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From: Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl>
Subject: Re: Generating smallest possible format file
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:23:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43C255D4.4060309@boede.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43C248C5.2090107@elvenkind.com>

Beste Taco,

thanks indeed for all this information. I believe, that herewith I can 
gain one or the other second!

Willi

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

>
> Hi Willi,
>
>
> Willi Egger wrote:
>
>> Hello gurus!
>>
>> I want to use context as a backend-typesetting engine in a 
>> server-ennvironment. In order to minimize compilation time I want to 
>> make the format files as small as
>> possible. E.g. I would like to remove all pattern files which are 
>> unnecessary for the purpose of the application.
>
>
> That is as simple as commenting (some of) the \installlanguage
> calls in the cont-XX.tex file you want to use (and don't use
> the --all switch of texexec!).
>
> Removing some of the other files can be a bit harder and require
> editing core include files:
>
>  * font encodings are loaded in enco-ini.tex
>    \useencoding[ans,il2,ec,tbo,pdf,uc,pol,qx,t5,cyr]
>
>  * regimes are loaded in regi-ini:
>    \useregime[def,uni,lat,win,il1,mac]
>
>  * unicode tables are loaded in unic-ini:
>    \useunicodevector[0,1,2,3,4,5,30,32,33,34,39]
>
> It would be easier if these could be moved to the cont-XX.tex
> (or perhaps context.tex) file in a future release.
>
>
> Also, you can gain some speed by
>
> * dropping the memory array settings in texmf.cnf to as low as you
>   can get away with, based on your typical input files;
> * and by pruning your texmf tree(s) of as many  files as possible
>   (every file and directory in the tree slows down kpathsea
>   initialization just a little bit, and it can add up to a
>   noticeable delay).
> * disabling kpathsea disk searches
>
>
> Cheers, Taco
>
>
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      reply	other threads:[~2006-01-09 12:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-07 15:35 Willi Egger
2006-01-09 11:28 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-01-09 12:23   ` Willi Egger [this message]

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