Hi Willi,
Willi Egger wrote:
Hello gurus!
I want to use context as a backend-typesetting engine in a
server-ennvironment. In order to minimize compilation time I want to
make the format files as small as
possible. E.g. I would like to remove all pattern files which are
unnecessary for the purpose of the application.
That is as simple as commenting (some of) the \installlanguage
calls in the cont-XX.tex file you want to use (and don't use
the --all switch of texexec!).
Removing some of the other files can be a bit harder and require
editing core include files:
* font encodings are loaded in enco-ini.tex
\useencoding[ans,il2,ec,tbo,pdf,uc,pol,qx,t5,cyr]
* regimes are loaded in regi-ini:
\useregime[def,uni,lat,win,il1,mac]
* unicode tables are loaded in unic-ini:
\useunicodevector[0,1,2,3,4,5,30,32,33,34,39]
It would be easier if these could be moved to the cont-XX.tex
(or perhaps context.tex) file in a future release.
Also, you can gain some speed by
* dropping the memory array settings in texmf.cnf to as low as you
can get away with, based on your typical input files;
* and by pruning your texmf tree(s) of as many files as possible
(every file and directory in the tree slows down kpathsea
initialization just a little bit, and it can add up to a
noticeable delay).
* disabling kpathsea disk searches
Cheers, Taco
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