[tex-live] Re: Proposal for a tex-base package

[Hans Hagen]

Norbert Preining wrote:

> More interesting is the mem size differences:
> (again 1. tetex, 2. texlive)
> main_memory = 1000000
> main_memory = 1500000
> 
> font_mem_size = 500000
> font_mem_size = 1000000
> 
> param_size = 5000
> param_size = 10000
> 
> stack_size = 1500
> stack_size = 5000
> 
> ocp_buf_size = 20000
> ocp_buf_size = 500000

these are the fall-backs (but if i were you i'd take the larger values); most 
macro packages have larger associated memory values

> And then, the following things are only in texlive, don't know what they
> are used for ;-)
> main_memory.mf          = 800000
> main_memory.mpost       = 1000000
> pool_size.mpost         = 500000
> main_memory.metafun     = 2500000
> pool_size.metafun       = 1000000

this is for the more demanding metapost user and since metapost is becoming more 
popular (watch how texmf/metapost grows) it makes sense to have the large 
texlive memory values

> % XeTeX
> OTFFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/otf/{xetex,}//
> TTF2TFMINPUTS =                 .;$TEXMF/ttf2pk//

xetex is mac specific

Hans


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