Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-28 Thread Karl Berry
more active in supporting TeX4ht, Help is always good. There are plenty of open bugs at https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/bugs/?group=tex4ht=browse=open That's probably the simplest place to start. Thanks, Karl

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-28 Thread Boris Veytsman
NMA> From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" NMA> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 03:20:50 -0500 NMA> I just finished new timings on the same above file, after removing NMA> the package titlesec which was the cause of the slowdown (thanks for NMA> finding it goes toJagath AR​) I wonder why titlesec

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-28 Thread Nasser M. Abbasi
On 3/26/2016 2:21 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: I put the latex file and all the needed include files I use and the .cfg and main.mk and the command in one zip file. Here it is, in this folder: http://12000.org/tmp/032616/ There is file call compile.sh which has this line: make4ht --lua -u -c

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-27 Thread Jagath AR
On 27 March 2016 at 04:50, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: > On 3/26/2016 5:44 PM, Karl Berry wrote: > >> >> I have many many latex files this large >> >> Is the one you provided already one of the smaller ones? The smaller >> the file that still exhibits the problem, the easier to

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-27 Thread Karl Berry
make:htlatex() make:htlatex() make:htlatex() P.S. The texi2dvi script implements one way to check how many runs are needed: it compares auxiliary files and keeps running TeX until they stabilize. I suspect latexmk and others do the

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-27 Thread Karl Berry
What are these rules? I just explained it. (that is why we need design documents) There's no use in continuing to repeat this wish. We all agree. What's needed is more people to do work, not more work to be done! -k

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-27 Thread Nasser M. Abbasi
On 3/27/2016 5:13 PM, Karl Berry wrote: I call make4ht to compile the file I don't know anything about make4ht, that's Michal's bag ... Perhaps it is already smart enough to avoid multiple runs when it's not necessary. (I'm having deja vu, did we already discuss this, Michal?) -k The

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-27 Thread Karl Berry
But I do not know how to decide if I need one run or two or three? You need three runs if you are starting from scratch. After the first time, in general, you only need one run unless you are modifying the things that go into the cross-references (section names, labels, bib entries, etc.).

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-26 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Nasser, TL is more optimized for native Linux vs. cygwin. Just to remark: TL specifically is not "optimized" for any particular platform (all binaries are built natively). I think the difference you are seeing here is an inevitable consequence of running a resource-intensive job on an

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-26 Thread Radhakrishnan CV
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: > > The zip file is much larger, about 270 MB :( But now it > contains everything to compile this one latex file. > ​I have downloaded the previous archive. Will download this if needed.​ I will temporarily suspend svg

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-26 Thread Nasser M. Abbasi
Thanks for the offer to look into it. I put the latex file and all the needed include files I use and the .cfg and main.mk and the command in one zip file. Here it is, in this folder: http://12000.org/tmp/032616/ opps. I am sorry, I forgot to also inlcude the svg images for use by tex4ht in

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-26 Thread Nasser M. Abbasi
On 3/26/2016 1:11 AM, Radhakrishnan CV wrote: On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 3:23 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: ​[...]​ For example, for one file, using Vbox, it took 14 hrs for make4ht to compile the file to html. On cygwin, it took little less than than. About 10 hrs. This is on

Re: [tex4ht] problem with slow compilation of large latex file with large math content

2016-03-25 Thread Reinhard Kotucha
On 2016-03-25 at 16:53:40 -0500, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: > I have lots of large latex files, with lots of pages in > them with large number of equations, generated by > computer algebra systems. I also have lots of includegraphics > in these files for svg images. > > I noticed that tex4ht