[OS X TeX] Mulicores?

[George Gratzer]

Dick,

Not sophisticated but smart.

I used the RK method. I deleted all auxiliary files (index, pdflatemk, and the usual ones).

All the runs took exactly 15 sec RK time. Single run is 5 secs RK time.

George

> On Jul 6, 2022, at 10:31 PM, Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Let me chime in. I wrote a set of notes on group representations 440 pages long. The notes have many illustrationss. I don't use pdflatexmk, so I typeset once.
> 
> To time this, I go to the date and time at the right of the menu bar and select the Cupertino clock, which I leave up. I start typesetting when the second hand reaches 12 and look at the clock when typesetting ends to see how long it took. 
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> My notes typeset in 10 seconds. If I add the word "draft" to /documentclass, the typesetting time drops to 3 seconds. 
> 
> If you have a document of roughly this length which takes much longer to typeset, I suspect that you have very fancy illustrations. 
> 
> Why not adjust your typesetting method to the task at hand? If you are writing a section where illustrations don't matter, use pdflatex rather than pdflatexmk and use draft mode. If you are writing at a spot where illustrations are important, use pdflatex but remove draft mode. If you are working on indices and such, use pdflatexmk. I don't know if draft mode interferes with indices; if not, you can speed up the task by using draft mode at that point.
> 
> For fairly short documents, use your favorite engine, say pdflatexmk.  If you have a long manuscript, you can make the process less frustrating by adjusting  your typesetting engine to the task at hand at the moment.
> 
> Warning: I'm not a sophisticated user.
> 
> Dick Koch 
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