[cl-typesetting-devel] Memory problems generating big docs?

[Peter Seibel]

"Marc Battyani" <marc.battyani at fractalconcept.com> writes:

>> Peter Seibel <peter at javamonkey.com> writes:
>>
>> > When I try to generate a PDF of my whole book ~150,000 words/400 pages
>> > in Allegro (Enterprise 6.2 on GNU/Linux) I completely run out of
>> > memory--Allegro can't get any more from the system. I'm going to mail
>> > support at Franz for help debugging this but I was wondering if anyone
>> > here had any ideas about a) what I can change in my usage of
>> > cl-typesetting to use less memory b) changes that can be made to
>> > cl-typesetting itself to use less memory.
>>
>> FWIW, I tried using SBCL 0.8.16 (after fixing a few compilation
>> problems in cl-typesetting--patches to follow) and, while a bit slower
>> than Allegro, it did manage to generate a 412 page PDF of my book.
>
> Have you tried with LW ?

I have not. 

-Peter

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Peter Seibel                                      peter at javamonkey.com

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