[OS X TeX] increased memory allocation

[Miriam Belmaker]

Hi everyone and thanks for the concern..

Since I have to turn in my thesis by Monday.. and I can get it to  
work on the unix machines on campus.. I decided to try and solve the  
big mystery after that... (I will need to work on my mac in the  
future :) )..
I did manage to increase the pool size and memory allocation in my  
tex but it didn't work .. Someone suggested I reinstall my OS (rather  
than archive and install as I did)  but as I said.. since everything  
else is working.. I will do it next week (post thesis).. all my files  
work fine on the standard unix, so  I don't think it is any errors in  
my tex or bib files.

By the way.. do you want the regular log file the TexShop produces (I  
couldn't see anything special there.. ) or another crash log?

Thanks for the support... it is very much appreciated!

Miriam


On Mar 7, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Mar 4, 2006, at 12:42 PM, Miriam Belmaker wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Yes.. I open in bibdesk.. no error.. it is not a bib file problem  
>> or bibtex problem.I can run my program on any unix computer but  
>> then I have to bring together all the styles etc.. I would much  
>> rather increase the memory allocation in my own i-installer tex.   
>> I understand that this is a very common problem.     I would like  
>> to increase the pool_size.. I know this is the problem but I don't  
>> know how to do it.  I know I need to go into usr/local/teTeX/share/ 
>> texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf   in the terminal and to edit it.. but  
>> that's where I get stomped.. I need permissions - what are those?   
>> And if I can get by what does it mean to recreate the format?   I  
>> just need a step by step
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Miriam
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Have you solved the problem? If you post the log file, as Gerben  
> suggested, we might have an easier time figuring out what is  
> happening. Memory problems in TeX usually seem to be from too many  
> levels of recursion and things like that rather than files being  
> too large.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
>
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