Re: [gs-devel] Ghostscript/GhostPDL 9.22 Release Candidate 1

Ken Sharp <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:39:16 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.devel,gmane.comp.printing.ghostscript.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
At 17:27 18/09/2017 -0700, Perry Hutchison wrote:
>Masamichi Hosoda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >>It seems that `-dPDFDontUseFontObjectNum` option does not work.
>...
> > There is a tool for using this method of removing duplicate fonts.
> > https://www.ctan.org/pkg/extractpdfmark
> > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/extractpdfmark
> > http://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/extractpdfmark
>
>As I see it, the availability of a separate tool to do the same thing
>is a reason to _not_ provide a duplicate capability in Ghostscript.
>Those who want that processing (despite the risks that Ken mentioned)
>can use extractpdfmark.

Despite the wording of the email (which fooled me initially) its not a 
separate tool, its just instructions for using Ghostscript and setting the 
removed flag.


                 Ken