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 file
/usr/local/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/scripts/make4ht/make4ht
has this:
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if make:length() < 1 then
if mode == "draft" then
make:htlatex()
else
make:htlatex()
make:htlatex()
make:htlatex()
end
end
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So, unless the mode is "draft", it calls latex 3 times all the time.
It will be great if one can find out how to decide to call it 3
times or 2 or one time. Since tex4ht is very slow on large files,
any saving in time is very useful. This can cut down the compile from 5 hrs
on typical file I have to may be 2 hrs! but one needs to know the
rules to use to decide on the number of times to call it.
What are these rules? (that is why we need design documents)
--Nasser
