Re: Speed-up compiling

2009-07-29 Thread M Watts
On 07/30/2009 04:29 AM, Patrick Horgan wrote: Here's the fix. Without buying a new computer, you can buy new RAM (Random Access Memory) and you'll THINK that you have a new computer. It will make you amazed at the difference! You will dance around and shout Huzzah! Woman will hold up their babi

Re: Speed-up compiling

2009-07-29 Thread Patrick Horgan
Michael Käppler wrote: Hi all, I'm "suffering" from enormous compiling durations on large files. With "large" I mean a file with about 250 measures and seven staves per system. The last time I compiled the file completely (without using showLastLength) I did it overnight, since after one and

Re: Speed-up compiling

2009-07-29 Thread Wilbert Berendsen
Op woensdag 29 juli 2009, schreef Michael Käppler: > I'm "suffering" from enormous compiling durations on large files. The 256 MB RAM is a bit small. In my experience, LilyPond uses enormous amounts of memory compiling large scores. Engraving my Reubke score (one 28 page \score object), the Lily

Re: Speed-up compiling

2009-07-29 Thread Jonathan Kulp
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Michael Käppler wrote: > Hi Mark, > >> Maybe try using \pointAndClickOff ? I don't know if point-and-click >> slows things down, but it certainly increases filesize. >> >> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-program/Point-and-click >> >> > I'

Re: Speed-up compiling

2009-07-29 Thread Michael Käppler
Hi Mark, Maybe try using \pointAndClickOff ? I don't know if point-and-click slows things down, but it certainly increases filesize. http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-program/Point-and-click I've tested this, rendering only the last 100 measures: When I ran Lily the fi

Re: Speed-up compiling

2009-07-29 Thread Mark Polesky
0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456 Michael Käppler wrote: > I'm "suffering" from enormous compiling durations on large files. > With "large" I mean a file with about 250 measures and seven > staves per system. The last time I compiled the file completely > (withou

Speed-up compiling

2009-07-29 Thread Michael Käppler
Hi all, I'm "suffering" from enormous compiling durations on large files. With "large" I mean a file with about 250 measures and seven staves per system. The last time I compiled the file completely (without using showLastLength) I did it overnight, since after one and a half hour Lilypond sti