From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/9763 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jan Hlavacek Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Is your ConTeXt too slow? Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 08:28:14 -0500 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ref.ntg.nl Message-ID: <20021108132814.GD9042@math.sf.edu> References: <20021107213644.245e2e11.morawski@gmx.net> <5.1.0.14.1.20021108092746.029b6cd8@server-1> <20021108110348.197b49c5.morawski@gmx.net> Reply-To: ntg-context@ref.ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036762078 16593 80.91.224.249 (8 Nov 2002 13:27:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 13:27:58 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18A9Ay-0004JD-00 for ; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:27:56 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15FFC10B06; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 14:29:28 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from math.sf.edu (unknown [199.8.81.101]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D99010AF5 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 14:28:17 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from lahvak by math.sf.edu with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18A9BG-0002ON-00 for ; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 08:28:14 -0500 Original-To: ntg-context@ref.ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021108110348.197b49c5.morawski@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ref.ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ref.ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:9763 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:9763 On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 11:03:48AM +0100, Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote: > On Fri, 08 Nov 2002 09:30:56 +0100 > Hans Hagen wrote: > > > At 09:36 PM 11/7/2002 +0100, Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote: > > > > >Hi all (or mainly the users of Unix-like systems) > > > > > >after i've bought a new notebook and installed the recent > > >Redhat Linux system i found that an updated ConTeXt runs > > >very slow. First i thought that Hans had too much time > > >and implemented a few thousand new features that need > > >their time, but ... > > > > > >... it is a queerer story. Here are the run times of > > >an example document (many inline MP graphics, 18 pages, > > >many terminal messages !!) on different terminal programs > > >for X-Windows: > > > > > >gnome-terminal: 2 min 18 sec > > >konsole (KDE-terminal): 1 min 30 sec > > >xterm: 1 min 5 sec > > >directly on the console > > > (no X-Windows): 58 sec > > > > > >Normally i use the first. Hmm... ;-( > > > > > >Don't ask me for reasons, but if your ConTeXt is too > > >slow, ask yourself if you run it on the right terminal -) > > > > Can you check if kpsewhich runs ok? For instance > > > > kpsewhich colo-ini.tex > > > > kpsewhich cmr10.tfm > > > > maybe no ls-R file is found and consulted, resulting in a full scan of the > > texmf file structure. > > No, no. TeX finds its files very fast. I could improve that with a smaller > texmf-tree, but 1+ min for the job is IMO okay; it runs 3xConTeXt, > 2xTeXUtil and 2xMetaPost. The problem is the terminal program. It seems > that the drawing of those many messages on the terminal needs much time. > If i use a slow terminal, i.e. gnome-terminal, then the runtime increases. > > Can i switch off the messages generated by ConTeXt, this would help to > compare. Did you try to run context with output redirected to a file? How long does that take? try texexec yourfile.tex > logfile then look at the file called logfile to see the messages. -- Jan Hlavacek (219) 434-7566 Department of Mathematics Jhlavacek@sf.edu University of Saint Francis http://www.sf.edu/jhlavacek/