On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:00:16 +0000 Baris Erkus <bariser...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 25-Apr-19 2:55 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > My 377 page "Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > > Technologist", compiled from a shellscript that starts by adding > > customization material and ends by displaying the finished PDF, > > takes 18 seconds on my 16GB RAM, AMD A6-6400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD > > Graphics, dual core at 3.9Ghz. > > > > This document consists of one LyX file. I've always used one LyX > > file and never a master/children document setup. The reasons I > > never went master/children are: > > > > 1. At the >500 page docs I do, a single file compiles well and > > presents no problems with viewing or editing. > > > > 2. I don't split books between authors. > > > > 3. During the many years I've been on this list, I've seen a heck > > of a lot of people posting strange problems with master/children > > document setups. > > > > I don't know whether compiling single file would be significantly > > faster, significantly slower, or for practical purposes equal to > > master/children. But I imagine it would take about 1/2 hour to find > > out, simply by copying the master to a different filename, and then > > replacing each child reference with that child's LyX text. > > > > Doing it this way leaves the original master/children version > > untouched, so if there's no difference it can continue to be used. > > If the one-file method is significantly faster, a regression test > > and a few renames enable the one-file method to be used into the > > future, with the master/children as a backup. > > > > SteveT > > I wonder the content of the document. Do you have many equations, Zero. > figures, Ten or so. > cross-references, A few. Plus a very extensive index. > citations etc? I don't remember, but certainly less than ten. > Do you turn the instant > preview on? No. SteveT
