Font memory issues ?

Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

Greetings ConTeXters,

Just recently (after updating to the most recent i-Installer ConTeXt  
version / but also after writing/tweaking a little more), I am  
apparently running into some font memory issues.*

I have tried to increase the available memory in web2c/texmf.cnf to  
no avail. One curiosity is the pdfTeX error further down: "<argument>  
hz,normal". I am using hz,hanging in this document.

Any clues?

Many thanks,
David


*
[27.27]
! Font \*12ptrmtf*=texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-PNUM-MinionPro-Regular at  
12.0pt not
loaded: Not enough room left.
<to be read again>
                    \relax
\xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier
                                                   \let  
\localrelativefontsiz...

\fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname
                                                   \tryingfontfalse \fi
<inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize
                                                   \fi \iftryingfont  
\fontstr...

\synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies
                                                   \relax \fi  
\ifskipfontchar...
<argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \globalfontstyle }
                                                  \edef \fontstyle  
{\globalfo...
...
l.27 \stopbackmatter

! pdfTeX error (font expansion): invalid font identifier.
\dosetfontadjusting ...pdffontexpand \handledfont
                                                   \csname \@fha@  
\@fha@ #1\c...
<inserted text> ...ntadjusting \askedfonthandling
                                                    
\setprotrudingfactor \aske...

\dofastenablehandling ...\everyenablefonthandling
                                                   \edef  
\fonthandling {\csna...

\rawprocesscommaitem ...commalevel \endcsname {#1}
                                                   \expandafter  
\rawprocessco...
<argument> hz,n
                ormal
\rawprocesscommalist ...er \rawprocesscommaitem #1
                                                   ,],\global  
\advance \comma...
...
l.27 \stopbackmatter

!  ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!

Re: Font memory issues ? : bib-module?

[David Wooten]

Excuse me for replying to myself, but it is also curious that ConTeXt  
is trying to call a 12pt font. I have called 11pt in the environment.

It looks like these errors are appearing at the Bibliography. Might  
this be due to something in the the beta bib-module?

David

On Jan 10, 2006, at 11:07 AM, David Wooten wrote:

> Greetings ConTeXters,
>
> Just recently (after updating to the most recent i-Installer  
> ConTeXt version / but also after writing/tweaking a little more), I  
> am apparently running into some font memory issues.*
>
> I have tried to increase the available memory in web2c/texmf.cnf to  
> no avail. One curiosity is the pdfTeX error further down:  
> "<argument> hz,normal". I am using hz,hanging in this document.
>
> Any clues?
>
> Many thanks,
> David
>
>
> *
> [27.27]
> ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-PNUM-MinionPro-Regular  
> at 12.0pt not
> loaded: Not enough room left.
> <to be read again>
>                    \relax
> \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier
>                                                   \let  
> \localrelativefontsiz...
>
> \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname
>                                                   \tryingfontfalse \fi
> <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize
>                                                   \fi \iftryingfont  
> \fontstr...
>
> \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies
>                                                   \relax \fi  
> \ifskipfontchar...
> <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \globalfontstyle }
>                                                  \edef \fontstyle  
> {\globalfo...
> ...
> l.27 \stopbackmatter
>
> ! pdfTeX error (font expansion): invalid font identifier.
> \dosetfontadjusting ...pdffontexpand \handledfont
>                                                   \csname \@fha@  
> \@fha@ #1\c...
> <inserted text> ...ntadjusting \askedfonthandling
>                                                    
> \setprotrudingfactor \aske...
>
> \dofastenablehandling ...\everyenablefonthandling
>                                                   \edef  
> \fonthandling {\csna...
>
> \rawprocesscommaitem ...commalevel \endcsname {#1}
>                                                   \expandafter  
> \rawprocessco...
> <argument> hz,n
>                ormal
> \rawprocesscommalist ...er \rawprocesscommaitem #1
>                                                   ,],\global  
> \advance \comma...
> ...
> l.27 \stopbackmatter
>
> !  ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished!
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Re: Font memory issues ? : bib-module?

[Taco Hoekwater]

David Wooten wrote:
> Excuse me for replying to myself, but it is also curious that ConTeXt  
> is trying to call a 12pt font. I have called 11pt in the environment.
> 
> It looks like these errors are appearing at the Bibliography. Might  
> this be due to something in the the beta bib-module?

Not knowingly, but it could be the last drop.

Can remove the \placepublications for a test run, and post the tail end
of the log of that (hopefully succesful) run? The bit that contains
the statistics, I mean.

Cheers, taco

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Hans Hagen]

David Wooten wrote:

> Greetings ConTeXters,
>
> Just recently (after updating to the most recent i-Installer ConTeXt  
> version / but also after writing/tweaking a little more), I am  
> apparently running into some font memory issues.*
>
> I have tried to increase the available memory in web2c/texmf.cnf to  
> no avail. One curiosity is the pdfTeX error further down: "<argument>  
> hz,normal". I am using hz,hanging in this document.

did you remake the format after increasing the memory values?

hz lets pdftex internally generate additional font instances

these are my texmf.cnf values

buf_size.context         =  200000 % needed for omega bug
extra_mem_bot.context    = 2000000
extra_mem_top.context    = 4000000
font_max.context         =    2000
font_mem_size.context    = 1000000
hash_extra.context       =   75000
main_memory.context      = 2000000
max_strings.context      =  250000
nest_size.context        =     500
obj_tab_size.context     =  300000 % 8388607
pdf_mem_size.context     =  500000 % 524288
dest_names_size.context  =  300000 % 131072
param_size.context       =   10000
pool_free.context        =   47500
pool_size.context        = 2000000
save_size.context        =   50000
stack_size.context       =   10000
string_vacancies.context =  125000
trie_size.context        =  250000
hyph_size.context        =    8191 % prime

(texmfstart --bin youreditor kpse:texmf.cnf)

Hans

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

On Jan 10, 2006, at 1:54 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> did you remake the format after increasing the memory values?

This means texexec --make --all ?

I did try the above, but the  numbers in the log when running my file  
do not change. I can only imagine that there is another place to  
change the memory settings. In my context.cnf, the numbers are  
identical to yours below, although I did try to raise the  
font.mem.size.context as we've been discussing.

> hz lets pdftex internally generate additional font instances
>
> these are my texmf.cnf values
>
> buf_size.context         =  200000 % needed for omega bug
> extra_mem_bot.context    = 2000000
> extra_mem_top.context    = 4000000
> font_max.context         =    2000
> font_mem_size.context    = 1000000
> hash_extra.context       =   75000
> main_memory.context      = 2000000
> max_strings.context      =  250000
> nest_size.context        =     500
> obj_tab_size.context     =  300000 % 8388607
> pdf_mem_size.context     =  500000 % 524288
> dest_names_size.context  =  300000 % 131072
> param_size.context       =   10000
> pool_free.context        =   47500
> pool_size.context        = 2000000
> save_size.context        =   50000
> stack_size.context       =   10000
> string_vacancies.context =  125000
> trie_size.context        =  250000
> hyph_size.context        =    8191 % prime
>
> (texmfstart --bin youreditor kpse:texmf.cnf)
>
> Hans

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Hans Hagen]

David Wooten wrote:

>
> On Jan 10, 2006, at 1:54 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> did you remake the format after increasing the memory values?
>
>
> This means texexec --make --all ?
>
> I did try the above, but the  numbers in the log when running my file  
> do not change. I can only imagine that there is another place to  
> change the memory settings. In my context.cnf, the numbers are  
> identical to yours below, although I did try to raise the  
> font.mem.size.context as we've been discussing.

ah, you need to set the values in texmf.cnf! context.cnf is just an 
example (unless you point the TEXMFCNF environment variable to the 
alternative cnf file)

Hans

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
> David Wooten wrote:
>> On Jan 10, 2006, at 1:54 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>
>>> did you remake the format after increasing the memory values?
>>
>> This means texexec --make --all ?
>>
>> I did try the above, but the  numbers in the log when running my  
>> file  do not change. I can only imagine that there is another  
>> place to  change the memory settings. In my context.cnf, the  
>> numbers are  identical to yours below, although I did try to raise  
>> the  font.mem.size.context as we've been discussing.
>
> ah, you need to set the values in texmf.cnf! context.cnf is just an  
> example (unless you point the TEXMFCNF environment variable to the  
> alternative cnf file)
>
> Hans

Ah, unfortunately still no luck. I changed the settings in /usr/local/ 
teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf, reset the format files with  
texconfig init, and for good measure texexec --make --all, but no  
change. Am I simply off target somewhere?

Thanks,
David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

Find out which is the main texmf.cnf file:

kpsewhich texmf.cnf

on my system, this resolves to

/usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf

Then modify this file and regenerate the formats.

HTH

Thomas

On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:17 AM, David Wooten wrote:

> Ah, unfortunately still no luck. I changed the settings in /usr/ 
> local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf, reset the format files  
> with texconfig init, and for good measure texexec --make --all, but  
> no change. Am I simply off target somewhere?
>
> Thanks,
> David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Hans Hagen]

David Wooten wrote:

>
> On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> David Wooten wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 10, 2006, at 1:54 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>>
>>>> did you remake the format after increasing the memory values?
>>>
>>>
>>> This means texexec --make --all ?
>>>
>>> I did try the above, but the  numbers in the log when running my  
>>> file  do not change. I can only imagine that there is another  place 
>>> to  change the memory settings. In my context.cnf, the  numbers are  
>>> identical to yours below, although I did try to raise  the  
>>> font.mem.size.context as we've been discussing.
>>
>>
>> ah, you need to set the values in texmf.cnf! context.cnf is just an  
>> example (unless you point the TEXMFCNF environment variable to the  
>> alternative cnf file)
>>
>> Hans
>
>
> Ah, unfortunately still no luck. I changed the settings in /usr/local/ 
> teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf, reset the format files with  
> texconfig init, and for good measure texexec --make --all, but no  
> change. Am I simply off target somewhere?

maybe you have duplicate formats (texconfig does not support engine paths)

do the reported mem values change?

Hans

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

On Jan 11, 2006, at 11:25 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> Find out which is the main texmf.cnf file:
>
> kpsewhich texmf.cnf
>
> on my system, this resolves to
>
> /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf
>
> Then modify this file and regenerate the formats.
>
> HTH
>
> Thomas

Indeed, that is the case also for me.

> maybe you have duplicate formats (texconfig does not support engine  
> paths)
>
> do the reported mem values change?
>
> Hans

The reported values do not change, and afaik the formats are all  
listed here:

 > locate .fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/amstex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-nl.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/eplain.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/etex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/jadetex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/latex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/mptopdf.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfjadetex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdflatex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdftex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdftexinfo.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfxmltex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/tex.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/texinfo.fmt
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/xmltex.fmt

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi David,


Old formats that should be deleted:

> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-nl.fmt
..
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/mptopdf.fmt

New ones that have never been used yet:
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt

Cheers, Taco

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Old formats that should be deleted:
>
>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt
>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-nl.fmt
> ..
>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/mptopdf.fmt
>
> New ones that have never been used yet:
>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-en.fmt
>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/cont-nl.fmt
>> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/pdfetex/mptopdf.fmt
>
> Cheers, Taco

Thanks Taco,

Should those .../pdfetex/ fmt files remain where they are, and  
the .../web2c/ files simply deleted?

David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Taco Hoekwater]

David Wooten wrote:
> 
> Thanks Taco,
> 
> Should those .../pdfetex/ fmt files remain where they are, and  the 
> .../web2c/ files simply deleted?

Yes.

Cheers, Taco

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Hans Hagen]

David Wooten wrote:

> On Jan 11, 2006, at 11:25 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>
>> Find out which is the main texmf.cnf file:
>>
>> kpsewhich texmf.cnf
>>
>> on my system, this resolves to
>>
>> /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf
>>
>> Then modify this file and regenerate the formats.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Thomas
>
>
> Indeed, that is the case also for me.
>
>> maybe you have duplicate formats (texconfig does not support engine  
>> paths)
>>
>> do the reported mem values change?
>>
>> Hans
>
>
> The reported values do not change, and afaik the formats are all  
> listed here:

can it be that you have multiple cnf files? kpse reads more than one if 
present

Hans

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> can it be that you have multiple cnf files? kpse reads more than  
> one if present

Here are all the .cnf files:

/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/texmf.cnf.gwtex.tl2003
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/texmf.cnf.gwtex.tl2004
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/web2c/mktex.cnf
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/context.cnf
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/mktex.cnf
/usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf

Even with multiple cnf files, if the memory settings are identical,  
should it work?

Also, should the new memory settings have the ".context" suffix, e.g.  
font-mem-size.context? I believe I have tried both ways.

Many thanks,
David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

Most Patient ConTeXters,

I've rested a couple of days and found that, in fact, Gerben's  
distribution generates the new fmt files in ~/Library/texmf/web2c.  
Still, none of my attempts have produced changes in the allocated  
memory.

Has anyone successfully increased the memory (e.g. font_mem_size) in  
this distribution? And if yes, could you say how it was achieved?

Kind regards,
David

On Jan 12, 2006, at 2:48 PM, David Wooten wrote:
> On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> can it be that you have multiple cnf files? kpse reads more than  
>> one if present
>
> Even with multiple cnf files, if the memory settings are identical,  
> should it work?
>
> Many thanks,
> David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

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No, that's not correct, it's not Gerben's distribution that does  
that. Which commands do you use to generate the formats? The  
directory you describe very likely shouldn't be there, and you can  
probably just delete it. Try renaming it to something else and see if  
that solves your problem.

HTH

Thomas

On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:18 AM, David Wooten wrote:

> I've rested a couple of days and found that, in fact, Gerben's  
> distribution generates the new fmt files in ~/Library/texmf/web2c.  
> Still, none of my attempts have produced changes in the allocated  
> memory.
>


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Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

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Hmm, interesting. I used "texconfig init". No, there seems to be no  
change if I rename it.

Thanks,
David

On Jan 17, 2006, at 2:15 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

> No, that's not correct, it's not Gerben's distribution that does  
> that. Which commands do you use to generate the formats? The  
> directory you describe very likely shouldn't be there, and you can  
> probably just delete it. Try renaming it to something else and see  
> if that solves your problem.
>
> HTH
>
> Thomas
>
> On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:18 AM, David Wooten wrote:
>
>> I've rested a couple of days and found that, in fact, Gerben's  
>> distribution generates the new fmt files in ~/Library/texmf/web2c.  
>> Still, none of my attempts have produced changes in the allocated  
>> memory.


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Re: Font memory issues ?

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

1. Don't use texconfig for context, use texexec --make --all

2. If you use texonfig, the command is texconfig-sys, or you'll end  
up having inconsistent files for different users.

Best

Thomas

On Jan 17, 2006, at 6:35 PM, David Wooten wrote:

> Hmm, interesting. I used "texconfig init". No, there seems to be no  
> change if I rename it.
>
> Thanks,
> David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

Thanks Thomas,

	I've still no luck, but I think things are quite a bit clearer now.  
I "stumbled" across an old fink installation, the existence of which  
hadn't crossed my mind for quite some time. That is now gone.
	I have also reinstalled my tex/context set-up via the i-Installer  
just to clear the air.

Here is what I currently see: there are 3 cnf files that may be  
involved:

	/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/context.cnf

Which declares:

	% This file is mostly the same as the one that ships with
	% texlive, but adapted for multiple trees as well as
	% development in a non tds tree (i.e. hh's machine). This
	% file is meant for context users.
	%
	% This file loads before texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf; beware :
	% the selfish auto parent can get in the way especially when
	% the binaries are located elsewhere. In case of multiple
	% trees, one can best set the following ones manually.

I believe that Hans said this was just an example file (?), but it  
has the memory.context settings including:

	font_max.context         =    2000
	font_mem_size.context    = 1000000
	main_memory.context      = 2000000

Second, there is:

	/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf

Which is referred to in the above context.cnf, and which declares:

	% original texmf.cnf -- runtime path configuration file for kpathsea.
	% (If you change or delete `original' on the previous line, the
	% distribution won't install its version over yours.)
	% Public domain.

	[Stuff skipped]	

	% Earlier entries (in the same or another file) override later ones,  
and
	% an environment variable foo overrides any texmf.cnf definition of  
foo.
	
This file also has memory settings, such as:

	% ConTeXt is a memory hog...
	main_memory.context = 2000000 % Keep total within 8000000 limit
	extra_mem_bot.context = 4000000
	% Words of font info for TeX (total size of all TFM files,  
approximately).
	font_mem_size = 2000000
	% Total number of fonts. Must be >= 50 and <= 2000 (without tex.ch  
changes).
	font_max = 2000

And finally,

	/usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf

Which is identified by
	
	kpsewhich texmf.cnf

and which has no memory settings.

I have tried changing the memory settings in each file (that means  
adding them to /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf), raising the main_memory  
to 3000000 and the font_mem_size likewise to 3000000, and then  
running texexec --make --all. No change in the resulting readout:

	Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
	4681 strings out of 60921
	74346 string characters out of 610603
	4609149 words of memory out of 7114466
	40727 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000
	1927616 words of font info for 332 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000
	232 hyphenation exceptions out of 5000
	62i,21n,81p,1198b,1755s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p, 
200000b,40000s
	PDF statistics:
	170 PDF objects out of 300000
	0 named destinations out of 131072
	109061 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 128383

At this point I would very much like to be embarrassed by a simple,  
too-obvious pointer ;)

Thanks very much,
David

On Jan 17, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

> 1. Don't use texconfig for context, use texexec --make --all
>
> 2. If you use texonfig, the command is texconfig-sys, or you'll end  
> up having inconsistent files for different users.
>
> Best
>
> Thomas
>
> On Jan 17, 2006, at 6:35 PM, David Wooten wrote:
>
>> Hmm, interesting. I used "texconfig init". No, there seems to be  
>> no change if I rename it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Hans Hagen]

David Wooten wrote:

>
> At this point I would very much like to be embarrassed by a simple,  
> too-obvious pointer ;)


how about generating a plain tex format using

pdfetex --ini

and enabling the kpse debug options? Then you can see what is used:

pdfetex --kpathsea-debug=65535 --ini --progname=context plain

Hans

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

Hans, is this what you're referring to?

kdebug:hash_lookup(main_memory.context) => 3000000 % Keep total  
within 8000000 limit 3000000 % Keep total within 8000000 limit
kdebug:variable: main_memory = 3000000 % Keep total within 8000000 limit

kdebug:hash_lookup(font_mem_size.context) => 3000000
kdebug:variable: font_mem_size = 3000000
kdebug:hash_lookup(font_max.context) => (nil)
kdebug:hash_lookup(font_max) => 2000
kdebug:variable: font_max = 2000

If so, the increases I've made are evident here. . . but not when I  
run texexec?

On Jan 17, 2006, at 2:36 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> David Wooten wrote:
>
>> At this point I would very much like to be embarrassed by a  
>> simple,  too-obvious pointer ;)
>
> how about generating a plain tex format using
>
> pdfetex --ini
>
> and enabling the kpse debug options? Then you can see what is used:
>
> pdfetex --kpathsea-debug=65535 --ini --progname=context plain
>
> Hans

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

Any more clues, patient ones?:

	texexec --pdf file.tex

Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
1449181 words of font info for 262 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000

	pdfetex --kpathsea-debug=65535 --ini --progname=context plain

kdebug:hash_lookup(font_mem_size.context) => 3000000
kdebug:variable: font_mem_size = 3000000

Many thanks,
David

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Taco Hoekwater]

David Wooten wrote:
> Any more clues, patient ones?:
> 
>     texexec --pdf file.tex
> 

How about:

    texexec --passon=-recorder --pdf file.tex

That will give you a file named file.fls listing all used
files including their path, and then you can easily check
which fmt file is actually used.

Cheers, taco

Re: Font memory issues ?

[Taco Hoekwater]

Oh, d**mn.
I just had a brainwave.

 From Web2c's tex.ch comes the following:

   @!inf_font_mem_size = 20000;
   @!sup_font_mem_size = 2000000;

So font_memory cannot be set larger than 2000000 and not smaller
than 20000. Out-of-bounds sizes are silently folded back in line,
but that happens after the variable expansion is complete. That's
why the debug switch still reports the values from texmf.cnf.

So the actual problem here is the web2c runtime code inside TeX.

You can recompile with a larger sup_font_mem_size, I guess. But
otherwise you are out of luck.

Cheers,
Taco

David Wooten wrote:
> Any more clues, patient ones?:
> 
>     texexec --pdf file.tex
> 
> Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
> 1449181 words of font info for 262 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000
> 
>     pdfetex --kpathsea-debug=65535 --ini --progname=context plain
> 
> kdebug:hash_lookup(font_mem_size.context) => 3000000
> kdebug:variable: font_mem_size = 3000000
> 
> Many thanks,
> David
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Re: Font memory issues ?

[Hans Hagen]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:

>
>
> Oh, d**mn.
> I just had a brainwave.
>
> From Web2c's tex.ch comes the following:
>
>   @!inf_font_mem_size = 20000;
>   @!sup_font_mem_size = 2000000;
>
> So font_memory cannot be set larger than 2000000 and not smaller
> than 20000. Out-of-bounds sizes are silently folded back in line,
> but that happens after the variable expansion is complete. That's
> why the debug switch still reports the values from texmf.cnf.
>
> So the actual problem here is the web2c runtime code inside TeX.
>
> You can recompile with a larger sup_font_mem_size, I guess. But
> otherwise you are out of luck.

so, is it possible to increase the upper limit in the code? hz seems to need it 

for the moment a way out is to limit hz to the regular font shape, i.e. don't use it for bold, italic, slanted etc 

another option is to limit the number of instances (steps) 

Hans 

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Re: Font memory issues ?

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hans Hagen wrote:
> Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> 
>> Oh, d**mn.
>> I just had a brainwave.
>>
>> From Web2c's tex.ch comes the following:
>>
>>   @!inf_font_mem_size = 20000;
>>   @!sup_font_mem_size = 2000000;
>>
>> So font_memory cannot be set larger than 2000000 and not smaller
>> than 20000. Out-of-bounds sizes are silently folded back in line,
>> but that happens after the variable expansion is complete. That's
>> why the debug switch still reports the values from texmf.cnf.
>>
>> So the actual problem here is the web2c runtime code inside TeX.
>>
>> You can recompile with a larger sup_font_mem_size, I guess. But
>> otherwise you are out of luck.
> 
> so, is it possible to increase the upper limit in the code? 

I guess so. I don't see any special reason for 2mln upper limit.
font mem pointers are integers with rather straightforward usage,
AFAIK.

(CC to the tex-k list)

Cheers, taco

Re: Font memory issues ?

[David Wooten]

Well, it is certainly very good to know that I'm not crazy (this time  
round). Thanks very much for tracking this down.

Hans' suggestion works very well---the typescript file is pretty big  
for this font family, so there were quite a few fonts set up with hz  
that have no need for them.

Many thanks, and if the chance arises (perhaps in San Francisco),  
many beers.

David

On Jan 19, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Oh, d**mn.
>> I just had a brainwave.
>>
>> From Web2c's tex.ch comes the following:
>>
>>   @!inf_font_mem_size = 20000;
>>   @!sup_font_mem_size = 2000000;
>>
>> So font_memory cannot be set larger than 2000000 and not smaller
>> than 20000. Out-of-bounds sizes are silently folded back in line,
>> but that happens after the variable expansion is complete. That's
>> why the debug switch still reports the values from texmf.cnf.
>>
>> So the actual problem here is the web2c runtime code inside TeX.
>>
>> You can recompile with a larger sup_font_mem_size, I guess. But
>> otherwise you are out of luck.
>
> so, is it possible to increase the upper limit in the code? hz  
> seems to need it
> for the moment a way out is to limit hz to the regular font shape,  
> i.e. don't use it for bold, italic, slanted etc
> another option is to limit the number of instances (steps)
> Hans