[OS X TeX] Timing

[George Gratzer]

On Feb 22, 2006, at 10:15 AM, William Adams wrote:

> On Feb 22, 2006, at 11:09 AM, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> Can anybody explain this?
>>
>> I have an article, 18 pages long with thirteen very simple
>> illustrations (they are all present in both eps and pdf formats).
>>
>> Typesetting it in TeXShop takes about 10 seconds. If I latex or
>> pdflatex it in the terminal, the typesetting is under 3 seconds.
>>
>> Why the discrepancy?
>>
>> The Preferences for Engine and Typesetting are out of the box.
>
> Are you displaying the log file?

You mean the console? No, I am not.

GG

>
> Hiding that will speed up typesetting, and conversely showing it
> slows it down.
>
> I believe typesetting in TeXshop adds some (negligible?) overhead in
> terms of inter-process communication or some such between the TeXing
> process and TeXshop's display of it (I'm sure someone else will
> provide a more accurate description and terminology).
>
> William
>
> --  
> William Adams
> senior graphic designer
> Fry Communications
>
>
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