Re: [NTG-context] texexec slow

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:32:23 +0200 Mojca Miklavec scribit:

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:29, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

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Th script installed 158 Mb with a new 'texexec' (controlled with 'which texexec'). But it is not a bit faster. After 3 min, I break (Ctrl-C) ...

ruby --version => ruby 1.8.7 ... instantaneous

ruby --version is definitely faster, but texexec --version takes about a second here.

Running a two-page document for the second time takes 3 seconds here. (The first run is a bit slower.)

Can you post the document and some logfile to the mailing list? It may happen that you run into some infinite loop with one of your macros.

Please also describe what platform you work on. With luatex memory might also be an issue, but that's probably not the case with pdftex.

I tested 'texexec' on another computer (Kubuntu 7.10, TL2007, ruby 1.8.6) and it works, but I need it on [Debian 5.0, Gnome, ruby 1.8.7] where it fails.

What's the time needed to run pdflatex on similar document size?

I dont know; 'first-setup.sh' erased the path to the format files ;-) but 'pdflatex' was very clever. (I must reinstall 'texlive'.)

Mojca