[OS X TeX] Re: MacOSX-TeX Digest #1553 - 11/12/05

[Jonathan Lubin]

Why don't you read the .eps file into TeXShop and thereby convert it to 
.pdf? Of course this will also take forever, but it would be a one-time 
operation, and I can only guess that the .pdf will be much smaller.
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> Subject: Large Figure in Document? (and slow response of TeXShop)
> From: "Jung-Tsung Shen" <jushen at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:47:58 -0800
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> I am writing a paper with a large figure of 25 MB in eps format. After
> compiling, the viewer of TeXShop took a long long long time to draw
> the figure on the screen. After several runs of compilation (the paper
> is still in writing), TeXShop essentially becomes unresponsive, and I
> have to force quit from Dock.
>
> Is there anyway to improve the situation?
>
> My system is 10.4.3, with 512 MB memory.
>
> I also tried the same document in WinEdt on Windows, the performance
> actually is way better ... (The window machine tested has 1GB memory.
> Not sure if this makes difference.)
>
> I appreciate any suggestions in advance.
>
> JT
>
> PS. The eps figure is merely several simple black and white curves
> consisting of a huge amount of data points. I wonder if there's anyway
> to compress the figure?
>
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