Re: reducing ps file size (please comment)

[Mark Polesky]

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