in time for 2.20.

https://codereview.appspot.com/325630043/