[luatex] \pdfcompresslevel

[Henri Menke]

On 01/10/18 11:54, D. R. Evans wrote:
> I am trying to switch from pdftex to luatex for my next novel. Mostly it seems
> pretty easy but I don't understand the luatex manual on the subject of the old
> \pdfcompresslevel command:
> 
>> The configuration related registers have become:
>> \edef\pdfcompresslevel {\pdfvariable compresslevel}
> 
> The meaning of that may be obvious to most people, but it isn't to me.
> 
> How do I change the old command:
> \pdfcompresslevel=0
> so that it works in luatex? Currently, luatex gives the error "Undefined
> control sequence" when it encounters the above line.

Define \pdfcompresslevel as shown in the LuaTeX manual and then use it
as before, i.e.

\edef\pdfcompresslevel{\pdfvariable compresslevel}
\pdfcompresslevel=0

Mandatory reading: https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb37-1/tb115hagen-pdf.pdf

> 
> I've tried a few things, but have not hit on the magic incantation :-( And in
> any case I'd prefer to understand what the luatex manual means by the text
> quoted above. I've tried to comprehend the text anent \pdfvariable but, in the
> apparent absence of examples, I'm floundering.
> 
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