>>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:32:05 -0500
>>From: Neil Bomberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: LaTeX main memory size
>>
>>I have a LyX file with a lot of figures in it.  When I change the
>>document from single to double spaced, some of the figures at the end
>>are no longer shown when the document is viewed as a dvi or ps file.  I
>>exported the document as a Latex file so that I could compile it and
>>look at the warning messages, and I found the following in the log file:
>>
>><logan.eps>
>>Runaway argument?
>>{pfg@align@7
>>! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=263001].
>>\pfg@align #1.->\@nameuse {pfg@align@#1}
>>
>>l.1038 ...idth}{!}{\includegraphics{loganof0.eps}}
>>
>>This message disappears when I remove the double-spacing, and all
>>figures are then displayed when viewed in dvi or ps format.  Does anyone
>>know why double-spacing would consume more Latex memory, or how I can
>>reduce the amount of memory I use?  Is it possible to increase the Latex
>>memory size?
>>

Insert a \clearpage (in ERT) in some adequate spot (e.g. at the end
of a chapter): this flushes the TeX buffer in which the floats 
are kept to prepare the automatic placement phase.
Probably double spacing prevents a placement that was OK in single spacing.

Regards

-- 
Jean-Pierre

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