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MacOSX-TeX Digest #150 - Sunday, November 11, 2001
TTH or LaTeX2HTML
by "Cyrill R=FCttimann"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] starting point
by "Michael Murray"
TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
by "Alan Curtis"
TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
by "Alan Curtis"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] starting point
by "John Burt"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
by "John Burt"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TTH or LaTeX2HTML
by "Ross Moore"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
by "Michael Murray"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TTH or LaTeX2HTML
by "Cyrill R=FCttimann"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
by "Hemant Bhargava"
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Subject: TTH or LaTeX2HTML
From: "Cyrill R=FCttimann"
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:16:44 +0100
Hi there,
I am interested in some comments about converting LaTeX to HTML. I have
found those two packages. Are there any experiences?
Regards,
Cyrill
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] starting point
From: "Michael Murray"
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 23:59:44 +1030
>I've just moved over from OS 9 and I'm eager to learn more about the Unix
>side of OSX. For the moment I am still running CMacTeX in classic mode,
>but I'd like to move up to the OSX version. Can anyone recommend me a =
good
>book to learn how to use the Unix features of OSX?
>thanks
>John Burt
>
>
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Hi John
I don't know of anything specific to MacOS X and UNIX but there
are lots of UNIX books in the bookshops of the `UNIX in 30 seconds'
type. There are also some good tutorials and guides around for free
such as those
linked from
http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/
Those and knowing that you can get some help by doing
man topic
at a prompt might be a help.
Michael
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Subject: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
From: "Alan Curtis"
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:26:21 -0500
I got this error when running TeXShop with the MarSlide package
(after seeing a recommendation here).
TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
I read the teTeX-FAQ and believe I need to edit the texmf.cnf file
and run texconfig init.
There is no line in texmf.cnf that has 'pool' in it so I added one at the =
end
pool =3D 70000
and ran texconfig init but nothing changed.
I am not sure I edited the right texmf.cnf or added the right line or
even know what I am doing at all.
Any hints would be appreciated.
--
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Subject: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
From: "Alan Curtis"
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:54:08 -0500
I got this error when running TeXShop with the MarSlide package
(after seeing a recommendation here).
TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
I read the teTeX-FAQ and believe I need to edit the texmf.cnf file
and run texconfig init.
There is no line in texmf.cnf that has 'pool' in it so I added one at the =
end
pool =3D 70000
and ran texconfig init but nothing changed.
I am not sure I edited the right texmf.cnf or added the right line or
even know what I am doing at all.
Any hints would be appreciated.
--
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] starting point
From: "John Burt"
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:00:19 -0500 (EST)
I've found a brief introduction to Darwin in Mastering Mac OS X, by Todd
Stauffer. My mac came with OS X installed, so I didn't get the developer
tools CD. But apparently I can download the tools to deal with Darwin on
the apple site.
thanks!
John
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Michael Murray wrote:
> >I've just moved over from OS 9 and I'm eager to learn more about the =
Unix
> >side of OSX. For the moment I am still running CMacTeX in classic mode,
> >but I'd like to move up to the OSX version. Can anyone recommend me a =
good
> >book to learn how to use the Unix features of OSX?
> >thanks
> >John Burt
> >
> >
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>
> Hi John
>
>
> I don't know of anything specific to MacOS X and UNIX but there
> are lots of UNIX books in the bookshops of the `UNIX in 30 seconds'
> type. There are also some good tutorials and guides around for free
> such as those
> linked from
>
> http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/
>
>
> Those and knowing that you can get some help by doing
>
> man topic
>
> at a prompt might be a help.
>
> Michael
>
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
From: "John Burt"
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 15:03:52 -0500 (EST)
Usually when you get this error it isn't because the memory capacity is
too small. In the days when TeX came in "small" and "big" sizes, this
sometimes happened, but I think just about everything is "bigTeX" now.
The capacity exceeded error is usually the result of something in your own =
TeX code, not a result of the limitation of the capacity of TeX. Changing
the memory capacity won't fix the problem because the memory problem in
your code will eat up as much memory as you have.
John
On
Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Alan Curtis wrote:
> I got this error when running TeXShop with the MarSlide package
> (after seeing a recommendation here).
>
> TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
>
> I read the teTeX-FAQ and believe I need to edit the texmf.cnf file
> and run texconfig init.
>
> There is no line in texmf.cnf that has 'pool' in it so I added one at =
the end
>
> pool =3D 70000
>
> and ran texconfig init but nothing changed.
>
> I am not sure I edited the right texmf.cnf or added the right line or
> even know what I am doing at all.
>
> Any hints would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TTH or LaTeX2HTML
From: "Ross Moore"
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:30:48 +1100 (EST)
> Hi there,
>
> I am interested in some comments about converting LaTeX to HTML. I have
> found those two packages. Are there any experiences?
Well, I wrote a lot of LaTeX2HTML; so I guess that counts as experience. =
:-)
At present I don't have a need to use it under MacOS X, but it certainly
works there --- a colleague has successfully installed it.
Given a teTeX installation, the only tricky part is compiling the netpbm
graphics utilities, as there may not be a recognised 'darwin' option
for the Make files. An experienced hacker can get around this ---
we have the proof of that, which doubtless can be shared.
Hope this helps,
Ross Moore
>
> Regards,
>
> Cyrill
>
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
From: "Michael Murray"
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 07:01:36 +1030
>I got this error when running TeXShop with the MarSlide package
>(after seeing a recommendation here).
>
>TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
>
>I read the teTeX-FAQ and believe I need to edit the texmf.cnf file
>and run texconfig init.
>
>There is no line in texmf.cnf that has 'pool' in it so I added one at the =
end
>
>pool =3D 70000
>
>and ran texconfig init but nothing changed.
>
>I am not sure I edited the right texmf.cnf or added the right line
>or even know what I am doing at all.
>
>Any hints would be appreciated.
>
HI
I think you need the one in
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c
it has lines
% Max number of characters in all strings, including all error messages,
% help texts, font names, control sequences. These values apply to TeX =
and MP.
pool_size.context =3D 750000
pool_size =3D 750000
%pool_size =3D 125000
Michael
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TTH or LaTeX2HTML
From: "Cyrill R=FCttimann"
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:30:25 +0100
On Sonntag, November 11, 2001, at 09:30 Uhr, Ross Moore wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am interested in some comments about converting LaTeX to HTML. I have
>> found those two packages. Are there any experiences?
>
> Well, I wrote a lot of LaTeX2HTML; so I guess that counts as
> experience. :-)
>
> At present I don't have a need to use it under MacOS X, but it certainly
> works there --- a colleague has successfully installed it.
>
> Given a teTeX installation, the only tricky part is compiling the
> netpbm
> graphics utilities, as there may not be a recognised 'darwin' option
> for the Make files. An experienced hacker can get around this ---
> we have the proof of that, which doubtless can be shared.
>
You can install fink from sourceforge and install LaTeX2HTML from fink
and also netpbm. Type only "fink install LaTeX2HTML" into your terminal.
Regards,
Cyrill
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
From: "Hemant Bhargava"
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 18:28:02 -0500
I'd like to follow up on this. I've seen the poolsize error in documents
where I'm using
- seminar package
- hyperref package
- pdflatex rather than Tex+Ghostscript
Not knowing any better, I edited texmf.cnf (after getting permission
from Gerben :-)
and modified the setting
pool_size =3D 125000
to 500000
Lo and behold! the error message is gone.
Yet I'm willing to admit there's something wrong in my code (it works
perfectly under OzTeX, though) - but what?
- Hemant Bhargava
On Sunday, November 11, 2001, at 03:03 PM, John Burt wrote:
> Usually when you get this error it isn't because the memory capacity is
> too small. In the days when TeX came in "small" and "big" sizes, this
> sometimes happened, but I think just about everything is "bigTeX" now.
> The capacity exceeded error is usually the result of something in your
> own
> TeX code, not a result of the limitation of the capacity of TeX.
> Changing
> the memory capacity won't fix the problem because the memory problem in
> your code will eat up as much memory as you have.
> John
> On
> Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Alan Curtis wrote:
>
>> I got this error when running TeXShop with the MarSlide package
>> (after seeing a recommendation here).
>>
>> TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=3D64720]
>>
>> I read the teTeX-FAQ and believe I need to edit the texmf.cnf file
>> and run texconfig init.
>>
>> There is no line in texmf.cnf that has 'pool' in it so I added one at
>> the end
>>
>> pool =3D 70000
>>
>> and ran texconfig init but nothing changed.
>>
>> I am not sure I edited the right texmf.cnf or added the right line or
>> even know what I am doing at all.
>>
>> Any hints would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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