Re: tetex pool size

["David C. Mason" <dcm redhat com>]

Preben Randhol <randhol@pvv.org> writes:

> Sometimes when I run db2ps on .sgml files I get an error that pool
> size is exhausted (or something similar, cannot remember the exact
> message). I use tetex 0.9. Do anybody have an URL which explains how
> to increase the size so that the documents compile?


Apply the following patch to your /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
file. You will probably need to do this by hand as it has not been
updated. This will be default in the new tetex package when it is
complete.

Dave

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--- texmf.cnf.orig	Thu Sep 24 21:40:14 1998
+++ texmf.cnf	Tue Oct  6 01:45:12 1998
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@
 
 % Extra space for the hash table of control sequences (which allows 10K
 % names as distributed).
+hash_extra.jadetex = 15000
 hash_extra.context = 15000
 hash_extra.cont-en = 15000
 hash_extra.cont-nl = 15000
@@ -379,6 +380,7 @@
 
 % 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.jadetex = 200000
 pool_size.context = 500000
 pool_size.cont-en = 500000
 pool_size.cont-nl = 500000
@@ -391,6 +393,7 @@
 string_vacancies.cont-nl = 45000
 string_vacancies.cont-de = 45000
 string_vacancies = 25000
+max_strings.jadetex = 50000
 max_strings.context = 55000
 max_strings.cont-en = 55000
 max_strings.cont-nl = 55000
@@ -434,6 +437,7 @@
 param_size.cont-nl = 1500
 param_size.cont-de = 1500
 param_size = 500	% simultaneous macro parameters
+save_size.jadetex = 15000
 save_size.context = 5000
 save_size.cont-en = 5000
 save_size.cont-nl = 5000
-- 

          David Mason
        Red Hat AD Labs

        dcm@redhat.com