* Generating smallest possible format file
@ 2006-01-07 15:35 Willi Egger
2006-01-09 11:28 ` Taco Hoekwater
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From: Willi Egger @ 2006-01-07 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
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.
How do I achieve this?
Cheers
Willi
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* Re: Generating smallest possible format file
2006-01-07 15:35 Generating smallest possible format file Willi Egger
@ 2006-01-09 11:28 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-01-09 12:23 ` Willi Egger
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2006-01-09 11:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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* Re: Generating smallest possible format file
2006-01-09 11:28 ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2006-01-09 12:23 ` Willi Egger
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Willi Egger @ 2006-01-09 12:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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