[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] mplayer: add the -ass-keep-fonts option.

[Hans-Dieter Kosch]

Nicolas George wrote:

> Le primidi 11 ventôse, an CCXXIII, Hans-Dieter Kosch a écrit :
>> Ingo Brückl wrote:
>>> -ass-reuse-fonts?
> 
> I slightly prefer "keep" because I have a feeling it describes better what
> happens: MPlayer keeps the font in memory, whether it will actually use it
> again or not. But I am not a native English speaker, and maybe I am mapping
> French nuances on the corresponding English words.
> 
> More objectively, "keep" is a more common word, so people will remember more
> easily.

I understand a bit of French (but regrettably too less). From that point of 
view, "keep" appears now the word of choice for me.

>> That appears to describe the effect of this option quite well.
>> Or, even more precise:
>> -ass-reuse-fonts-from-first-file
>> -ass-reuse-fonts-from-first-stream
>> or alternatively
>> -ass-keep-fonts-from-first-file
>> -ass-keep-fonts-from-first-stream
> 
> This would not do, because the patch as it is keeps the fonts from all the
> files, not just the first one. It is easy to see by just looking at the
> code: the option inhibits the reset that happens between the files.
> 
> -ass-keep-fonts-between-files would do, but I find it uselessly long.

After a closer look, I understand now. Anyway, "-ass-keep-fonts-between-files" 
does not appear too long for me (I've seen longer options).

Or even longer:
-ass-keep-fonts-for-subsequent-files

(Appropriate naming may be a nightmare, I know...)

Hans-Dieter