On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 7:13 PM David Zelinsky <dzp...@dedekind.net> wrote: [...] > But even if it is configured to work, it seems like a REALLY BAD IDEA to > have this feature enabled *by default*. Or, if it is to be the default, > it ought to be mentioned VERY PROMINENTLY, so anyone installing and > using Lilypond will see it. As far as I could tell, it is not even > mentioned in the Learning Manual. > > The reference manual does admonish users to disable the feature when > producing pdf output for public distribution. But that warning is > totally useless if a user does not happen to read that (rather obsure) > section of the manual.
My vote would be to leave the point-and-click as the default and put a mention of how to publish a PDF in the Learning Manual, with any necessary warnings. In Frescobaldi, I use this feature all the time and there is an easy way to publish PDFs without point-and-click. I didn't know about the absolute path names in the metadata, but that makes sense. Thanks for pointing that out. -- Knute Snortum
