Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn@brl-vld From: gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Speed improvements for troff? HELP! - (nf) Message-ID: <16257@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Feb-84 13:12:46 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16257 Posted: Wed Feb 1 13:12:46 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 02:47:51 EST Lines: 13 From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)There is really not much one could do to significantly speed up troff. "Compressed" macros help somewhat, but the real problem is that troff is one of the very few compute-bound UNIX utilities. There are a few operational measures you should consider: (1) Prohibit troffing documents until they are debugged under nroff; (2) Use dynamically loaded macro packages such as -me or -mm; (3) Use compressed macros; (4) Run troff in the background in a batch queue; (5) Buy more computing power to dedicate to typesetting.