Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!deimos!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bryan From: bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer @ Wit's End) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Faster loading Message-ID: <449@mohawk.cs.utexas.edu> Date: 1 Mar 90 19:50:57 GMT References: <1990Feb28.235043.27302@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: bryan@cs.utexas.edu Organization: Spam Detection & Removal Squad, Austin, TX Lines: 13 Spam-Content: Negligible In article <1990Feb28.235043.27302@Neon.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes: =- =-The second potential solution is to get a faster machine or a faster =-version of TeX; a minute is somewhat ridiculous, slower than I have =-seen with even the lowliest PC running off floppies. =- =-Perhaps if you give us a breakdown of time required to load the format =-file, then to load the style file, then to load your own macros, it =-would help guide us in our recommendations. =- Gee Tom, I'm surprised you didn't mention the loop mode of AmigaTeX. Just what the Dr. ordered.