[OS X TeX] improving the tex typesetting script?

[Herb Schulz]

On 12/21/04 1:23 PM, "Maarten Sneep" <maarten.sneep at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> 
> I use a slightly different trick for speeding things up: the first few
> runs (two, three) are started with:
> pdflatex '\PassOptionToClass{draft}{graphics}' file
> which prevents the graphics package (and therefore graphicx as well) to
> actually include the graphics files in pdflatex. Since I mostly use
> metapost figures, this speeds up the compilation considerably -- there
> are possibly other packages that can benefit from having a draft option
> thrown at them.
> 
> Maarten
> 

Howdy,

But then don't you have to run it two (or more?) times to guarantee the
cross references and TOC, etc., come out right?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)

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