On 25-Apr-19 2:55 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > My 377 page "Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > Technologist", compiled from a shellscript that starts by adding > customization material and ends by displaying the finished PDF, takes > 18 seconds on my 16GB RAM, AMD A6-6400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD > Graphics, dual core at 3.9Ghz. > > This document consists of one LyX file. I've always used one LyX file > and never a master/children document setup. The reasons I never went > master/children are: > > 1. At the >500 page docs I do, a single file compiles well and presents > no problems with viewing or editing. > > 2. I don't split books between authors. > > 3. During the many years I've been on this list, I've seen a heck of a > lot of people posting strange problems with master/children document > setups. > > I don't know whether compiling single file would be significantly > faster, significantly slower, or for practical purposes equal to > master/children. But I imagine it would take about 1/2 hour to find > out, simply by copying the master to a different filename, and then > replacing each child reference with that child's LyX text. > > Doing it this way leaves the original master/children version > untouched, so if there's no difference it can continue to be used. If > the one-file method is significantly faster, a regression test and a > few renames enable the one-file method to be used into the future, with > the master/children as a backup. > > SteveT
I wonder the content of the document. Do you have many equations, figures, cross-references, citations etc? Do you turn the instant preview on? -- ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ Please bottom-post. Start your reply here:
