[OS X TeX] speed of typesetting on a MacBook?

Jonathan Kew jonathan_kew at sil.org
Thu Jan 12 16:27:13 CET 2006


On 12 Jan 2006, at 3:16 pm, William Adams wrote:

> On Jan 12, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
>> For those using XeTeX, it does benefit from dual processors when
>> generating PDF output, as it runs the formatting and pdf-generation
>> processes in parallel.
>>
>> But on the other hand, there's no Intel-native build yet .... hey,
>> anyone care to offer me a new MacBook? ;)
>
> I've got a better angle --- how's the port to non-Mac OS X platforms
> coming?

The "OS X TeX" list is hardly the place for such a question! ;-)

But a Linux version is coming along pretty well.... stay tuned....

JK

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