Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-19 Thread Helge Hafting 

Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


There should be no limit really. I wrote a 384-page book in 2002. LyX 
was fine for editing it. Actually making the PDF took some 5 minutes on 
that machine (512MB memory). But that didn't matter - the editing was 
fine. PDFs were only made occationally so the publisher could look at 
the material.


There should be no need to worry about text. If you have hundreds and 
hundreds of high-resolution images, then perhaps it pays off breaking 
the book up into several files. Many people do that anyway in order to 
avoid very long scrolling.


Helge Hafting

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-19 Thread Helge Hafting 

Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


There should be no limit really. I wrote a 384-page book in 2002. LyX 
was fine for editing it. Actually making the PDF took some 5 minutes on 
that machine (512MB memory). But that didn't matter - the editing was 
fine. PDFs were only made occationally so the publisher could look at 
the material.


There should be no need to worry about text. If you have hundreds and 
hundreds of high-resolution images, then perhaps it pays off breaking 
the book up into several files. Many people do that anyway in order to 
avoid very long scrolling.


Helge Hafting

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-19 Thread Helge Hafting 

Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


There should be no limit really. I wrote a 384-page book in 2002. LyX 
was fine for editing it. Actually making the PDF took some 5 minutes on 
that machine (512MB memory). But that didn't matter - the editing was 
fine. PDFs were only made occationally so the publisher could look at 
the material.


There should be no need to worry about text. If you have hundreds and 
hundreds of high-resolution images, then perhaps it pays off breaking 
the book up into several files. Many people do that anyway in order to 
avoid very long scrolling.


Helge Hafting

Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Sophie (itsme213) 
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?

Thanks

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard 

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Sophie (itsme213) wrote:


What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming
pretty current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


  Why do you think there could be a limit imposed by the software? There
shouldn't be any such limit.

Rich

--
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Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck 

Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


  
I don't know of any realistic limit. I think there are people who've got 
documents several hundred pages long. I've got one that's about 300 
pages myself.


rh

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Litt 
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 10:37:18 am Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
 What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty
 current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?

 Thanks

I don't know what it might be, or what your tolerance is for waits during 
compiles to PDF, but I can tell you my 100,000 word, 309 
page Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist works fine 
as a whole in LyX, and did even back in the days when I was using a dual 
Celeron 450 with 512MB of RAM.

My new book, which is 68,000 words and 290 pages, takes 12 seconds to compile 
to PDF on my Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7200  @ 2.53GHz, with 8GB of RAM, 
running Mandriva Linux 2008 (Spring).

In my opinion, no matter how big your book will be, LyX will scale, because if 
worst comes to worst you can divide the book into parts, chapters or 
whatever, work on them that way, and when you're done compile the whole thing 
as a unit. Lots of people on this list do that.

There may be reasons to worry about using LyX for a book project, but book 
size isn't one of them.

HTM

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US

Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Sophie (itsme213) 
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?

Thanks

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard 

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Sophie (itsme213) wrote:


What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming
pretty current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


  Why do you think there could be a limit imposed by the software? There
shouldn't be any such limit.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck 

Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


  
I don't know of any realistic limit. I think there are people who've got 
documents several hundred pages long. I've got one that's about 300 
pages myself.


rh

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Litt 
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 10:37:18 am Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
 What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty
 current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?

 Thanks

I don't know what it might be, or what your tolerance is for waits during 
compiles to PDF, but I can tell you my 100,000 word, 309 
page Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist works fine 
as a whole in LyX, and did even back in the days when I was using a dual 
Celeron 450 with 512MB of RAM.

My new book, which is 68,000 words and 290 pages, takes 12 seconds to compile 
to PDF on my Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7200  @ 2.53GHz, with 8GB of RAM, 
running Mandriva Linux 2008 (Spring).

In my opinion, no matter how big your book will be, LyX will scale, because if 
worst comes to worst you can divide the book into parts, chapters or 
whatever, work on them that way, and when you're done compile the whole thing 
as a unit. Lots of people on this list do that.

There may be reasons to worry about using LyX for a book project, but book 
size isn't one of them.

HTM

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US

Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Sophie (itsme213) 
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?

Thanks

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Rich Shepard 

On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Sophie (itsme213) wrote:


What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming
pretty current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


  Why do you think there could be a limit imposed by the software? There
shouldn't be any such limit.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Richard Heck 

Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty 
current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?


  
I don't know of any realistic limit. I think there are people who've got 
documents several hundred pages long. I've got one that's about 300 
pages myself.


rh

Re: Max single-file book size

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Litt 
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 10:37:18 am Sophie (itsme213) wrote:
> What is a rough page-size limit for a single-file Lyx book (assuming pretty
> current hardware, plenty of RAM etc)?
>
> Thanks

I don't know what it might be, or what your tolerance is for waits during 
compiles to PDF, but I can tell you my 100,000 word, 309 
page "Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist" works fine 
as a whole in LyX, and did even back in the days when I was using a dual 
Celeron 450 with 512MB of RAM.

My new book, which is 68,000 words and 290 pages, takes 12 seconds to compile 
to PDF on my "Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7200  @ 2.53GHz", with 8GB of RAM, 
running Mandriva Linux 2008 (Spring).

In my opinion, no matter how big your book will be, LyX will scale, because if 
worst comes to worst you can divide the book into parts, chapters or 
whatever, work on them that way, and when you're done compile the whole thing 
as a unit. Lots of people on this list do that.

There may be reasons to worry about using LyX for a book project, but book 
size isn't one of them.

HTM

SteveT

Steve Litt
Recession Relief Package
http://www.recession-relief.US