Re: More improvements to PostScript backend

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

David Feuer schreef:
> Would it be possible to put mark_URI wherever pdfmark is defined? 
> That way, it won't be in the output unless it's actually used.

no. pdfmark is a routine that GS/Acrobat distiller provides to create 
URLs in the PDF output. It's defined in case the PS interpreter (say, 
one embedded in a printer) doesn't know about PDF.

> Could someone give me a clue about stencils and grobs?  My vague
> general impression is that it would probably be a big win for code
> maintenance, output quality, and output flexibility if the backend
> code did all the stencil interpretation, rather than having a separate
> stencil interpreter blindly paste together bits of PS or SVG.  I don't
> know SVG, but the PostScript backend could certainly benefit from more
> information.  The biggest wins would probably come from drawing all
> the noteheads and accidentals at once (or perhaps even just using a
> special procedure to draw noteheads, which can keep track of the
> notehead font), linking noteheads to stems, and keeping track of the
> stem width.  It'd also be cool if PostScript knew about staves, and
> drew all the lines of the staff and all the clefs at once.  You get
> the idea.

Yes, I get the idea, but I don't get the actual way you'd make this 
work, and -more importantly- why you would bother; editing lilypond 
output by hand is a very bad idea, IMO.

Regarding stencils, see stencil.hh; it is a compositional method of 
dealing with graphics.

Re: grobs
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2004-10/msg00241.html