[OS X TeX] Re: The microtype mystery

[George Gratzer]

Hi Robert,

I created by pasting a math article of 811 pages. Microtyped it is 802 pages.

Times:

real	0m2.442s
user	0m2.364s
sys	0m0.074s

microtyped:

real	0m4.226s
user	0m4.115s
sys	0m0.088s

Go figure.

GG


On 2010-08-17, at 7:06 PM, Robert wrote:

> Hi George,
> 
> this is still not enough information, I'm afraid. I've just tested a document using the packages you list with a 1000 pages of text, but this still does not yield the exponential time consumption you experience. So something else must be going wrong. Maybe you could send me (privately) your document if the contents aren't confidential? Or else, could you post the log file with microtype loaded with the `verbose' option?
> 
> Regards,
> Robert
> 
> PS. Shall we stay on the Mac OS X list?
> 
> 
> On 15.08.10 23:11, George Gratzer wrote:
>> My book is 606 pages long. It is a single file plus the .ind file and125 pdf illustrations.
>> 
>> Here are the packages used:
>> 
>> amsmath
>> amsthm
>> amsxtra
>> \RequirePackage[mathscr]{eucal
>> amssymb
>> latexsym
>> amscd
>> graphicx
>> color
>> mdwlist
>> chngcntr
>> color
>> booktabs
>> \usepackage{url
>> fixltx2e
>> verbatim
>> enumerate
>> xspace
>> 
>> Typeset time as reported by "time":
>> 
>> real	0m2.595s
>> user	0m2.527s
>> sys	0m0.063s
>> 
>> that is, 3 secs. pdf file is 4.4 MB.
>> 
>> Now if I use the microtype package( the book  is now 3 pages shorter):
>> 
>> real	0m35.443s
>> user	0m35.155s
>> sys	0m0.115s
>> 
>> typesetting is over 35 secs. pdf file is 4.6 MB.
>> 
>> My iMac has 8GB memory; the whole ms with illustrations is
>> tiny in comparison: about 40 MB.
>> 
>> Anything I could do to speed up this typesetting?
>> 
>> GG
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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