Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When using identify on a PDF file, ghostscript is delegated to. By default the command sends ghostscripts stdout to identify's stderr. The output is confusing and undesirable.
Describe the solution you'd like
In the case above, the output of ghostscript should go to a logging channel named "Delegate". So the output is not shown by default, but can be show by turning on the appropriate logging.
Describe alternatives you've considered
In the delegates.xml the output can be send to /dev/null to not show the output, however the user may want to see it for debugging purposes.
A command line option could be given that allows delegate output to be sent to a file or file descriptor.
Redirect identify's stderr to /dev/null, but then I can't get identify's stderr output.
Additional context
Here's illustrative output:
$ identify test.pdf
**** Error: /BBox has zero width or height, which is not allowed.
Output may be incorrect.
**** Error: /BBox has zero width or height, which is not allowed.
Output may be incorrect.
**** Error: /BBox has zero width or height, which is not allowed.
Output may be incorrect.
**** Error: /BBox has zero width or height, which is not allowed.
Output may be incorrect.
**** Error: /BBox has zero width or height, which is not allowed.
Output may be incorrect.
**** Error: /BBox has zero width or height, which is not allowed.
Output may be incorrect.
test.pdf[0] PDF 432x648 432x648+0+0 16-bit sRGB 53235B 0.100u 0:00.107
test.pdf[1] PDF 432x648 432x648+0+0 16-bit sRGB 46977B 0.100u 0:00.102
test.pdf[2] PDF 432x648 432x648+0+0 16-bit sRGB 48116B 0.090u 0:00.098
test.pdf[3] PDF 432x648 432x648+0+0 16-bit sRGB 46065B 0.090u 0:00.093
test.pdf[4] PDF 432x648 432x648+0+0 16-bit sRGB 50692B 0.080u 0:00.089
test.pdf[5] PDF 432x648 432x648+0+0 16-bit sRGB 49412B 0.080u 0:00.085
The **** Error lines come from ghostscript and there is no way to disable this output without editing delegates.xml or throwing away all of identify's stderr.
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When using
identifyon a PDF file, ghostscript is delegated to. By default the command sends ghostscripts stdout to identify's stderr. The output is confusing and undesirable.Describe the solution you'd like
In the case above, the output of ghostscript should go to a logging channel named "Delegate". So the output is not shown by default, but can be show by turning on the appropriate logging.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Additional context
Here's illustrative output:
The
**** Errorlines come from ghostscript and there is no way to disable this output without editingdelegates.xmlor throwing away all of identify's stderr.