From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/25035 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Willi Egger Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Generating smallest possible format file Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:23:48 +0100 Message-ID: <43C255D4.4060309@boede.nl> References: <43BFDFC6.9050903@boede.nl> <43C248C5.2090107@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136809542 1437 80.91.229.2 (9 Jan 2006 12:25:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:25:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jan 09 13:25:41 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Evw5i-0002an-5u for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:25:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E62BF12823; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:25:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32701-02; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:25:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE8F12816; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:23:51 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC63912816 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:23:49 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32701-01 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:23:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.32]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id C6B4F127B3 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:23:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (a80-126-172-1.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.172.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k09CNmSk092111 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 13:23:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from w.egger@boede.nl) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <43C248C5.2090107@elvenkind.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:25035 Archived-At: 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context