Bug#411824: Bug#411651: epstopdf: embedding all fonts (small patch)
clone 411824 -1
retitle -1 a2ping: embedding all fonts
thanks
"Daniel Kraft" <da_kraft@web.de> wrote:
> Frank wrote:
>> [Heiko] suggested exactly what has been implemented in a2ping, namely
>> a generic "--pass-to-gs" option -- he said there are too many useful gs
>> options to add to a tool one individual option for each.
>
> Of course he is right, but in order to use such a generic option one has
> to know what to give to it. And because embedding fonts is something
> that is probably often needed, and by users that are not gs experts, I
> think an extra option is worthwhile. Of course, adding the necessary
> --pass-to-gs options to the man page would do as well.
I tend to agree - however I also think that we (Debian) should not
deviate from upstream here, lest we get epstopdf's upstream
maintainers...
>> On the other hand, I rather think that embedding fonts should be the
>> default. Even in a2ping (plus, it should be documented; it's only in
>> the changelog at the bottom of the manpage).
>
> Yes, documenting --gsextra as well as how to use it to embed fonts would
> be fine.
a2ping definitely needs better documentation about that, and maybe we
can convince Peter to implement a special option for embedding (or just
make it the default).
Regards, Frank
--
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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