[OS X TeX] Poor performance on a MacBookPro

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 4, 2007, at 4:41 AM, Dave Murray-Rust wrote:

>
> On 3 Sep 2007, at 23:03, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 3, 2007, at 4:51 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>> It seems you have moved your home directory to an external drive.  
>>> The double // in /Volumes/Data/Users/dave// seems to have the  
>>> effect that all directories in your home are searched. I bet you  
>>> have set your $HOME variable _with_ a final slash. It should not  
>>> have that slash. As an experiment, do the following:
>>>
>>> export HOME=Volumes/Data/Users/dave
>>> latex test-file
>>>
>>> If that helps, you have the cause. Use whatever method (NetInfo I  
>>> guess) to change the assignment of your home.
>>>
>>> Maarten
>>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Yes, the // means all sub-directories and then the trailing path.
>
> You guys rock! Thanks for all the help.
>
> My test file now takes 0.07s to latex, and my chapter takes 0.46,  
> so I'm now very happy.
>
> The response to a double slash in the middle of a path seems like a  
> strange behaviour! I was on the look out for double slashes at the  
> end, but not expecting ones in the middle to matter.
>
> Thanks again,
> dave

Howdy,

That may only be kpathsea behavior rather than OS behavior.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)



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