Re: long texexec run

["Karsten Hachmeister" <K.Hachmeister@FH-Wolfenbuettel.DE>]

Hi,

> The number of pages per second depends on the complexity of the page.
> Documents with many menus (screen docs) and backgrounds that change per
> page take more time.

My pages have nearly no text. I am preparing my document and I want to learn
how the things work in ConTeXt so it can't be the reason for the long time

> 172 page mathml   manual (many buffers, color, xml included)    : 36 sec
>   37 page examlpe  manual (xml, color, backgrounds, menus)       : 18 sec
> (13 sec in automp mode)
>   76 page mathml   manual typeset as verbatim listing            :  5 sec
>   75 page show-pre manual (372 pdf images+2 mp runs+fancy stuff) : 20 sec
> (18 sec in batch mode)

This sounds good, hopefully I can get this speed for my distribution, too.

> so, i think that there is something wrong with your setup. since
> texexec.ini cannot be found (you can try texexec --verbose to get more
> info) it looks like a file search problem.

I made a run with the command "texexec --verbose" and that is the result:

 TeXExec 2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2001

     locating ini file : kpsewhich not found in path
     locating ini file : found by searching
               reading : D:\Programme\texmf\context\/config/texexec.ini
               setting : 'TeXShell' to 'miktex' for 'all'
               setting : 'UsedInterfaces' to 'en de nl uk' for 'all'
               setting : 'UserInterface' to 'en' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'tex' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpExecutable' to 'mpost' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'all'
               setting : 'DviToMpExecutable' to 'dvitomp' for 'all'
               setting : 'DviSpecialScript' to 'dvispec' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpFormat' to 'metafun' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
               setting : 'MpFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXFontsPath' to
'D:\Programme\texmf;D:\localtexmf;' for 'all'
               setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'pdfetex' for 'miktex'
               setting : 'TeXVirginFlag' to '--initialize' for 'miktex'
               setting : 'TeXPassString' to '--alias=context' for 'miktex'
               setting : 'TeXBatchFlag' to '--interaction=batchmode' for
'miktex'
               setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mptotex' for 'miktex'
               setting : 'MpVirginFlag' to '--initialize' for 'miktex'
               setting : 'MpPassString' to '--alias=mpost' for 'miktex'
               setting : 'MpBatchFlag' to '--interaction=batchmode' for
'miktex'

               setting : 'TeXFormatFlag' to '--undump=' for 'miktex'
               setting : 'MpFormatFlag' to '--undump=' for 'miktex'

          used setting : TeXShell = miktex
          used setting : SetupPath =
          used setting : UserInterface = en
          used setting : UsedInterfaces = en de nl uk
          used setting : TeXFontsPath = D:\Programme\texmf;D:\localtexmf;
          used setting : MpExecutable = mpost
          used setting : MpToTeXExecutable = mptotex
          used setting : DviToMpExecutable = dvitomp
          used setting : TeXProgramPath =
          used setting : TeXFormatPath =
          used setting : ConTeXtPath =
          used setting : TeXScriptsPath =
          used setting : TeXExecutable = pdfetex
          used setting : TeXVirginFlag = --initialize
          used setting : TeXBatchFlag = --interaction=batchmode
          used setting : MpBatchFlag = --interaction=batchmode
          used setting : TeXPassString = --alias=context
          used setting : TeXFormatFlag = --undump=
          used setting : MpFormatFlag = --undump=
          used setting : MpVirginFlag = --initialize
          used setting : MpPassString = --alias=mpost
          used setting : MpFormat = metafun
          used setting : FmtLanguage =
          used setting : FmtBodyFont =
          used setting : FmtResponse =
          used setting : TcXPath =

                --help   show this or more, e.g. '--help interface'

I don't know which settings are important that it works fine. In the file
texexec.ini I changed the line
    set  TeXFontsPath       to  l:/tex/texmf;l:/tex/texmf-local;
to this:
    set  TeXFontsPath       to  D:\Programme\texmf;D:\localtexmf;

Karsten Hachmeister