Re: Latest lilypond git master creating PDF 1.4 files instead of 1.7

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 12:04:11PM +0200, Valentin Petzel wrote:
> Okay. Basically the problem is that conversion from PDF to PS get’s
> really complicated at some point, and results in really large PS
> files.
> 
> I’ve tracked down the responsible commit to be
> cf2ae39e9d93c2dcdc50afd7d0389c314898273c, which implements
> transparency for PDF. Now this seems plausible, as transparency is NOT
> part of the Postscript specification, and Adobe and GS have just added
> (very volatile) methods to the PS specification for transparency in a
> created PDF file.
[...]

Is there an option for turning off transparency in Lilypond?  I don't
need transparency, so it would be nice to sidestep this issue in my
environment.


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