On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 4:15 PM onf <o...@disroot.org> wrote: > Does it have any other use nowadays besides regression testing?
The -a option is invaluable for testing in general, such as when debugging some typesetting issues. In http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55278#comment0 some other uses I gave are letting the user get useful work done in a text-only (e.g. over ssh) environment, allowing easy diffs of typeset output, and grepping for widows. Some email threads linked from that post bring up other uses as well. That bug report got a disparaging remark about the -a option removed from our manual, but I still wouldn't mind the manual enumerating some of the option's uses, because a lot of people seem to underappreciate it at first. > > install-font.sh runs afmtodit as part of its operation. > > I am aware of that, but when I tried it, it seemed to work worse than > just running afmtodit directly. Any specific deficiencies you've noticed would be appreciated as bug reports.
