[luatex] using (pdf)lualatex

[Yue Wang]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Taco Hoekwater <taco at elvenkind.com> wrote:
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> Yue Wang wrote:
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>> Well, I have been suggesting this problem to Hans and Taco several
>> times during the last year. In ConTeXt this problem can be split into
>> two since ConTeXt use the font cache mechanism (it can dump the
>> metrics table from the font and store it as a lua table into the disk)
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> Calculating boundingboxes implies interpreting the actual curves,
> and that eats up lots of memory. I'll see if I can create a shortcut
> somewhere. If I don't have to calculate boxes afterward, then there
> is no need to interpret and save the curves, and the resulting memory
> footprint should be much lower.

Great to hear that, and if so, it will also make luatex runs much
faster since no calculation is needed.


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> Best wishes,
> Taco
>