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 becomes very slow as number of pages > increase. This is becoming so bad, that I ended up > buying new PC and installing Linux on it just in the hope > it will speed things up (I was using Vbox on windows, > then I tried cygwin on windows).
On Linux you could run tex4ht within strace(1). strace is a program which traces system calls and its output can give you a hint _where_ tex4ht spends so much time. Please consult the manual page. >From https://sourceforge.net/projects/strace : | strace is a diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace | tracer for Linux. It is used to monitor interactions between | userspace processes and the Linux kernel, which include system | calls, signal deliveries, and changes of process state. The | operation of strace is made possible by the kernel feature known as | ptrace. Regards, Reinhard -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Reinhard Kotucha Phone: +49-511-3373112 Marschnerstr. 25 D-30167 Hannover mailto:[email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------
