[R-pkg-devel] cannot reduce vignette size in package

[Ben Bolker]

Have you tried R CMD build --compact-vignettes=both ? (I get confused
every time about whether the arguments are supposed to be quoted or
not; I don't remember, although the next line in the help
'--compact-vignettes   same as --compact-vignettes=qpdf' makes me
think they're *not* supposed to be quoted ...)

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 9:24 AM Uwe Ligges
<ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
> Perhaps your versions of qpdf and/or  gs are outdated or unavailable?
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
> On 23.08.2022 14:06, Grose, Daniel wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have just added a vignette to an R package that is already on CRAN. However, when I submit the new version I get
> >
> > * checking sizes of PDF files under 'inst/doc' ... WARNING
> >
> >    'gs+qpdf' made some significant size reductions:
> >       compacted 'article.pdf' from 794Kb to 530Kb
> >
> > I have tried building the package using
> >
> > R CMD build --compact-vignettes="gs+pdf"
> >
> > but the size of the vignette pdf does not get reduced
> >
> > I have also tried
> >
> >
> > R CMD build --compact-vignettes="pdf"
> >
> > R CMD build --compact-vignettes="gs"
> >
> > R CMD build --compact-vignettes="both"
> >
> > and
> >
> > devtools::build(args = c('--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf'))
> >
> > devtools::build(args = c('--compact-vignettes=qpdf'))
> >
> > devtools::build(args = c('--compact-vignettes=gs'))
> >
> > devtools::build(args = c('--compact-vignettes=both'))
> >
> > In all cases these options have no effect on the size of the pdf.
> >
> > I do have both gs and qpdf available on the system.
> >
> > $ which gs
> >
> > /usr/bin/gs
> >
> > $ which qpdf
> >
> > /usr/bin/qpdf
> >
> > Any help / guidance would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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