[OS X TeX] Timing

[George Gratzer]

On Feb 22, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> The only difference between calling pdflatex  in TS and the raw  
> unix shell command is that TS first saves the file before  
> typesetting and displays the pdf after typesetting.
>
> You must have a very slow Macintosh, probably a PowerBook like so  
> many members of this list - just a quip, this discussion has  
> already taken place.

Actually, it is a dual 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4.

GG

>
> Claus
>
>
> On Feb 22, 2006, at 17:09, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> Can anybody explain this?
>>
>> I have an article, 18 pages long with thirteen very simple  
>> illustrations (they are all present in both eps and pdf formats).
>>
>> Typesetting it in TeXShop takes about 10 seconds. If I latex or  
>> pdflatex it in the terminal, the typesetting is under 3 seconds.
>>
>> Why the discrepancy?
>>
>> The Preferences for Engine and Typesetting are out of the box.
>>
>> GG
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