[OS X TeX] Increasing memory

[Axel E. Retif]

On  21 Sep, 2007, at 08:36, Adam Fenn wrote:

>
> On 21 Sep 2007, at 13:16, Axel E. Retif wrote:
>
>> First, locate the ``active'' texmf.cnf:
>>
>> kpsewhich texmf.cnf
>>
>> You can edit it with pico; v.gr.,
>>
>> sudo pico /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
>>
>> or with BBEdit or the freeware TextWrangler ( http:// 
>> www.barebones.com/ ). When you start changing it, either of those  
>> programs will ask for your admin password.
>>
>> What I did was to copy more or less the values from Gerben  
>> Wierda's TeX distro. Then I rebuilt formats with
>>
>> sudo fmtutil-sys --all
>>
>
> I followed your instructions and increased main_memory = 10000000,  
> but when I ran TeXshop on my file I got the same complaint
> ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=1500000] even  
> though texmf.cfn has been changed.

And did you do

sudo fmtutil-sys --all

after increasing the memory?

My modified texmf.cnf has in lines 510 & following:

main_memory = 2500000 % words of inimemory available; also applies to  
inimf&mp
extra_mem_top = 2000000     % extra high memory for chars, tokens, etc.
extra_mem_bot = 2000000     % extra low memory for boxes, glue,  
breakpoints, etc.

% ConTeXt is a memory hog...
main_memory.context = 2000000 % Keep total within 8000000 limit
extra_mem_bot.context = 4000000

% Words of font info for TeX (total size of all TFM files,  
approximately).
% Must be >= 20000 and <= 4000000 (without tex.ch changes).
font_mem_size = 4000000
...

Remember to rebuild your formats with fmtutil-sys after making any  
change to texmf.cnf.


Best,

Axel

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