Hi,
> The number of pages per second depends on the complexity of the page.
> Documents with many menus (screen docs) and backgrounds that change per
> page take more time.
My pages have nearly no text. I am preparing my document and I want to learn
how the things work in ConTeXt so it can't be the reason for the long time
> 172 page mathml manual (many buffers, color, xml included) : 36 sec
> 37 page examlpe manual (xml, color, backgrounds, menus) : 18 sec
> (13 sec in automp mode)
> 76 page mathml manual typeset as verbatim listing : 5 sec
> 75 page show-pre manual (372 pdf images+2 mp runs+fancy stuff) : 20 sec
> (18 sec in batch mode)
This sounds good, hopefully I can get this speed for my distribution, too.
> so, i think that there is something wrong with your setup. since
> texexec.ini cannot be found (you can try texexec --verbose to get more
> info) it looks like a file search problem.
I made a run with the command "texexec --verbose" and that is the result:
TeXExec 2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2001
locating ini file : kpsewhich not found in path
locating ini file : found by searching
reading : D:\Programme\texmf\context\/config/texexec.ini
setting : 'TeXShell' to 'miktex' for 'all'
setting : 'UsedInterfaces' to 'en de nl uk' for 'all'
setting : 'UserInterface' to 'en' for 'all'
setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'tex' for 'all'
setting : 'MpExecutable' to 'mpost' for 'all'
setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'all'
setting : 'DviToMpExecutable' to 'dvitomp' for 'all'
setting : 'DviSpecialScript' to 'dvispec' for 'all'
setting : 'MpFormat' to 'metafun' for 'all'
setting : 'TeXFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
setting : 'MpFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all'
setting : 'TeXFontsPath' to
'D:\Programme\texmf;D:\localtexmf;' for 'all'
setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'pdfetex' for 'miktex'
setting : 'TeXVirginFlag' to '--initialize' for 'miktex'
setting : 'TeXPassString' to '--alias=context' for 'miktex'
setting : 'TeXBatchFlag' to '--interaction=batchmode' for
'miktex'
setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mptotex' for 'miktex'
setting : 'MpVirginFlag' to '--initialize' for 'miktex'
setting : 'MpPassString' to '--alias=mpost' for 'miktex'
setting : 'MpBatchFlag' to '--interaction=batchmode' for
'miktex'
setting : 'TeXFormatFlag' to '--undump=' for 'miktex'
setting : 'MpFormatFlag' to '--undump=' for 'miktex'
used setting : TeXShell = miktex
used setting : SetupPath =
used setting : UserInterface = en
used setting : UsedInterfaces = en de nl uk
used setting : TeXFontsPath = D:\Programme\texmf;D:\localtexmf;
used setting : MpExecutable = mpost
used setting : MpToTeXExecutable = mptotex
used setting : DviToMpExecutable = dvitomp
used setting : TeXProgramPath =
used setting : TeXFormatPath =
used setting : ConTeXtPath =
used setting : TeXScriptsPath =
used setting : TeXExecutable = pdfetex
used setting : TeXVirginFlag = --initialize
used setting : TeXBatchFlag = --interaction=batchmode
used setting : MpBatchFlag = --interaction=batchmode
used setting : TeXPassString = --alias=context
used setting : TeXFormatFlag = --undump=
used setting : MpFormatFlag = --undump=
used setting : MpVirginFlag = --initialize
used setting : MpPassString = --alias=mpost
used setting : MpFormat = metafun
used setting : FmtLanguage =
used setting : FmtBodyFont =
used setting : FmtResponse =
used setting : TcXPath =
--help show this or more, e.g. '--help interface'
I don't know which settings are important that it works fine. In the file
texexec.ini I changed the line
set TeXFontsPath to l:/tex/texmf;l:/tex/texmf-local;
to this:
set TeXFontsPath to D:\Programme\texmf;D:\localtexmf;
Karsten Hachmeister
