From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Dec 6 9: 0: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7E9937B401 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:59:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C7ED43EB2 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:59:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ziggy@panix.com) Received: from panix2.panix.com (panix2.panix.com [166.84.1.2]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A6848860; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:59:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (from ziggy@localhost) by panix2.panix.com (8.11.6/8.8.8/PanixN1.0) id gB6Gxvg26682; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:59:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:59:57 -0500 From: Adam Turoff To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: Warren Block , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pdftex problems? Message-ID: <20021206165957.GA26153@panix.com> References: <20021206114650.GA16236@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021206114650.GA16236@gothmog.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 01:46:50PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-12-05 21:29, Warren Block wrote: > > I've been trying some in-house documentation using DocBook and then the > > FreeBSD DTD. The pdftex version seems far superior to the ps2pdf > > version of the same document, at least if the end result is PDF. The > > table of contents has links to the pages, for example. > > > > But there's an ominous note about limitations of pdftex in the Handbook > > Makefile. So I'd like to ask for more detail about the limits: what are > > they? Am I likely to hit them with a much smaller manual if I stick > > with pdftex instead of the ps2pdf method? > > IIRC the problems that pdftex has with the Handbook are caused by the > design of TeX. TeX uses large, static, preallocated arrays as "pools" > of memory for the data it needs while running. The size of these > tables is probably configurable at build time, but I haven't used > teTeX or something similar in a while and I can't remember why I had > this impression when the problems with pdftex started. The memory pool sizes that TeX can be configured by tweaking the texmf.cnf file found in /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf . If you're trying to build a PDF version of the Handbook, or other document using the DocProj tool chain, you're using jadetex. To get the proper pool sizes to produce PDF with pdftex/jadetex, refer to the suggested values found in /usr/ports/print/jadetex/files/texmf.cnf and update your local configuration accordingly. Z. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message